Historical Fiction writer Jane Kirkpatrick turns her lense to Montana and the life of Mary "Mollie" Sheehan Ronan in her newest book Beneath the Bending Skies. Exploring themes of family and belonging, Kirkpatrick will be in conversation with Extreme History Project executive director, Crystal Alegria.

A young woman torn between duty and her own happiness defies her father to become the wife of a man with few prospects but a firm calling as a federal agent on the Flathead Reservation in 1800s Montana. In the years that follow she will discover that even the command to"honor thy father" has its limits. Based on a true story.