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Impatient with Desire brings us answers to the unanswerable question: What really happened in the four months the Donners were trapped in the Sierra Nevadas And it brings to stunning life a woman--and a love story--behind the myth.Tamsen Eustis Donner, born in 1801, taught school, wrote poetry, painted, botanized, and was fluent in French.
Apr 9, 2010 · In Impatient with Desire, Burton draws on years of historical research to vividly imagine this lost journal—and paints a picture of a remarkable heroine in an extraordinary situation. Tamsen ’s unforgettable journey takes us from the cornfields of Illinois to the dusty Oregon Trail to the freezing Sierra Nevada Mountains, where she was ...
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Mar 1, 2009 · Gabrielle Burton. 3.80. 216 ratings51 reviews. Tamsen Donner. For most the name conjures the ill-fated Donner party trapped in the snows of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1846–47. Others might know Tamsen as the stoic pioneer woman who saw her children to safety but stayed with her dying husband at the cost of her own life.
Her novel, Impatient With Desire (Hyperion/Voice 2010, is written from Tamsen Donner’s point of view. Burton’s books share a commitment to exploring women’s lives. Her first novel, Heartbreak Hotel, published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, was reviewed by novelist Fay Weldon as “a wild, manic, committed, exhilarating, wonderful work.”
