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Christian Fiction November 2018
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| Thief of Corinth by Tessa AfsharWhat it is: a compelling, lyrical work of Biblical fiction that's set in 1st-century Corinth and features Paul the Apostle.
Starring: Sixteen-year-old Ariadne, who flees her abusive mother's Athens home to live with her father in Corinth, where she not only learns that he’s an infamous thief, but also joins him as his assistant.
For fans of: Jill Eileen Smith, Connilyn Cossette, and Francine Rivers. |
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Becoming Mrs. Lewis: The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis
by Patti Callahan
When poet and writer Joy Davidman began writing letters to C. S. Lewis—known as Jack—she was looking for spiritual answers, not love. Love, after all, wasn’t holding together her crumbling marriage. Everything about New Yorker Joy seemed ill-matched for an Oxford don and the beloved writer of Narnia, yet their minds bonded over their letters. Embarking on the adventure of her life, Joy traveled from America to England and back again, facing heartbreak and poverty, discovering friendship and faith, and against all odds, finding a love that even the threat of death couldn’t destroy.
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A Christmas by the Sea
by Melody Carlson
When Wendy Harper inherits her family's beachside cottage in Seaside, Maine, she sees it as a way to finally pay off the debts that have mounted since her husband died. But before it can be sold, the neglected property must be renovated. She and her 12-year-old son Jackson move in--temporarily, she reminds him--in order to do the work themselves, even though Christmas is coming. The charming town, along with local craftsman Caleb Colton, pulls on both Wendy and Jackson.
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| Everything She Didn't Say by Jane KirkpatrickWhat it is: a biographical novel imagining the life of Carrie Strahorn, who followed her strong-willed husband (a Union Pacific Railroad investor and writer) across the American West between 1877 and 1925.
About the author: Jane Kirkpatrick writes well-researched historical novels showcasing real women; she based this novel on Strahorn's memoir Fifteen Thousand Miles by Stage.
For fans of: Jody Hedlund's Orphan Train series, which also combines fascinating history with richly detailed stories. |
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Amish White Christmas Pie
by Wanda E. Brunstetter
Holiday Romance. Step into Amish country for this bittersweet holiday romance. Will, the adopted son of an Amish couple, struggles to overcome feelings of anger, fear, and doubt about the situation as his fiancée Karen turns to an ex-boyfriend for help, and his biological father tries to start a relationship with him.
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Mary's Christmas Goodbye
by Linda Byler
Mary Stoltzfus is thirty years old, splashed with freckles, and unmarried. She is living her quiet schoolteacher life in the Lancaster County Amish community when she gets a surprising invitation in the mail one day. Would she come to Montana to teach? Before long, Mary is on Amtrak. She arrives at a desolate station and meets Arthur Bontrager, who had signed the invitation and has come to introduce her to Beaver Creek School, dirt roads, and the fancy shed where she would live. When she settles into this world of mountain ranges and pine-tree majesty, her old buried questions—about why no man had ever been her match—have come along to live with her.
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A Simple Christmas Wish
by Melody Carlson
Rachel Milligan is caring for her seven-year-old niece, Holly, at her home in Chicago when she receives devastating news: Holly's parents have been killed in a plane crash. Because Rachel is Holly's only known relative, she assumes that she will be her beloved niece's guardian. However, custody is awarded to Lydia, a distant aunt who happens to be Amish. Just a week before Christmas, Rachel takes Holly to the Amish community in the hopes of persuading Aunt Lydia to relinquish custody. Instead, Lydia sets out to teach Holly to live according to the Amish way. As family secrets emerge and old wounds are healed, Rachel realizes that she will do whatever it takes to ensure that Holly has the loving family she needs.
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An Amish Christmas Gift: Three Amish Novellas
by Amy Clipston
Naomi's Gift by Amy Clipston -- Twenty-four-year-old Naomi King, who has been burned twice by love, has all but given up on marriage and children. Then she meets Caleb, a young widower with a 7-year-old daughter, and her world is once again turned upside down. An Unexpected Joy by Ruth Reid -- Abigail Kemp has managed to frighten off every bu who's ever driven her home from a singing. Micah Zook is looking for a caregiver for his grandmother, and Abigail needs a new job. He never expected that Abigail would talk so much. or that his grandmother would keep finding ways to set the two of them up. A Christmas Visitor by Kelly Irvin -- Frannie Mast returns to Bee County for Christmas, but her heart stays back in Missouri with an Englisch farm boy.
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| The Gift by Shelley Shepard GrayWhat happens: The Vance family is forced to sell their Kentucky farm after bad decisions and their father's gambling leave them in debt. The Schwartz family buys it and moves in just before the holidays, but a series of suspicious accidents plague them. Is someone trying to scare them away? Susanna Schwartz hopes it's not handsome Neil Vance.
Series alert: Though this is the 3rd entry in The Amish of Hart County series, newcomers who enjoy romantic suspense are welcome here. |
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Attitudes of Gratitude: Our Thankful Angels
Tuesday, November 13, 2:00 pm
Library Meeting Room
When we live in the spirit of gratitude, we are freed from the fear of scarcity. Join us as we create scenes and experiences of gratitude with our visual imaging and share Thanksgiving philosophy. For more information, call Ange Benz at 219-874-3754.
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Needle Arts League
Thursdays, November 15 & 29, 5:30 pm
Library Meeting Room
The Needle Arts League of Michigan City, formerly known as the Knit Club, joins the library in promoting all forms of needle arts. Membership is open to anyone interested in needle arts such as crochet, needlepoint, cross-stitch, crewel, tatting, and other hand stitching. All skill levels and ages are welcome. An exchange of skills and materials is encouraged. For more information, call 219-873-3049.
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Bookmarks: Where the Crawdads Sing
Friday, November 16, 2:00 pm
Library Meeting Room
Patricia Klewer will review Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life–until the unthinkable happens.
This program will be offered at the Westchester Township Museum in Chesterton on Thursday, November 15 at 2:00 pm.
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Films on DVD Series: Finding Your Feet
Sunday, November 18, 2:00 pm
Library Meeting Room
The Films on DVD Fall series is a collaboration with Purdue Northwest. When Sandra Abbot discovers that her husband of 40 years is having an affair with her best friend, she seeks refuge in London with her estranged older sister, Bif. The two could not be more different–Sandra is a fish out of water next to her outspoken, serial-dating, free-spirited sibling. But different is just what Sandra needs at the moment. A feel-good romantic comedy that proves it’s never too late to find love. Rated PG-13. The film is shown in collaboration with the Purdue Northwest Odyssey Arts and Cultural program.
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