Too Long a Stranger (Women of the West (Bethany House Paperback))
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (755 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0764223852 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Janette and her husband, Edward, have four grown children and nine grandchildren and make their home in Canada. Love Comes Softly, Janette's first novel, has sold over 1 million copies. size : . Janette is now the best selling author of over 40 books, 32 of which have been translated into fourteen languages. Janette Oke pioneered inspirational fiction and is the leading author in the category today.
Only the thinnest strand of the past holds the mother and daughter together - The sudden death of her husband had left Sarah Perry and her baby Rebecca alone in their small frontier town. Sarah was not trained for any job, and she had nowhere to turn.But Sarah resolved for Rebecca's sake to put her life back together and go on. The question from a kind neighbor woman, "What do you plan to do?," seemed impossible to answer. What hope is there of restoring the bond that once was between them?. And to everyone's surprise, Sarah f
size : . Love Comes Softly, Janette's first novel, has sold over 1 million copies. About the AuthorJanette Oke pioneered inspirational fiction and is the leading author in the category today. Janette and her husband, Edward, have four grown children and nine grandchildren and make their home in Canada. Janette receives fan mail from all over the world and answers each letter personally She received the 1992 President's Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association for her significant contribution to Christian fiction, and has been awarded the coveted Gold Medallion Award for fiction. Janette is now the best selling author of over 40 books, 32 of which have been translated into fourteen languages
"What to do, how to do itlife is not what you hope for" according to DeniseG. How do you go home when you don't know what that is? This is an emotional, agonizing story carrying the reader througha story of loss, determination, sacrifice, pride, detachment and finding God. Heart-wrenching story has few light moments. It's a downer, ending expected. Hard case for what seems best at the time, that action may backfire.. "The story felt empty." according to MAB. "Too Long a Stranger" was a so-so book. I enjoyed "Roses For Mama," by Oke, much more. The plot seemed more relevant of today's family situations - I found that ironic. It seems Janette Oke didn't know if she wanted to focus on Sarah or Rebecca. It shifted main characters all of a sudden, with no hint of it. I couldn't feel for the characters - I don't think Oke developed them well, they had no dimension. It felt like Seth was . Did she run out of paper? Ubermother This is one of the best Janette Oke books I have read. However, as usual, everything was wrapped up nice and tidy in the last chapter. I often wonder if Ms. Oke is running out of paper as she writes the last chapters of her books. Or maybe her editor allots her only so many pages (303 in this case) and she has to rush the ending. I would like to see her write a book on what happens to the characters after conversion and reconci