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"Young Emma Wagner chafes at the constraints of Bethel colony, an 1850s religious community in Missouri that is determined to remain untainted by the concerns of the world. A passionate and independent thinker, she resents the limitations placed on women, who are expected to serve in quiet submission. In a community where dissent of any form is discouraged, Emma finds it difficult to rein in her tongue and often doesn't even try to do so, fueling...
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Change and cherish volume 2
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In the 1850s, Emma Giesy wonders if God has abandoned her when she and her husband's family find themselves struggling alone in the remote coastal forest of Washington Territory, after leaving a repressive religious community led by an autocratic German leader.
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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 langscape, relationships, spirituality and artistry poignantly reflect a woman's desire to weave a unique and meaningful legacy from the threads of an ordinary life.
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The Change & Cherish Trilogy, based on the true story of Emma Wagner Geisy, is now available in one volume. "A Clearing in the Wild": When Emma's outspoken ways and growing skepticism lead to a clash with the beloved leaders of her 1850s colony in Bethl, Missouri, she finds new opportunities out West to pursue her dreams of independence, but later discovers she misses the warm embrace of community. "A Tendering in the Storm": Determined to raise...
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