1890s
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Betrayal
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Chicago
Courageous
Destiny Decision
Early 1900s
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Family Conflict
Fiction
Hardship
Historical
immigration
Life Unraveling
molested
Ocean voyage
orphan
orphans
Peril Looming
secret longings
Starting Over
suicide
Sweden
Product details
- ISBN 9780764204951
- Weight: 446g
- Dimensions: 138 x 232mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 2008
- Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Life in Sweden feels like an endless winter to Elin Carlson after the deaths of her parents. When circumstances become unbearable, she determines to find a safe haven for her sisters.
So begins their journey to America . . . the land of dreams and second chances.
But as hardship becomes their constant companion, Elin, Kirsten, and Sofia question their decision to immigrate to Chicago. Will their hopes for the future ever be realized?
ONLY IN CROSSING A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS OCEAN WILL THEY FIND THE TRUE MEANING OF LOVE, FAITH, AND HOME
A Christy Award Winner
So begins their journey to America . . . the land of dreams and second chances.
But as hardship becomes their constant companion, Elin, Kirsten, and Sofia question their decision to immigrate to Chicago. Will their hopes for the future ever be realized?
ONLY IN CROSSING A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS OCEAN WILL THEY FIND THE TRUE MEANING OF LOVE, FAITH, AND HOME
A Christy Award Winner
Lynn Austin, a former teacher who writes and speaks full time, has won three Christy Awards for her historical fiction. One of those novels, Hidden Places, has also been made into a Hallmark Channel movie. Lynn and her husband have raised three children and make their home near Chicago, Illinois.
