The Long-Awaited Prequel to the RED RIVER OF THE NORTH Series
Twenty-year-old Ingeborg Strand is certain she is destined to be an old maid. She’s had several suitors but none she deemed worthy of spending her life with. That is, until she meets a university student from Oslo, and feelings stronger than friendship begin to develop between them. But tragedy strikes, and the future begins to look bleaker than ever.
Grief settles heavily over Ingeborg, and her mother suggests that she leave Norway and start afresh in America, as so many others have done before her. But how will she accomplish that with little money and no one to accompany her?
It isn’t long before she meets Roald Bjorklund, a widower who has been planning to go to America for some time, lured by the promise of free land. He’s a good man, a hard-working man–and he has a young son who desperately needs a mother. He’s clearly interested in Ingeborg, but is he the answer to her prayers? And what about love? This isn’t how she’s always imagined it.
Ingeborg Strand has a heartrending decision to make…
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Summary
Overall One of my very favorite series ever, Red River of the North, now seems a little more complete with this prequel of protagonist Ingeborg Strand. Lauraine Snelling
created such lovable and relatable characters in her series about the Bjorklands, that her fans have obviously been \"itching\" to know more about how Ingeborg came to be married to Roald Bjorkland and homesteading in Amerika; and now we know! When I grow up, I want to be just like her! If you have never read any of the other books, then this is a particularly wonderful place to start. I always appreciate that Mrs. Snelling has a strong biblical worldview in her novels, and she doesn't sugarcoat life.
She writes about hard things: unexpected deaths, loss of children, breaches in families, harsh circumstances. And though her characters may struggle supremely through the
trials, more often than not, they come through stronger and dare I say, richer in character, on the other side. Quality defines Mrs. Snelling's novels: quality plot, quality characters, quality morals, quality storytelling. Set in 1870s Norway, many of her descriptions leave images of \"Heidi\" in my mind. Very enjoyable read!