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Christian Fiction November 2020 Calling All Patrons . . . Do you have a book you would love to recommend to other patrons? We would like to hear from you! Please click on the link below and fill out the form. (Your title should be part of the Avon Lake Library collection.) The review may be posted in the library for patrons who are looking for book suggestions.
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| Something Worth Doing by Jane KirkpatrickWhat it is: an inspiring, well-researched biographical novel about 19th-century women's rights advocate Abigail "Jenny" Scott Duniway.
What it's about: Born in Illinois, Jenny travels the Oregon Trail with her family to the Willamette Valley, where she becomes a teenaged school teacher. She then marries, has six children, supports her family by opening a millinery shop after her husband is injured, and in 1871 starts a newspaper focused on women's rights.
For fans of: novels featuring determined women dealing with life-changing events and societal constraints. |
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| The Stone Wall by Beverly LewisStarring: Anna, who's part of the Beachy Amish (they drive and use electricity), who spends the summer with her more-strict Lancaster County Amish relatives, like her grandmother did decades ago.
What happens: Anna works with a handsome Mennonite giving tours and looks for a stone wall her grandmother, who has Alzheimer's, cryptically mentioned. She also volunteers at a horse-riding therapy barn and makes friends with a young Amish widower there.
Reviewers say: "a resplendent tale of love, loss, and faith" (Publishers Weekly). |
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A Home for Hannah
by Amy Lillard
Returning home to her Amish community after being away for 15 years, widow Hannah McLean finds that her feelings for her first love, Aaron Zook, are as strong as ever as they rekindle their romance.
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Secrets of My Heart
by Tracie Peterson
Reuniting with childhood friend and lawyer Seth Carpenter, recently widowed Nancy Pritchard reevaluates her loveless marriage for clues about her husband’s dark secrets before her quest for answers is complicated by her growing attraction to Seth.
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| The Sowing Season by Katie PownerStarring: 63-year-old Gerrit Laninga, who's had to sell his Washington State farm after years of hard work that cost him close family relationships; studious 15-year-old Rae Walters, who's been diligently following her parents' plan for her life...but can she keep it up?
What happens: When Gerrit finds Rae hiding in his barn, they connect and are able to help one another in unexpected ways.
Why you might like it: This poignant debut novel thoughtfully examines intergenerational friendship, change, and the power of forgiveness. |
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| Noel Street by Richard Paul EvansStarring: Elle, who's a waitress in a small mountain town, a widow whose husband died in Vietnam, and the mother of a mixed-race son; William, a recently returned Vietnam POW working as a mechanic.
What happens: In 1975 Utah, Elle, who's estranged from her family, begins a friendship with William after he works on her old car.
Series alert: This is the "memorable, thought-provoking" (Booklist) 3rd in the Noel Collection; the 4th entry, The Noel Letters, just came out. |
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| An Amish Family Christmas by Shelley Shepard GrayThe setup: It's a freezing cold December evening in Charm, Ohio when Julia Kemps locks herself and her young daughter Penny out of their rental house. Luckily, neighbor Levi Kinsinger passes by and helps.
What happens: Julia and Levi work together on a Christmas surprise for Penny, and as Christmas grows closer, so do they -- but both have secrets and pasts they're trying to forget.
Read this next: If you like this heartwarming 4th in The Charmed Amish Life series, try the author's The Gift, or Cindy Woodsmall's A Christmas Haven, which are both Amish Christmas romances. |
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The Christmas Swap
by Melody Carlson
Organizing a vacation trade during the holidays, a talented songwriter poses as a caretaker at his Colorado Rockies house upon meeting his houseguest, a young teacher whose friend would exploit the truth. By the award-winning author of Finding Alice.
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| Shepherds Abiding by Jan KaronStarring: Father Timothy Kavanagh, a retired Episcopal priest in the small North Carolina town of Mitford; Cynthia, his beloved wife.
What happens: In this comforting 8th installment in the beloved Mitford series, cerebral Father Tim takes on a special Christmas project -- restoring an old nativity scene -- and discovers the joys of faithfully laboring with his hands to create something beautiful for someone he loves.
Reviewers say: "goes down like hot cocoa by the fireplace" (Publishers Weekly). |
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Contact your librarian for more great books! |
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Avon Lake Public Library 32649 Electric Blvd. Avon Lake, Ohio 44012 440-933-8128alpl.org |
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