In the dramatic conclusion to the New York Times best seller Her Mother’s Hope, comes this rich and deeply moving story about the silent sorrows that can tear a family apart and the grace and forgiveness that can heal even the deepest wounds.  Growing up isn’t easy for little Carolyn Arundel. With her mother, Hildemara, quarantined to her room with...

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Francine's Blog

September 1, 2010

I’ve been reorganizing our storage room filled with shelves of books and family records.  I found a small notebook and recognized my mother’s distinctive handwriting.  It’s a record of trips she and Dad took from 1976 to 1978; motels,...

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Earth Psalms: Reflections on the World Around Us

August 28, 2010

Our family has had many kinds of pets, and one of the most interesting was a turtle.  He lived in an aquarium with nice rocks on which to climb.  He ate live fish (which was disturbing) and did not appreciate being handled.  If someone picked him up, he would disappear inside his...

The first part of an unforgettable epic family saga about the sacrifices every mother makes for her daughter and the very nature of unconditional love. On the eve of the First World War, fiery Marta Schneider leaves Switzerland and her difficult childhood behind, determined to find a new life on her own terms. Barely out of her teens, Marta is haunted by a devastating loss that fuels her ambition to one day own a hotel. From the cramped quarters of a French housekeeping school to the...

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Can God’s Love Save Anyone? 
California’s gold country, 1850. A time when men sold their souls for a bag of gold and women sold their bodies for a place to sleep.  Angel expects nothing from men but betrayal. Sold into prostitution as a child, she survives by keeping her hatred alive. And what she hates most are the men who use her, leaving her empty and dead...

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The stories of the five unlikely women who changed eternity. Tamar, betrayed by the men who controlled her future, she fought for her right to believe in a loving God. Rahab, a woman with a past to whom God gave a future. Ruth, who gave up everything, expecting nothing, and God honored her. Bathsheba, whose beauty stirred the passion of a king, and whose pain moved the heart of...

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