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Christian Fiction January 2021
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The book of lost friends : a novel
by Lisa Wingate
A modern-day teacher discovers the story of three Reconstruction-era women and how it connects to her own students’ lives in this latest from the New York Times best-selling author of Before We Were Yours.
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Mrs. Lincoln's sisters : a novel / Jennifer Chiaverini
by Jennifer Chiaverini
Devastated by her 1875 suicide attempt, the sisters of widowed former First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln navigate the consequences of their husbands’ choices while advocating for Mary’s needs. By the best-selling author of Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker.
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A walk along the beach : a novel
by Debbie Macomber
When the younger sister she has always protected recovers from a dangerous illness and announces her intention to summit Mount Rainier, an older sister manages personal concerns by taking a chance on a relationship with a charming freelance photographer.
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Sew in love : 4 historical stories
by Debby Lee
"HEARTS SEWN WITH LOVE by Darlene Panzera Gold Bar, California, April 1850 During the California gold rush, a beautiful seamstress finds her heart torn between the men who want to marry her and the one fortune hunter who won't. WOVEN HEARTS by Jacquolyn McMurray New York City, 1911 A shirtwaist factory fire survivor struggles to provide for her family despite the disastrous misguided intentions of the handsome union organizer who tries to help. A LANGUAGE OF LOVE by Kimberley Woodhouse New York City, 1911 A milliner with thick Irish accent and a renowned baseball player with speech impediment meet at the office of a language teacher. But the issues with their backgrounds that first brought them together will also drive them apart. TAILORED SWEETHEARTS byDebby Lee Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Summer 1945 A parachute seamstress struggles with her faith in desperate circumstances. A fighter pilot teaches her to hope in her darkest hours"
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Books You May Have Missed
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Who do I talk to?
by Neta Jackson
After losing custody of her sons and all of her worldly possessions, Gabby Fairbanks tries to salvage the shattered pieces of her life and must take refuge at the women's shelter where she works, but a midnight intruder brings unwanted media attention to the shelter, threatening to undermine Gabby's chances of getting her sons back.
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Conversations with Saint Bernard : a novel
by Jim Kraus
Widower George Gibson sets off on a trip across the United States with a recently adopted Saint Bernard named Lewis as a traveling companion, sharing thoughts with his new friend and meeting the people that Lewis seems to draw into their lives
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Hope in the land
by Olivia Newport
When Henry Edison turns up in Lancaster County to survey farm women about their domestic contributions during the Great Depression, the last thing Amish housewife Gloria Grabill has time for is the government agent's questions. Gloria's hands are already full trying to balance farm life, with a husband, children, an extended family, in addition to an English neighbor, Minera Swain. While the Great Depression shadows the country in gloom, can Amish and English neighbors in Lancaster County grasp the goodness that will sustain hope?
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Any minute : a novel
by Joyce Meyer
Sarah Harper is too busy for her family, until a car accident leaves her clinically dead to the "outside" and her spirit's experience transforms her view of the past, present, and future before she is revived and becomes a changed women. From the best-selling authors of The Penny.
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The last sin eater
by Francine Rivers
A captivating tale of suffering, seeking, and redemption set in Appalachia in the 1850s, The Last Sin Eater is the story of a community committed to its myth of a human “sin eater,” who absolves the dead of their sins, and the ten-year-old child who shows them the Truth. All that matters for young Cadi Forbes is finding the one man who can set her free from the sin that plagues her, the sin that has stolen her mother’s love from her and made her wish she could flee life and its terrible injustice. But Cadi doesn’t know that the “sin eater” is seeking as well. Before their journeys are over, Cadi and the sin eater must face themselves, each other, and the One who will demand everything from them in exchange for the answers they seek.
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