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Summary: An encouraging and hearbreaking story...
Review: I am also a huge Stephanie Whitson fan - have read all her books!! Each chapter of her books reads as a devotional - each opens with scripture and the thought remains throughout the chapter. Reading the history of what the Orphan Train children had to endure is heartbreaking and very inspirational. I look forward to finding more of her books at Amazon!!!
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Summary: Think of this as Book Four in the "Prairie Winds" Series
Review: If you read Walks the Fire, Soaring Eagle and Red Bird, you probably wondered what ever happened to Sarah Biddle. Sarah's Patchwork is Sarah Biddle's story. Prairie Winds readers will notice some overlap between the first part of this book and the other three books, seeing things -- for the first time -- from Sarah's point of view.Sarah, her little brother Tom, and their baby sister Emma were left parentless when their mother died and their father, either unwilling or unable to care for them, dropped them off at an orphanage. After promising that all of the children would be kept together, the orphanage administrator allowed baby Emma to be adopted by a wealthy family. When Sarah was told, she decided that she would never trust anyone again -- and she held on tightly to her crippled brother Tom, lest he be taken away from her as well. On a trip out west to find parents willing to adopt the children, Sarah and Tom escape and find themselves in Lincoln, Nebraska, at the Hathaway House Hotel. Over a period of time, and with the help of Joseph Freeman and Jesse King, Sarah learns that some people can be trusted. But she still doesn't trust God. After falling in love and losing in love over and over again, she wonders if she can ever trust God to bless her with someone to love -- someone who will STAY. How can she trust God when everyone she loves always seems to be taken away from her? Through it all, Sarah realizes that when God's answer is NO, it's always because he is preparing something better for us. Through a lot of sadness and loss, Sarah's story does have a happy (although unexpected) ending.
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Summary: Think of this as Book Four in the "Prairie Winds" Series
Review: If you read Walks the Fire, Soaring Eagle and Red Bird, you probably wondered what ever happened to Sarah Biddle. Sarah's Patchwork is Sarah Biddle's story. Prairie Winds readers will notice some overlap between the first part of this book and the other three books, seeing things -- for the first time -- from Sarah's point of view. Sarah, her little brother Tom, and their baby sister Emma were left parentless when their mother died and their father, either unwilling or unable to care for them, dropped them off at an orphanage. After promising that all of the children would be kept together, the orphanage administrator allowed baby Emma to be adopted by a wealthy family. When Sarah was told, she decided that she would never trust anyone again -- and she held on tightly to her crippled brother Tom, lest he be taken away from her as well. On a trip out west to find parents willing to adopt the children, Sarah and Tom escape and find themselves in Lincoln, Nebraska, at the Hathaway House Hotel. Over a period of time, and with the help of Joseph Freeman and Jesse King, Sarah learns that some people can be trusted. But she still doesn't trust God. After falling in love and losing in love over and over again, she wonders if she can ever trust God to bless her with someone to love -- someone who will STAY. How can she trust God when everyone she loves always seems to be taken away from her? Through it all, Sarah realizes that when God's answer is NO, it's always because he is preparing something better for us. Through a lot of sadness and loss, Sarah's story does have a happy (although unexpected) ending.
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Summary: A story is told by fabrics in a very special quilt!
Review: Sarah was orphaned as a child, but her love for her crippled brother Tom kept her from taking the easy way out. Her tenacity paid off and she was finally loved! Although she grew up much too quickly, she did so with lots of guidance and proper care. This book takes place several decades after Stephanie Whitson's 3 book series "Prairie Winds" which introduced me to Sarah and Tom. I felt more a part of her life and this current book was more special to me since I already knew a little about the people she so eloquently describes in detail in each exciting chapter...woven into the book by way of various and interesting fabrics. I felt the book was exceptionally done in an extraordinary manner.
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Summary: A story is told by fabrics in a very special quilt!
Review: Sarah was orphaned as a child, but her love for her crippled brother Tom kept her from taking the easy way out. Her tenacity paid off and she was finally loved! Although she grew up much too quickly, she did so with lots of guidance and proper care. This book takes place several decades after Stephanie Whitson's 3 book series "Prairie Winds" which introduced me to Sarah and Tom. I felt more a part of her life and this current book was more special to me since I already knew a little about the people she so eloquently describes in detail in each exciting chapter...woven into the book by way of various and interesting fabrics. I felt the book was exceptionally done in an extraordinary manner.
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