Tendering in the Storm, Jane Kirkpatrick
Tendering in the Storm, Jane Kirkpatrick
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Tendering in the Storm
A Novel

Author: Jane Kirkpatrick

Narrator: Jane Kirkpatrick

Unabridged: 11 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2007

Synopsis

In Book Two of the Change and Cherish series, Emma Giesy is married and the mother of two. She's strong-willed and smart. Despite the odds, she and her husband branch off from a religious community of the 1850s to work and live independently in the remote coastal forest of the Washington Territory, surrounded by her husband's family rather than the influence of the Autocratic German leader who has taken the main colony into Oregon. But, when Emma finds herself alone, pregnant with her third child, and without the support of her family, she wonders if God has abandoned her. The choices she makes to survive have grave consequences for her family until, while she's falling, she reaches out to accept the hands of help.

About Jane Kirkpatrick

Jane Kirkpatrick is the author of twenty books and is a two-time winner of the WILLA Literary Award. Her first novel, A Sweetness to the Soul, won the Western Heritage Wrangler Award, an honor given to writers such as Barbara Kingsolver and Larry McMurtry. For twenty-six years she "homesteaded" with her husband Jerry on a remote ranch in Eastern Oregon.  She now lives with Jerry, and her two dogs and one cat on small acreage in Central Oregon while she savors the value of friendship over fame.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Serena on January 31, 2014

Although I can't seem to really get into these books, I do enjoy them on some level. Reading about Emma's spiritual journey--and that of others around her--helps me to examine my own faith. I also appreciate the historical aspects of the novels. The structure was a little different from the first boo......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on May 30, 2008

A Tendering in the Storm is a must-read for historical fiction lovers. If you want insight into the hardships from the 19th century pioneers who left everything to move west hoping for a better life, then you'll love this story. If you find oppressive religious groups intriguing, you'll want to chec......more

Goodreads review by Linda on October 16, 2020

This one was hard for me to read. As I watched Emma Giesy make one mistake after another thanks to her pride, I could only shake my head. Everything she did and felt seemed like something I would do in the same circumstances. I didn't like the way the religious commune and her inlaws treated her, es......more

Goodreads review by Anya on August 03, 2013

Emma Wagner’s story continues as the family tries to find a way to thrive in the new land on the coast of Washington Territory. The mysteries of God make themselves apparent again in Emma’s life as she must deal with tragedies unforeseen. This middle section of the saga is the most heartbreaking to......more

Goodreads review by Georgia on July 31, 2021

Book II in the Change and Cherish Historical Series--Emma Giesy, a strong-willed German American who had been a part of the Bethelites in Missouri and went west with her husband Christian in order to find a new settlement, faces new challenges of life after her husband drowns and she learns she is p......more

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