Courage of a Medicine Woman

About the Book

Settled high on a Mountain. Mighty Arrow was Chief of his people and was married to Falling Leaf. They had a big family of four girls. Falling Leaf had given birth to another daughter. They named her Bright Star. Bright Star announced one day that she wanted to become the next medicine woman of her village. Falling Leaf knew only men were Shamans. That did not discourage Bright Star. As Bright Star grew up she had to battle an attack on her village and being captured. Almost being raped and the loss of her first child, she became ill. Almost every time something happened to Bright Star she underwent some kind of initiation. Every time she came back Little Eagle was right by her side. Together they could go through anything that got in their way.

About the Author

Laura Troester lives in South West sunny Florida. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up with two wonderful parents, and four sisters. She was born with a heart condition. She met and fell in love with her soul mate and life partner David Halterman in Philadelphia. They had a son however, inherited her heart condition and lived for only three months. Her sister Lisa however, also pregnant at that time offered them her baby. She was a beautiful baby girl with blonde hair and blue eyes and they named her, Michele Lisa Troester. In 2005, she had a heart failure and was brought to the ER where she almost died due to wrong medications. She then came to know another cardiologist who saved her life and given her the right meds. Her life partner and soul mate, has been fantastic through it all when she had to travel to Tampa Florida, to see her cardiologist. After she became a lot better, she had this wonderful idea to write a book as she was truly inspired.