Through Rushing Water

Name: Through Rushing Water
Brand: Oasis Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Catherine Richmond
ISBN: 9781621880622

Author: Catherine Richmond

Narrator: Sharon Clausen

Unabridged: 9 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Published: 07/03/2012

Categories: Fiction, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Sophia has her life all planned out—but her plan didn’t include being jilted or ending up in Dakota Territory. Sophia Makinoff is certain that 1876 is the year that she’ll become the wife of a certain US Congressman, and happily plans her debut into the Capitol city. But when he proposes to her roommate instead, Sophia is stunned. Hoping to flee her heartache and humiliation, she signs up with the Board of Foreign Missions on a whim. With dreams of a romantic posting to the Far East, Sophia is dismayed to find she’s being sent to the Ponca Indian Agency in the bleak Dakota Territory. She can’t even run away effectively and begins to wonder how on earth she’ll be able to guide others as a missionary. But teaching the Ponca children provides her with a joy she has never known—and never expected—and ignites in her a passion for the people she’s sent to serve. It’s a passion shared by the Agency carpenter, Willoughby Dunn, a man whose integrity and selflessness are unmatched. The Poncas are barely surviving. When US policy decrees that they be uprooted from their land and marched hundreds of miles away in the middle of winter, Sophia and Will wade into rushing waters to fight for their friends, their love, and their destiny.

About The Author

Catherine Richmond was focused on her career as an occupational therapist until a special song planted a story idea in her mind. That idea would ultimately become Spring for Susannah, her first novel. She is also a founder and moderator of Nebraska Novelists critique group and lives in Nebraska with her husband.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michelle on July 29, 2012

Through Rushing Water is an eye-opening novel about the hardships suffered by the Indians back in the 1800s and specifically the Ponca Nation. I enjoyed reading about the first impression that the people had regarding Sophia, the heroine, and how over time she changed their opinion of her. The thing......more

Goodreads review by Carrie on August 14, 2013

I would give this book a four and a half. I don't want to confuse anyone but I rated it a 4 on audible.com partly because the narration was problematic. But the book overall gets a five star rating for its uniqueness and "sticking power." How many books do you walk away from and you don't remember a......more

Goodreads review by Maryann on August 08, 2012

This is another wonderful historical offering from the gifted writer who debuted with Spring for Susannah. This new inspirational novel fictionalizes the true events experienced by the Indians on the Ponca Reservation of Dakota Territory when they were forced to relocate in the middle of the winter.......more

Goodreads review by Maureen on July 11, 2012

I so enjoyed Catherine Richmond's Spring for Susannah that I really wanted to read her next book...and it does not disappoint! We begin with Sophia Makinoff teaching at girls college, and convinced she is about to marry a new Congressman. When things don't turn out as planned she attends a Missionary......more

Goodreads review by Eden on April 22, 2025

Through Rushing Waters, was honestly a book I really enjoyed. I loved the characters, the romance and especially loved the circumstances and time period. Most of all, I LOVED how in every moment this story never loss sight of what’s important. So with That being said, I hope you enjoy my review a mu......more