Susie Finkbeiner
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Language
English
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Description
"In 1975, three thousand children were airlifted out of Saigon to be adopted into Western homes. When Mindy, one of those children, announces her plans to return to Vietnam to find her birth mother, her loving adopted family is suddenly thrown back to the events surrounding her unconventional arrival in their lives. Though her father supports Mindy's desire to meet her family of origin, he struggles privately with an unsettling fear that he'll lose...
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Language
English
Description
Michigan, 1967. When Annie Jacobson's brother Mike enlists as a medic in the Army in 1967, he hands her a piece of paper with the address of Frank, their long-estranged father, just in case anything should happen to him in Vietnam. When their father returns to face tragedy at home, the family works toward healing and prays fervently for Mike's safety overseas. In finding ways to pull together as a family, the Jacobsons learn to turn to the One who...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"It is 1952, and nearly all the girls 16-year-old Bertha Harding knows dream of getting married, keeping house, and raising children in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. Bertha dreams of baseball. She reads every story in the sports section, she plays ball with the neighborhood boys--she even writes letters to the pitcher for the Workington Sweet Peas, part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. When Bertha's father is accused of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kregel Publications
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Pearl Spence lives in Dust Bowl-era Oklahoma with her mother, mentally impaired sister, and sheriff father. Pearl's secure life begins to crumble when a hobo named Eddie comes into town and exposes a shocking secret that involves the whole town.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
439 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Betty Sweet is still recovering from the loss of her husband when she becomes the temporary guardian of a five-year-old nephew she never knew she had. As they struggle to move forward, they build a relationship upon the foundation of storytelling and its special kind of magic."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pearl Spence volume 3
Publisher
Kregel Publications
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Pearl Spence has finally settled into a routine in Bliss, Michigan, far from her home in Red River, Oklahoma. Like all the other kids, she goes to school each day, plays in the woods, and does her chores. But there's one big difference: Mama is still gone, and doesn't seem to have a thought for the family she's left behind. Escaping from her worries is another part of Pearl's new routine, whether that's running to Aunt Carrie's farm, listening to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kregel Publications
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Pearl Spence has been through more in her young life than most folks could handle. But through it all, her family has been by her side. They may not be perfect, but they love her and they all love each other, come what may. That's one thing Pearl no longer questions. But the end of her beautiful day signals the beginning of the end of her secure life. Now her family is fleeing their Oklahoma wasteland. Pearl isn't sure she'll ever see home or happiness...