Customer Reviews
One of the saddest books I ever read - By: , 19 Feb 1999 
This book is the story of Cynthia Ann Parker, who at age nine, is kidnapped by Comanche Indians from her home in Texas. The book begins twenty-five years later when Cynthia Ann is recaptured by Texan rangers & returned to her Texan family. Finallly, after twenty-five years of living with these people, she is once again kidnapped by park rangers & returned to the Parker family. She no longer remembers English or her original Texan customs. She cannot forget her beloved husband Peta Nocona, who was a courageous Comanche warrior, or her two sons Quanah & Pecos. To her advantage she is with her baby daughter, Topsannah when she is taken back to the Parkers, so she continues to teach her the Comanche ways. Topsannah's name is soon changed to Prairie Flower, its English version, & later to Tecks Ann so that she will better fit into the society. They both try to cooperate & learn these odd "white" ways. Tecks Ann has a much easier time getting accustomed to these customs, but Cynthia Ann must continue to learn how to cook, read, write, & sew by her twelve-year-old niece Lucy. As time goes on Lucy makes Cynthia Ann a promise that she is not sure she can keep in a time of hardships for everyone. She must leave the Parker's house & live with her brother to get away from her pregnant sister-in-law.
This book is one of the saddest book I ever read, but it is easy to enjoy anyway.
Where The Broken Heart Still Beats - By: , 21 Oct 1998 
The strange, though touching story of Cynthia Ann Parker's life growing up with the Comanche Indians, then going back to her real family, & struggling to live there, while befriending her cousin, Lucy. For Young Adults
Where the Broken Heart Still Beats - By: , 22 Sep 1998 This book is great! It is very dramatic, recommended for young adults, ages 11-and up. It's sad, but well written. Read it!
Captive who was Mother of Quanah Parker - Comanche Chief - By: , 29 May 1996 What a Story! Taken captive at a young age - the Parker
family searches continuously for her, fueled by reported
sightings of Cynthia by traders & other travelers.
The Parker family finallly obtains Cynthia & her Comanche
daughter, but Cynthia is no longer the girl they knew.
She is a Mother, & Comanche.
Cynthia only desires to return to her Comanche husband and
children. Her daughter dies & soon after Cynthia follows
her (some say from a "broken heart or spirit"). Cynthia's
son,Quanah Parker, would later gain fame as a prominent
Comanche leader & Chief. Very poignant story......Get
out the Kleenex.
