A Harvest Of Hope
Lauraine Snelling
Bethany House Publishers, Mar 3 2015, $14.99
ISBN: 9780764211058
In 1905, Blessing Hospital
nurse trainee Miriam Hastings goes on a leave of absence to return home to
Chicago where her widow mom is dying.
After her mom’s death, her mentor allows Miriam to finish her training
in Chicago so that she can take care of her grieving younger siblings, but also
insists her pupil come back to Blessing, North Dakota to complete her one-year
contractual obligation very soon.
In Blessing, Trygve Knutson misses
his beloved Miriam and prays for her safe return. He begins construction of a house that he
plans to live in with Miriam when he marries her. However when Miriam finally arrives in
Blessing, Trygve knows something is different beyond her mourning her
loss. Underestimating the love that Trygve
and the Lord have for her, Miriam refuses to tell her suitor why she will not
marry him or pray for guidance. As he
struggles to learn her motive, Miriam accepts her heart must be broken and that
God abandoned the Hastings family.
Accepting her responsibility to take care of her brothers and sisters;
Miriam feels burdening Trygve would be unfair to him. Desperate but still hopeful, Trygve prays to
God for a Christmas Miracle.
The second Song of Blessing (see To Everything A Season) is an
engaging inspirational historical romance.
The leads are a delightful pairing, but it is the support cast in
Blessing and Chicago who turn this into a terrific early twentieth century tale.
Harriet Klausner
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