04/02/2018
This winsome second installment of Snelling’s turn-of-the-19th-century Under Northern Skies series (after The Promise of Dawn) continues the story of Signe Carlson; her husband, Rune; and their three boys as they adjust to their new lives in Minnesota. While they miss family in Norway, Signe and Rune also look forward to the arrival of Rune’s sister Nilda and brother Ivar, who have always dreamed of coming to America. As they continue to work clearing the land of Rune’s uncle Einar in order to pay him back for their voyage to America, Einar becomes even more stubborn and mean, isolating himself for long stretches on the farm. Nilda and Ivar’s arrival cheers those on the farm, but only briefly, as Einar becomes more overbearing each day. Snelling’s slow-burning story relies heavily on her knowledge of farm life in the early Norwegian settlements as she packs the story with peculiar details of how families lived and survived. She also puts in a surprise that will leave readers reeling. Although her style can be tedious and plodding, Snelling’s large base of fans will overlook those flaws in order to learn more about the Carlsons’ dream of making a new life in America. (Apr.)
The Minnesota frontier is nothing like Nilda Carlson imagined. After a terrifying experience in a lumber camp, she finds a safe job helping a young widow. When she meets Fritz, she is initially uninterested in his overtures. But as he begins to win her over, would loving him mean abandoning her goals--or simply exchanging one dream for a different one? Nilda Carlson has been trying to save enough money to go to America for months, so when a letter arrives, with an offer to pay her passage, she jumps at the chance. Her younger brother Ivar accompanies her, and they are thrilled to join older brother Rune and his family in the northern forests of Minnesota. But America is not everything Nilda imagined. A terrifying experience in a lumber camp shakes Nilda's confidence and trust in men, but a job helping a young widow raise her children and run her farm gives her a chance to build her own life. When she meets Fritz, the children's schoolteacher, she is initially unimpressed and uninterested. His kindness and passion for learning begin to win her over, but how can she sacrifice her dreams for the future for a man she's still not sure of?
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A Breath of Hope
The Minnesota frontier is nothing like Nilda Carlson imagined. After a terrifying experience in a lumber camp, she finds a safe job helping a young widow. When she meets Fritz, she is initially uninterested in his overtures. But as he begins to win her over, would loving him mean abandoning her goals--or simply exchanging one dream for a different one? Nilda Carlson has been trying to save enough money to go to America for months, so when a letter arrives, with an offer to pay her passage, she jumps at the chance. Her younger brother Ivar accompanies her, and they are thrilled to join older brother Rune and his family in the northern forests of Minnesota. But America is not everything Nilda imagined. A terrifying experience in a lumber camp shakes Nilda's confidence and trust in men, but a job helping a young widow raise her children and run her farm gives her a chance to build her own life. When she meets Fritz, the children's schoolteacher, she is initially unimpressed and uninterested. His kindness and passion for learning begin to win her over, but how can she sacrifice her dreams for the future for a man she's still not sure of?
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| BN ID: | 2940170530380 |
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| Publisher: | Recorded Books, LLC |
| Publication date: | 04/03/2018 |
| Series: | Under Northern Skies , #2 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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