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Abby - Finding More Than Gold by Sharon Poppen follows the dreams and adventures of a young Irish girl, Abby Barron, from her home in Chicago across the Great Plains of America and finally into the Yukon, where like so many others she pursues her dream of striking it rich with a major gold find.In 1897, Abby loses her cousin to a fire and with him their plans to escape Chicago to search for gold in the Yukon fields. A want-ad for a cook revives the plan. She hires on with Paddy and Tommy Finley, a medicine-show man and his son.During their travels, Brook Malon, a young college drop-out, comes to one of the shows and ends up joining the traveling medicine band. In Denver, Peggy Moynahan, Abby's once very religious cousin, manages to track Abby down and begs to join Abby on her quest for the gold. Despite Abby's wanderlust and Tommy's desire to settle down, the two fall in love. But it's a long, emotional road for everyone as they follow Abby's dreams of reaching the Yukon; one that tests the bonds of love and uncovers long-held family secrets.
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