false 40572 7 1 female 278060 1578562325 9781578562329 78 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173371195m/278060.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173371195s/278060.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/278060.All_Together_in_One_Place 3.92 294 --from the journals of Ezra Meeker, 1852
THEIR LIVES WOULD BE TEMPERED BY ADVERSITY, EXPANDED BY FAITH, POLISHED BY PERSEVERANCE--

For Madison "Mazy" Bacon, a young wife living in southern Wisconsin, the future appears every bit as promising as it is reassuringly predictable. A loving marriage, a well-organized home, the pleasure of planting an early spring garden--these are the carefully-tended dreams that sustain her heart and nourish her soul.

But when her husband of two years sells the homestead and informs her that they are heading west, Mazy's life is ripped down the middle like a poorly mended sheet forgotten in a midwestern storm. Her love is tried, her boundaries stretched, and the fabric of her faith tested. At the same time, she and eleven extraordinary women are pulled toward an uncertain destiny--one that binds them together through reluctance and longing and into acceptance and renewal.

Based on an actual 1852 Oregon Trail incident, All Together in One Place, Book One in the Kinship and Courage series, speaks to the strength in every woman and celebrates the promise of hope that unfailingly blooms amidst tragedy and challenge.]]> 40572 3.98 1651 365 2000 278061 1578562333 9781578562336 24 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173371196m/278061.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173371196s/278061.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/278061.No_Eye_Can_See 4.06 160 –Salem Statesman Journal

Suzanne felt the tears press at her eyes as the dream-state drifted away–taking with it the sight of the man she loved. Awake, she blinked back the tears. This was her life now. The sounds of the women and oxen, those were real. And the darkness–her darkness. She lay inside it, resigned. She was not a wife reaching out for her husband but a widow, a blind widow, wistful and full of desire.

FACING CHALLENGES AND LOSS, A COMMUNITY OF EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN FIGHT TO OVERCOME THE PAIN OF THE PAST – AND EMBRACE THE FUTURE.

When blind and widowed Suzanne Cullver reaches California with a group of women who have survived tragedy on the Oregon Trail, she sets her mind on doing for herself all that must be done. Though she cannot see, she rejects offers of assistance, unwittingly risking her children’s safety – and her own.

Her companions blindly falter as well, held hostage by their own pasts. As Suzanne attempts to control her life in Shasta City, Ruth defends against past errors, failing to see how she limits love. Meanwhile, Mazy’s vision seems to be permanently clouded by her late husband’s betrayal. But when a young stagedriver risks all for a Wintu Indian, his life becomes entangled with the turnaround women – and together they are changed forever as they discover that No Eye Can See all the good God has in store for those who love Him.]]> 40572 3.98 1651 365 2001 278059 1578562341 9781578562343 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173371195m/278059.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173371195s/278059.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/278059.What_Once_We_Loved 4.21 139
Her friends are also moving on. Mazy wrestles with her understanding of what faith and family really mean; Tipton discovers that marriage requires more than she’s ready to give; and Suzanne’s challenge is to keep seeing with new eyes. Together, the turn around women travel to arenas of untested promise where they’ll find a hope that sustains them and relationships they’ll cherish all their days.
THE FINAL BOOK IN THE KINSHIP AND COURAGE SERIES
]]> 40572 3.98 1651 365 2001 409106 0880707658 9780880707657 34 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174505505m/409106.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174505505s/409106.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/409106.A_Sweetness_to_the_Soul 4.08 133 A Sweetness to the Soul recounts the captivating story of young, spirited Oregon pioneer Jane Herbert who at the age of twelve faces a tragedy that begins a life-long search for forgiveness and love. In the years that follow, young Jane finds herself involved in an unusual and touching romance with a dreamer sixteen years her senior, struggles to make peace with an emotionally distant mother, and fights to build a family of her own. Filled with heart-warming insight and glimpses of real-life pain, A Sweetness to the Soul paints a brilliant picture of love that conquers all obstacles and offers a powerful testimony to the miracle of God's healing power.]]> 40572 3.98 1651 365 1995 967496 1578564999 9781578564996 32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179876556m/967496.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179876556s/967496.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/967496.A_Name_of_Her_Own 3.86 126 A Name of Her Own is the fictionalized adventure account of a real woman’s fight to settle in a new landscape, survive in a nation at war, protect her sons and raise them well and, despite an abusive, alcoholic husband, keep her marriage together.

