Twenty years have passed since
youngest daughter Belinda's story in Love Finds
A Home. Marty and Clark Davis' spiritual heritage
has been lovingly passed on to their later generations.
And now granddaughter Virginia faces the test of her
young life. Caught in the difficult period between
childhood and adulthood, feeling that she doesn't
fit in, Virginia struggles against what she considers
to be unreasonable restrictions and expectations.
A new girl at school represents the daring and freedom
that Virginia thinks she wants until one fateful day
. . . .(c) Amazon.com
Emerging into young adulthood,
Virginia faces tests and trials that will shape her
character for the future. Will her choices be wise
ones, or will she be pulled in a direction she knows
bodes ill? The peer pressure she faces threatens her
life and those of her friends. A life will be sacrificed
and how will it affect young Virginia? One dark day
will tell....
Another wonderful novel about
a young woman growing up and making huge moral choices
as she faces many of the same crisis every teenage
girl faces with friends, school, and morality. A must
read for anyone who remembers what it was like to
be a teen!
The Yearning Deep Inside Her
to Go Somewhere, Discover Something, Be a Part of
the World About Her in a New Way Would Not Go Away.
But What Would Satisfy It? In The Tender Years, Virginia
Simpson managed to struggle through adolescence and
was looking forward to stepping into adulthood. When
her graduation day arrives, she walks to the podium
as the class valedictorian to the proud grins of her
grandparents, Marty and Clark Davis. College beckoned,
and life seemed to be well in hand. She thought she
would feel different. Like an adult, with an inner
knowledge that she was on the edge of the nest, ready
to try her own wings. And then circumstances began
swirling around her, making her rethink her plans
and reevaluate her priorities. If She Only Knew What
the Future Held.... (c) Amazon.com
Virginia manages to make it through
the tremulous high school years and is looking forward
to her graduation day. Plans for the future are set
in motion with great anticipation, but just as she
yearns to spread her wings, a family crisis threatens
to destroy her well-laid plans. What does the future
hold for Virginia?
Another great Janette Oke book
about the trials of adolescence. It's a wonderful
continuation of the family of Marty and Clark Davis,
introduced way back in the Love Comes Softly
series. If you enjoyed Mrs. Oke's other books, this
will surely be another favourite!
Countless fans of Christian fiction
like you were thrilled when Janette Oke released her
new series, A PRAIRIE LEGACY. Readers have
been rewarded with a touching exploration of the feelings
and thoughts of young Virginia Simpson as she grows
to be a woman. Now with A Quiet Strength, best-selling
author Janette Oke continues Virginia's tale with
a heartwarming, romantic novel that mothers and daughters
everywhere will love. Virginia Simpson has learned
that grandma Marty was right to insist that when God
allows something to be taken from you, he replaces
it with something better. The return of Jonathan,
their renewed courtship, and the upcoming wedding
are all shining examples of that. Still though, the
trials and disappointments of Virginia's life weigh
heavily on her and the inner strength that has continued
to build in her is far from completion. The first
test of her new resolve comes soon after her marriage.
Waiting for their house to be completed, the couple
has no choice but to live with Jonathan's grandmother.
Although Virginia loves the woman, she struggles with
having to share her new husband's time. When the house
is completed, even greater obstacles arise, challenging
both the couple's fledgling love as well as Virginia's
inner peace. But like gold refined, Virginia will
emerge as a woman of character and godliness. (c)
Amazon.com
Virginia has learned to trust
God to provide something better when he takes something
else away, but will He do the same this time around?
As she anticipates the long-awaited arrival of her
Jonathan and her upcoming marriage, she learns that
her God is not finished refining Virginia yet. She
must face more trials and tribulations as she and
Jonathan struggle to set up their farm and family
together, following God's will for their lives.
The much-anticipated sequel to
this trilogy about Virginia's trials through adolescence
and into adulthood is sure to please. If you've read
the first two in this trilogy, you'll have to read
the third!!
Virginia is completely overwhelmed
with the circumstances in her life. Losses loom on
the horizon: elderly grandparents who can no longer
stay on the family farm; her nephew Slate, who longs
to leave for a home of his own; her brother Danny
and his wife, who leave for Kenya; and Mindy, whom
Virginia has raised as her own daughter but who may
be torn away from the ones she loves by a cold-hearted
birth mother. "That's how life is," Virginia tells
Mindy. "Things just keep being... different." Virginia
has always dreaded and fought change. Now, can she
embrace it? In this fourth volume of the Prairie Legacy
series, best-selling author Janette Oke gently opens
a window into the life of a close-knit family trying
to find its way through bewildering times. In her
own quiet-paced, inimitable style, she examines the
role that change plays in our lives and how we are
shaped--or broken--by it. Longtime fans of this inspirational
author will find no big shocks or surprises here.
Just vintage Oke. --Cindy Crosby (c) Amazon.com
Virginia has been challenged
and tested through the years, but with the struggles
have been countless blessings. Their Mindy, her high
school friend's daughter who has become their own,
must make choices a young child should never have
to make. Will Virginia and Jonathan have enough strength
to support Mindy in her difficult choice and to follow
what appears to be God's will in splitting up their
family? Is God answering prayer or forcing a family's
worst nightmare? Only time will tell if Virginia will
become like gold refined by her master's hands.
I had looked forward to reading
this series for quite some time and was not disappointed!!
This series follows in the genuine Oke tradition and
will surely delight new and old readers of Janette
Oke fiction. A surefire winner!
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