She came with courage and determination. This is the story of a young girl who came to the Avon Valley in Western Australia to be married at the end of the nineteenth century. Life was not easy, but she was supported by her neighbours...
Spouses of clergy
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Author:PRICE, ColinSummary: -
Author:Roby, Kimberla LawsonSummary:The Reverend Curtis Black is no innocent choir boy, but after learning that his wife, Charlotte, had two affairs in a matter of months, he decides enough is enough. He may have forgiven her the way God expects, but he hasn't forgotten....
- Author:Weber, CarlSummary:
"The first lady" is the tale of a preacher's wife who learns she's dying and vows to find her husband another woman. There is no shortage of ladies who want her man, but will she be able to find a suitable replacement among the...
- Author:Roby, Kimberla LawsonSummary:
The Reverend Curtis Black has made his share of mistakes, a fact his daughter Alicia is all too aware of. So she vows she'll never follow in his footsteps. When Alicia marries Phillip, the assistant pastor of her daddy's church, she...
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Author:Cornwell, Patricia DanielsSummary:A biography of Ruth Bell Graham, wife of evangelist Billy Graham, discussing her childhood in China as the daughter of medical missionaries, her contribution to her husband's work, and her efforts to keep their home and family life...
- Author:Coleman, BrittaSummary:
Mark Reynolds is an up-and-coming minister in an affluent Houston church and Amanda is the girl of his dreams. The outlook for his future is extremely bright until Amanda tells him that she is pregnant. The newlyweds are tormented with...
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Author:Lee, Min JinSummary:Pachinko follows one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them all. Deserted by her lover, Sunja...
- Author:Robinson, MarilynneSummary:
Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa church -- the only available shelter from the rain -- and ignites a romance and a debate that will reshape her life. She becomes the wife of...
- Author:Thomas, JacquelinSummary:
All her life, small-town Georgia girl Jessie Belle Holt has known how to use men. Her ticket out of Mayville is Traynor Deveraux, a trusting pastor with a brilliant career ahead. Seduced by the trappings of position and power, Jessie...
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Author:Altenberg, KarinSummary:Longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction July, 1830. On the ten-hour sail west from the Hebrides to the islands of St. Kilda, everything lies ahead for Lizzie and Neil McKenzie. Neil is to become the minister to the small community...
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Author:Ross, SinclairSummary:“Its an immense night out there, wheeling and windy. The lights on the street and in the houses against the black wetness, little unilluminating glints that might be painted on it. The town seems huddled together, cowering on a high...
