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1901: Plagued by loneliness on the Big Muddy Ranch, a sheepherder’s wife awaits the outcome of her husband’s trial for murder. He is sentenced to life in prison—and she to life without him. But a startling event could redeem their pasts and transform their future.
1984: Against a backdrop of attempted murder, federal indictments, and the first case of bio-terrorism in the U.S., one woman seeks to rescue her granddaughter from within the elaborate compound of a cult that has claimed the land.
1997: On the much-reviled, abandoned cult site, one woman’s skepticism turns to hope when she finds that what was meant to destroy can be used to rebuild—and in the process realizes a long-held dream.
For three women seekers united across time, a remote and rugged stretch of land in the Pacific Northwest proves to be a place where miracles really happen—and the gifts of faith, hope, and charity are as tangible as rocks, rivers, and earth.
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- ISBN: 9780307551375
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- ISBN: 9780307551375
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June 1, 2005
Kirkpatrick strings together three linked novellas, titled "Faith," "Hope," and "Charity" and set on a ranch in Oregon called the Big Muddy. "Faith" is a pioneer tale a little reminiscent of Dorothy S. Johnson's "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," about the wife of a man falsely convicted of murder. Ominously enough, "Hope" is set in 1984, and features the goings-on of a New Age cult, which include an act of bioterrorism. "Charity" is a contemporary tale of rebirth, as several starry-eyed youth workers, and one cynic, descend on the old ranch, intent on turning it into a youth camp. Kirkpatrick's several trilogies of nineteenth-century Oregon remain popular, and while " Sheltered Promise" isn't her best work, her many readers will want it. (Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2005, American Library Association.)
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