Christian Fiction
A young woman faces poverty, her brother’s polio, and a crisis of faith in mid-century Midwest, wrestling with the love and salvation she resists.
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A young woman faces poverty, her brother’s polio, and a crisis of faith in mid-century Midwest, wrestling with the love and salvation she resists.
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This story is set in the mid-twentieth century in the American MidwestChicago and the Sand Hills of Nebraska. It is written with great sensitivity for that time and locale. The story is told by a young woman whose family has fallen from wealth to poverty. Her younger brother, for whom she assumes responsibility, battles crippling polio, and she blames God for these misfortunes. A terrible automobile accident seems to be the crowning blow, and she leaves Chicago to start a new life, but escape i...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Faith-centered romantic love; clean courtship without explicit content
Violence & gore
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A serious automobile accident; illness and injury without graphic gore
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Blaming God, resisting salvation, and Christian faith arc central to plot
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonic content present
Political content
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Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Crippling childhood polio; family fall into poverty; traumatic car crash
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