Elizabeth, a quick-witted and idealistic young maiden, was filled with pity for a tiny baby, left to die along with his mother. She found him a wet-nurse, decided to become a housekeeper to care for the rest of the motherless children, and fell in love with their father, while promising marriage to another man. But […]
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Review: Emily’s Chance by Sharon Gillenwater
When a disastrous fire destroyed most of the countryside around Callahan Crossing as well as the small town museum Emily was restoring, it seemed as though she would soon go back to the city. Chance Callahan, cowboy, contractor, and now also fire-cleanup volunteer, was determined to make the young museum curator stay. “She’s the one,” […]
Remembrance Week Review: While We’re Far Apart by Lynn Austin
Still reeling from the accidental death of his wife, Eddie Shaffer enlisted in the US army in September 1943. He expected his mother to take care of his children but she refused, insisting that he stay home with his motherless children. When Grandma’s neighbor, mousy Penny Goodrich, overheard the conversation she eagerly offered to move […]
Remembrance Week Review: The Lonely Sentinel by Piet Prins
When impetuous Dirk, a Dutch grade four student, unwittingly antagonized a Nazi sympathizer on the way home from school, he and his older brother Frans were saved by their father’s long-lost friend. The boys delivered many mysterious messages between him and their father throughout that cold winter. As their family’s windmill became home to […]
Review: Making Waves by Lorna Seilstad
At her mother’s insistence, Marguerite Westing lets herself be courted by wealthy Roger Gordon, a man she privately calls Mr. Boring. Although Margaret normally has a lot of spunk, she lacks the courage to tell Roger that she is not interested in him. Instead she lives a lie. The lies intensify when her […]