It is a historical fiction, although it is apparently loosely based on a real-life person. It is in diary format, and it an accounting of the life of Sarah Agnes Prine. She is just a young girl at the beginning of the book, and you read as she grows up to be a wife and mother. This book is packed with adventure, romance, sorrow, fear, EVERYTHING. This lady's life was really wild. (Probably because she grew up in the wild, wild west.) The diary format makes it different and interesting too because the character speaks writes with her bad grammar and everything. (As you can see by the title.) I love the main character because on one hand she is very rough and tough out of necessity to survive. But you also see a much softer and more vulnerable side.
Warning: It can be quite sad at times, and there is quite a bit of violence. Nothing out of the ordinary if you were traveling with a wagon company back in the 1800's. It really wasn't enough to bother me, though, so you decide.
P.S. There are a couple of sequels that I haven't checked out yet, but probably will soon.
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