Jane Kirkpatrick.'s A Tendering in the Storm

I've been given a copy of Jane Kirkpatrick's A Tendering in the Storm to review, but sadly, a couple of deadlines are looming this week, so it's still in the RMS (Read Me, Stupid) pile. In the meantime, as Jane Kirkpatrick is doing a blog tour this week (you can see a two-part interview with her by Sarah beginning here), here's a summary of her novel:

SUMMARY:
Based on a true story, this lyrical novel gives voice to a mother’s fears for her family and a woman’s search for her truest self.

In the second book of the Change and Cherish series from best-selling author Jane Kirkpatrick, strong-willed Emma Giesy and her husband branch off from a close-knit and repressive German religious community of the 1850s to work and live independently in the remote coastal forest of the Washington Territory.

But when Emma suddenly finds herself alone and pregnant with her third child, this desperate mother makes a series of poor choices, hoping to ensure her family’s survival. She eventually finds herself entangled in grave circumstances, having fueled the fires of devastation with her own loss and disappointment. Can she rescue her family’s future from the embers of her actions?

Wondering if an angry God has abandoned her to the consequences of her willfulness, Emma must come to terms with her own vulnerability. As clouds of despair close in, she faces the difficult question of whether to continue in her own waning strength or to humble herself and accept help from the very people she once so eagerly left behind.

Jane Kirkpatrick is the best-selling author of two nonfiction books and twelve historical novels, including A Clearing in the Wild and the acclaimed Kinship and Courage series. Her award-winning essays and articles have appeared in more than fifty publications, including Daily Guideposts and Decision. A winner of the coveted Western Heritage Wrangler Award, Jane is a licensed clinical social worker as well as an internationally recognized speaker and inspirational retreat leader. She and her husband, Jerry, ranch 160 acres in eastern Oregon.

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