A Mending at the Edge

by Jane Kirkpatrick

2021-01-04 17:41:52

"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... Read more
"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 threads of an ordinary life. While set in the historical past, it''s a story for our own time answering the question: Can threads of an isolated life weave a legacy of purpose in community? Less

Book Details

File size8 X 5.2 X 0.91 in
Print pages416
PublisherThe Crown Publishing Group
Publication date April 15, 2008
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781410408532
Jane Kirkpatrick is the award-winning, best-selling author of two non-fiction books and eleven novels, including All Together In One Place of the acclaimed Kinship and Courage series. Jane is a winner...

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