Jane Kirkpatrick

Jane Kirkpatrick will present two books: Aurora, on the quilting community, and her book coming out in April: A Flickering in the Light, about her grandmother who was a turn of the century photographer.

Jane Kirkpatrick is a best-selling author whose previous historical novels include All Together in One Place and the award-winning Tendering in the Storm. Her newest book is A Flickering Light, placed in Minnesota in the early days of the 20th century. Come hear her read and discuss her craft.

McMenamins Stage

Mending At the Edge concludes the trilogy started with A Clearing In The Wild

Award winning author Jane Kirkpatrick brings us 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, Kirkpatrick shows how ... (more)landscape, relationships, spirituality and artistry reflect a woman's desire to weave a unique and meaningful legacy from the threads of an ordinary life.

Award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick visits from her ranch in Eastern Oregon to present A Mending at the Edge, the latest in her series of historical novels (A Clearing in the Wild; A Tendering in the Storm). Based on an actual historical figure, Kirkpatrick continues the story of Emma Giesy who struggles ... (more)with her roles of mother, daughter, sister and estranged wife as she carves out an existence outside the confines of her religious community in the year 1860.

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

**April 16th: Jane Kirkpatrick Reading**

Author Jane Kirkpatrick will be reading from her new book "A Mending at the Edge" at 7:30pm at the Hood River Hotel (102 Oak St.). "A Mending at the Edge" is the long awaited final book in the Change and Cherish historical series. The book is based on the ... (more)life of German-American Emma Wagner Giesy, the only woman sent to the Oregon Territory in the 1850s to help found a communal society.

Questions? Call Waucoma Bookstore at 541-386-5353 or check our website @ www.waucomabookstore.com
All events are free and open to the public.

CORRECT DATE IS NOVEMBER 29 - LT IS SAVING DATE OF ENTRY.

Jane Kirkpatrick an Oregon author of Historical Fiction. She is writing the stories of the women whose quilts hang in the Aurora Colony museum.