A promise to love : a novel / Serena B. Miller.
Ingrid Larsen, a young Swedish immigrant, arrives in Michigan in 1871 to search for her brother who has disappeared into the woods to work the dangerous lumber camps. Destitute and barely hanging on to hope, she encounters a newly-widowed farmer who is struggling to raise five children on his own. Marriage would solve both of their problems, and so Ingrid proposes to a man she barely knows. She will fight to protect her new family-- but the hardest battle of all will be winning the heart of her new husband.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780800721176
- ISBN: 0800721179
- Physical Description: 332 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Revell, [2012]
- Copyright: ©2012
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| Subject: | Swedes > United States > Fiction. Widowers > Fiction. Missing persons > Fiction. Michigan > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Christian fiction. Romance fiction. |
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- 17 of 20 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 3 of 3 copies available at Rockingham County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Eden Library | Fic Paperback (Text) | 31554009466458 | Adult Fiction Inspiration | Available | - |
| Madison-Mayodan Public Library | Fic (Text) | 31554009466474 | Adult Fiction Inspiration | Available | - |
| Stoneville Library | Fic (Text) | 31554009466482 | Adult Fiction Inspiration | Available | - |
Summary:
Ingrid Larsen, a young Swedish immigrant, arrives in Michigan in 1871 to search for her brother who has disappeared into the woods to work the dangerous lumber camps. Destitute and barely hanging on to hope, she encounters a newly-widowed farmer who is struggling to raise five children on his own. Marriage would solve both of their problems, and so Ingrid proposes to a man she barely knows. She will fight to protect her new family-- but the hardest battle of all will be winning the heart of her new husband.
