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Snelling, Lauraine

Summary: Nilda Carlson and her younger brother Ival come to America to join her older brother Rune and his family on the Strand farm in Minnesota. Uncle Einar Strand refuses to help rune build a house for his family and forbids the community to come onto his land. Can the tragedy that reveals Einar's anger and isolation bring the Carlsons and Strands together into a true family?

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2018

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC SNE

Snelling, Lauraine

Summary: " In 1910 Minnesota, Nilda Carlson's dreams are coming true. Though her first few months in America were difficult, her life now resembles the images that filled her daydreams in Norway. She and her younger brother Ivar live in their own house, just a short distance from her older brother and his family. Together they work the farm and fell trees for lumber. They plan to grow a dairy herd,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC SNE

Snelling, Lauraine

Summary: When Signe, her husband, Rune, and their three boys arrive in Minnesota from Norway to help a relative clear his land of lumber, they dream of owning their own farm and building a life in the New World. But Uncle Einar and Aunt Gird are hard, demanding people, and Signe and her family soon find themselves worked nearly to the bone in order to repay the cost of their voyage. At this rate, they...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2017

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC SNE

Ellis, Mary

Summary: When Amy King - young, engaged, and Amish - loses both of her parents in a house fire, her fiancé, John Detweiler, persuades Amy and her sister, Nora, to make a new beginning with him in Harmony, Maine. John's brother Thomas and his wife open their home to the newcomers. But Thomas, a minister, wisely suggests a period of adjustment and counseling for the couple before marriage. Will John and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ELL

Karon, Jan

Summary: Father Tim and Cynthia arrive in the west of Ireland, intent on researching his Kavanagh ancestry. The charm of their lakeside B&B is broken when Cynthia startles a burglar and sprains her already-injured ankle. Then a cherished and valuable painting is stolen from the lodge owners, and Cynthia's pain pales in comparison to the wound at the center of this bitterly estranged Iris family.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KAR

Jones, Annie

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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point 2009

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JON

Macomber, Debbie.

Summary: Bethanne Hamlin takes a road trip with her daughter Annie and her ex-mother-in-law Ruth. They are driving to Florida for Ruth's 50th high school reunion, but even with the best maps, they may get off course.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2011

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MAC

Byler, Linda

Summary: "Hannah, a feisty young Amish woman, lives on her family's farm in North Dakota. As the local Amish community begins to thrive, a terrible drought and a windmill fire devastate their business and the community. Hannah must choose whether to stay in North Dakota or move back to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with the other Amish families that are leaving"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BYL

Summary: A reunion in Pincecraft: When sisters Sharon and Sherilyn Kramer attend a wedding in Shipshewana, one of them returns with a new penpal while the other returns to her job at the bakery. After sending weekly letters back and forth, Sherry and Graham Holland arrange a reunion in Pinecraft. Upon Graham's arrival, however, he realizes he's been writing to the wrong sister. He decides to use the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2017

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GRA

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FICTION AMI

Carlson, Melody

Summary: When she receives the news in late 1944 that her baby's father was shot down in the South Pacific, Amelia Richards loses hope. Jobless and broke, she has nowhere to turn for help but her infant's paternal grandparents. The only problem is, they don't know that she--or their grandson--exists. When Amelia discovers that the family is wealthy and influential, dare she disclose the truth of her...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2017

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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC CAR

Kingsbury, Karen.

Summary: Zack Dylan made a promise to God and his college sweetheart as he left his family's horse farm in Kentucky to compete on the popular reality television show Fifteen Minutes: If he makes it, the fame won't change him. Overnight, Zack is the nation's most popular contestant, a country singer with the looks and voice of a young Elvis. As his star rises, Zack is asked to compromise and quiet his...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KIN

Rivers, Francine

Summary: Struggling to make a home for herself and her five-month old son Samuel, Grace Moore accepts a position as a personal assistant to Roman Velasco, a temperamental successful artist.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC RIV

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