With two rambunctious young sons to raise, Marie Dorion refuses to be left behind in St. Louis when her husband heads West with the Wilson Hunt Astoria expedition of 1811. Faced with hostile landscapes, an untried expedition leader, and her volatile husband, Marie finds that the daring act she hoped would bind her family together may in the end tear them apart.

On the journey, Marie meets up with the famous Lewis and Clark interpreter, Sacagawea. Both are Indian women married to mixed-blood men of French Canadian and Indian descent, both are pregnant, both traveled with expeditions led by white men, and both are raising sons in a white world.

Together, the women forge a friendship that will strengthen and uphold Marie long after they part, even as she faces the greatest crisis of her life, and as she fights for her family’s very survival with the courage and gritty determination that can only be fueled by a mother’s love.
]]> 40572 3.98 1651 365 2002 278053 1578567343 9781578567348 29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173371192m/278053.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173371192s/278053.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/278053.A_Clearing_in_the_Wild 3.86 124
Eventually Emma and her husband, Christian, are sent along with eight other men to scout out a new location in the northwest where the Bethelites can prepare to await “the last days.” Christian believes they’ve found the ideal situation in Washington territory, but when Keil arrives with the rest of the community, he rejects Christian’s choice in favor of moving to Oregon.

Emma pushes her husband to take this opportunity to break away from the group, but her longed-for influence brings unexpected consequences. As she seeks a refuge for her wounded faith, she learns that her passionate nature can be her greatest strength–if she can harness it effectively.]]> 40572 3.98 1651 365 2006 482308 0880709383 9780880709385 24 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175122157m/482308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175122157s/482308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/482308.Love_to_Water_My_Soul 4.18 100 Love to Water My Soul recounts the dramatic story of an abandoned white child rescued by Indians. Among Oregon's Paiute people, Shell Flower seeks love and a place of belonging...only to be cast away from her home.

A remakable story of God's constancy and provision for all lovers of history, romance and faith...

Based on historical characters and events, Love to Water My Soul recounts the dramatic story of an abandoned white child rescued by Indians. Among Oregon's Paiute people, Shell Flower seeks love and a pace of belonging...only to be cast away from her home.

In the years that follow, she faces a new life in the world of the white man--a life filled with both attachment and loss--yet finds that God faithfully unites her with a love that fills all longing in this heartwarming sequel to Jane Kirkpatrick's award-winner, A Sweetness to the Soul.]]> 40572 3.98 1651 365 1996 71820 1576730824 9781576730829 21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170793238m/71820.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170793238s/71820.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/71820.A_Gathering_of_Finches 3.91 89 40572 3.98 1651 365 1997 278057 1578567351 9781578567355 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173371194m/278057.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173371194s/278057.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/278057.A_Tendering_in_the_Storm 4.11 79
A Story of Tender Truths
About a Woman’s Desperate Efforts
to Shelter Her Family

Determined to raise her children on her own terms, Emma suddenly finds herself alone and pregnant with her third child, struggling to keep her family secure in the remote coastal forest of the Washington Territory. With loss and disappointment as her fuel, she kindles a fire that soon threatens to consume her, making a series of poor choices that take her into dangerous relationships.

As clouds of despair close in, she must decide whether to continue in her own waning strength or to humble herself and accept help from the very people she once so eagerly left behind.

Based on a True Story

Rich with historical details and vivid characters, A Tendering in the Storm poignantly gives voice to a mother’s fears for her family and a woman’s search for her truest self.]]> 40572 3.98 1651 365 2007 1628130 1578569796 9781578569793 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186076698m/1628130.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186076698s/1628130.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1628130.A_Mending_at_the_Edge 3.83 63 “Of all the things I left in Willapa, hope is what I missed the most.”

So begins this story of one woman’s restoration from personal grief to the meaning of community. Based on the life of German-American Emma Wagner Giesy, the only woman sent to the Oregon Territory in the 1850s to help found a communal society, award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick shows how landscape, relationships, spirituality and artistry poignantly reflect a woman’s desire to weave a unique and meaningful legacy from the threads of an ordinary life. While set in the historical past, it’s a story for our own time answering the question: Can threads of an isolated life weave a legacy of purpose in community?]]> 40572 3.98 1651 365 2008