Christian Fiction
A Mending at the Edge
2008·400 pages
A German-American woman rebuilds her life in an 1850s Oregon religious commune, seeking purpose through relationships, artistry, and community amid personal loss.
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A German-American woman rebuilds her life in an 1850s Oregon religious commune, seeking purpose through relationships, artistry, and community amid personal loss.
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"Of all the things I left in Willapa, hope is what I missed the most." So begins this story of one woman's restoration from personal grief to the meaning of community. Based on the life of German-American Emma Wagner Giesy, the only woman sent to the Oregon Territory in the 1850s to help found a communal society, award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick shows how landscape, relationships, spirituality and artistry poignantly reflect a woman's desire to weave a unique and meaningful legacy from the ...
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Romance & sex
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Relationships and personal restoration central; non-explicit romantic elements
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Religious content
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Faith and spirituality woven throughout; religious communal colony setting
Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Communal society and gender roles in 1850s Oregon explored
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Struggles in male-dominated communal system; personal grief and dependence
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