Super Short Summary

Where the Broken Heart Still Beats by Carolyn Meyer is a historical fiction novel that tells the story of a young girl named Cynthia Ann Parker, who is captured by Comanche warriors in a raid on her Texas frontier settlement and assimilates into the tribe, only to be recaptured by Texas Rangers 24 years later, struggling with her identity as both a Comanche woman and her frontier family’s daughter. The narrative includes themes of captivity, violence, cultural assimilation, and identity crisis.