

The Meeting Place
Author: Janette Oke
Series: The Song of Acadia series #1
Narrator: Aimee Lilly
Abridged: 3 hr 12 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Bethany House
Published: 12/02/2010
Categories: Fiction, Christian Fiction
Author: Janette Oke
Series: The Song of Acadia series #1
Narrator: Aimee Lilly
Abridged: 3 hr 12 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Bethany House
Published: 12/02/2010
Categories: Fiction, Christian Fiction
Janette Oke pioneered inspirational fiction and is the leading author in the category today. She has written over forty books, thirty two of which have been translated into fourteen languages. She received the 1992 President's Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association for her significant contribution to Christian fiction, and she has been awarded the coveted Gold Medallion Award for Fiction. She and her family make their home in Canada.
The disputed Canadian territory of Acadia, 1753 Catherine Price has just married Andrew Harrow, a captain in His Majesty’s army. They are very much in love, but he is almost always away from home. They live on a volatile piece of land, occupied by their fellow British colonists, French Catholics loya......more
I usually like these authors' books, but this one just didn't do it for me. EDIT: I'm glad I gave it a second chance; I enjoyed it better this time.......more
Solid 4.5 stars I was very pleasantly surprised by this book. It wasn't quite what I was expecting, but it was really, really good. Very sweet, full of rustic charm and heart-wrenching moments...it did end on a bit of a cliffhanger, with things very much unresolved, but that's why there's a whole ser......more
For the most part, I don’t understand Christian fiction. I don’t understand fiction of any religion, really, because overall it seems like it’s preaching to the choir. If I pick up a book that’s marketed towards a specific religion, I tend to find it is full of validations about why that religion is......more
Wow! I was so drawn into this story and the drama. I always forget how much I like books by Oke until I read another one. I'm very eager to read the next one because I have to know what happens. And the history? I feel like I learned a lot. Somehow, I hadn't read about some of the events described i......more