An Absence So Great: A Novel

Romance

Jane Kirkpatrick

Historical

Random House, Inc.

A mother's tragedy, a daughter's desire and the 7000 mile journey that changed their lives.   In 1896 Norwegian American Helga Estby accepted a wager from the fashion industry to walk from Spokane, Washington to New York City within seven months in an effort to earn $10,000. Bringing along her nineteen year-old daughter Clara, the two made their way on the 3500-mile trek by following the railroad tracks and motivated by the money they needed to save the family farm.  After returning home to the Estby farm more than a year later, Clara chose to walk on alone by leaving the family and changing her name. Her decisions initiated a more than 20-year separation from the only life she had known. Historical fiction writer Jane Kirkpatrick picks up where the fact of the Estbys’ walk leaves off to explore Clara's continued journey. What motivated Clara to take such a risk in an era when many women struggled with the issues of rights and independence? And what personal revelations brought Clara to the end of her lonely road? The Daughter's Walk weaves personal history and fiction together to invite readers to consider their own journeys and family separations, to help determine what exile and forgiveness are truly about.“Kirkpatrick has done impeccable homework, and what she recreates and what she imagines are wonderfully seamless. Readers see the times, the motives, the relationships that produce a chain of decisions and actions, all rendered with understatement. Kirkpatrick is a master at using fiction to illuminate history’s truths. This beautiful and compelling work of historical fiction deserves the widest possible audience.”—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

The Daughter's Walk: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Literary

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Jane Kirkpatrick reaches out to touch readers everywhere, by befriending those who are wounded by the many heartaches of life. Here she writes gentle words of comfort, wisdom, and joy; words of endurance, inspiration, and faith. These pages hold tender stories, thoughtful meditations, and insightful Scriptures-readers will feel as if they've found a safe and quiet place to set their burdens down, listen to the words of a dear and trusted friend, and gain strength to resume the journey.This book is tenderly written from the author's heart to the reader's heart. It is intimate and genuinely compassionate. The sweet design invites the reader to linger a while and allow the healing to begin. The weary of heart will truly embrace this book as A Simple Gift of Comfort.

A Simple Gift of Comfort

Jane Kirkpatrick, Inc

Gently crossing the wilderness of sorrow to the shelter of encouragement, Jane Kirkpatrick shares compassionate meditations and promises of Scripture. Tranquil photographs — a child’s trusting hand, sunrise over a glass lake, a colander of bright berries — create a lovely expression of caring for those wishing to walk beside a friend or family member who hurts.

A Simple Gift of Comfort: Healing Words for Difficult Times

Religion & Spirituality

Sorensen, Lisa Hollister

Christian Books & Bibles

Harvest House Publishers

A Sweetness to the Soul

hardcover...dust jacket a little rough around the edgesbook in great shape though

All Together in One Place (Kinship and Courage Series #1)

WaterbrookPress

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 stage driver 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.

No Eye Can See: a Novel of Kinship, Courage, and Faith - Book Two

WaterBrook Press

A CIRCLE OF COURAGEOUS WOMEN DISCOVERS THE MEANING OF INDEPENDENCE, FORGIVENESS, AND LOVE Ruth Martin had a dream: to become an independent woman and build a life in southern Oregon for herself and her children. But when her friend Mazy's inaction results in a tragedy that shatters Ruth's dream, Ruth must start anew and try to heal her tender wounds. 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

What Once We Loved (Kinship and Courage Series #3)

A Name of Her Own is a fictionalized account of the life of Marie Dorion. With 2 young sons to raise, Marie refuses to stay in St. Louis when her husband heads West with the Wilson Hunt Astoria expedition of 1811, making her the first mother to cross the Rockies and stay in the Northwest. On the trip, Marie meets the famous Lewis and Clark interpreter, Sacagawea. Both are pregnant Indian women married to mixed-blood men of French Canadian and Indian descent who have traveled with expeditions led by white men and are raising sons in a white world.

A Name of Her Own (Tender Ties Historical Series #1)

Genre Fiction

***New book, brilliant-2003 Waterbrook Press Edition - Hardcover &amp; Dust jacket, in excellent condition, 370-Pages of Interest/knowledge, great book with classic material - 100% Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed- you won't be disappointed with this one

Every Fixed Star (Tender Ties Historical Series #2)

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