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    <body><![CDATA[audrey and i cried ourselves silly when we read this book, and still reference it to this day. well, mainly, we mock the fact that we cried ourselves silly.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[It had all turned out to be so strange, so ironic. Angela Peterson's family had moved west because her mother had not been well and the doctor said the cooler, clear air of the region might be easier on her lungs. Her father sold the farm and loaded everything they could take with them in three wagons. They found new land and a new life, setting about to build another farm.&lt;/P&gt;<p>Her mother's health did improve at least for a while. Then a winter cold put her back in bed and it became clear she had only months to live. Angela was just fourteen at the time, and in those intervening months her mother tried to prepare her for the responsibility of raising three young siblings. But no one dreamed that something would happen to their father.</p><p>For Angela, now seventeen, and her older brother Thomas, the profound events that reshaped their family also changed their lives. Angela does her best to care for the children, but still wonders if she is providing everything they need like her mother did. And as the children grow, the questions and challenges intensify, at times even feel overwhelming. Preparing them for life seems to require something more.</p><p>She did not know a bigger challenge was yet to come.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[my first Janette Oke novel. I'm sure most people find this book simple and &quot;sappy&quot; but I love the goodness in it. Instead of trying to rid my mind of bad words or images the book put in, I find myself remembering the sweet story of a family left parentless and the 'love story' of Angela an...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book! This is the first book that I have read of Janette Oke and it was fabulous! I love her as an author! She has great examples in her books and her characters are wonderful! The Women of the West Series is wonderful! I recommend these books to everyone!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What a lovely book.  This is the first book that I read by this author and it left an imprint on my heart that I'll not forget.  It is an easy fast read that will pull at your heart strings.  I recommend that you read this book with a box of tissue close by.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I thoroughly enjoyed this book.  It was a very easy read and it had the romance that I love.  I was disappointed that it didn't continue further.  In books like this I like it when the author gives you a synopsis of what happened after the book ends.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great historical fiction. About a young family who's parents die and big sister has to step up to the responsibility of a family. I loved it!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a fast read!  I was left wanting much much more from the story.  I thought the characters were fun to watch throughout.  I would recommend this book to any of my friends but I think a better generation of reader would be a much younger group.  I think I would be perfectly comfortable readin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14586678">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A touching story about maturity and responsibility and dealing with boht of these as well as love.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[She's cared for her siblings as best she could . . . but is it enough?  Instead of the new life she and her family expected to forge out west, seventeen-year-old Angela is thrust into the role of caring for her three younger siblings after the death of their parents. With the help of her older brother, and trust in God, Angela is determined to raise the children as her mother would have wanted. As the youngsters grow, the questions and challenges intensify. Angela feels trapped and overwhelmed. Surely no man will ever want a woman who comes with three children in tow. Is this the plan God has for her life? Will she ever find a way to balance her own dreams with the promises she made to her mama?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good but sad in some parts. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Very Very good]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[She's cared for her siblings as best she could . . . but is it enough?  Instead of the new life she and her family expected to forge out west, seventeen-year-old Angela is thrust into the role of caring for her three younger siblings after the death of their parents. With the help of her older brother, and trust in God, Angela is determined to raise the children as her mother would have wanted. As the youngsters grow, the questions and challenges intensify. Angela feels trapped and overwhelmed. Surely no man will ever want a woman who comes with three children in tow. Is this the plan God has for her life? Will she ever find a way to balance her own dreams with the promises she made to her mama?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Of the five books of Janette Oke's that I have read so far.  This one is my favorite and one that I will be reading with my daughter as she gets older.  I was inspired to be a better mother after reading this book with the added desire to give my children a good foundation in the early years of life...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15121678">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[She's cared for her siblings as best she could . . . but is it enough?  Instead of the new life she and her family expected to forge out west, seventeen-year-old Angela is thrust into the role of caring for her three younger siblings after the death of their parents. With the help of her older brother, and trust in God, Angela is determined to raise the children as her mother would have wanted. As the youngsters grow, the questions and challenges intensify. Angela feels trapped and overwhelmed. Surely no man will ever want a woman who comes with three children in tow. Is this the plan God has for her life? Will she ever find a way to balance her own dreams with the promises she made to her mama?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book had been sitting in my room for several years. After realizing I hadn't a book to read for a 10 hour flight, I grabbed it off of my shelf and dusted it off. Definitely a down-to-earth and feel-good kind of book. It's awfully predictable, but has a very sweet ending. A very quick and easy w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5136162">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved reading this sweet book. You follow Angela as she cares for her younger siblings. Like any girl she dreams of having her own family and a husband to love her. With God's help she learns which paths to take. It is a good book for a rainy day.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the greatest books by this author, it made me a better person to read it. When I was young my Mom would read out loud to us ( me and my 4 sisters) and so it just brings back a lot of good memories to re read some of those books.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A book full of truths and virtue.  This is a heartwarming story about a mother's legacy that she left for her young family.  It is about choices, testimony and family.  I highly recommend it.]]></body>
    
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