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If Virginia could have chosen to accept or discard all the changes that came her way, she gladly would have let most of them pass right by. She loves her life on the farm with her husband and children, not far from her parents and her grandparents. But a change that is tearing at her heart is the steady physical decline in Grandma Marty and Grandpa Clark. She cannot imagine their home without their welcoming smiles and their words of wisdom that arise from decades of life experiences and a show more solid faith in God. Their lovely daughter Mindy, who has blessed their home ever since her mother left the tiny child with them, has been encouraged and guided to pray for that mother all these years. Is God answering that prayer, or is the worst nightmare any family could face now upon them? Virginia is not sure she has the strength to truly become-like gold refined. show lessTags
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The fourth of four books make up the Prairie Legacy Series, the sequel to and conclusion of the Love Comes Softly series. They are the story of Virginia, one of Clark & Marty Davis's grandchildren as she grows up from a self-centered thirteen-year-old to a mature mother of four being tested and tried through many trials and heartbreaks. There are some chronology glitches in relation to the previous series -- some ages and timelines that don't seem to quite add up correctly, but they are minor. The more I read of Janette Oke, the more I like her.
"Virginia loves her life, living on the farm with her beloved Jonathan and their children, not far from her parents and her grandparents. But what troubles her is the gradual physical decline in Grandma Marty and Grandpa Clark. She cannot imagine life without their welcoming smiles and words of wisdom that arise from their life experiences and solid faith in God. And their lovely daughter Mindy, who has blessed their home ever since her mother left the tiny child with them, has been encouraged to pray for that mother all these years. Is God answering that prayer, or is the worst nightmare any family could face now upon them? Virginia is not sure she has the strength or fortitude to truly become like gold refined."
I really love this series. I love how strong the characters are in this book.
Virginia faces the challenges of aging grandparents and her adopted daughter searches for her birth mother.
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Janette Oke (pronounced "oak") was born in Champion, Alberta, Canada, during the depression years. She graduated from Mountain View Bible College in Didsbury, Alberta where she met her husband, Edward. She and Edward married in 1957 and went on to serve churches in Calgary and Edmonton, Canada, and Indiana. Oke published her first book, Love Comes show more Softly, in 1979. The book experienced immediate success because works of fiction were a virtually unknown genre in the Christian publishing industry. Oke has gone on to publish some 36 romance novels, earning her the 1992 President's Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. She is the author of the "Love Comes Softly" and the "Prairie Legacy" series of books. Oke enjoys a large reading audience primarily comprised of teenagers, homemakers and working women. She recently started writing for young children. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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