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In 1888 Mary Edwards Gerritse is a cheerful, well-read, witty, and confident young woman who spends as much time as possible outdoors on the rugged Oregon coast where she and her husband, John, are making a home. The two are a formidable pair, working hard to prove up their homesteading claim and build a family. <br/><br/>But as Mary faces the challenge of young motherhood and struggles with questions about her family of origin, she finds the fearless girl she once was slipping away. Life feels less like th
  • In 1888 Mary Edwards Gerritse is a cheerful, well-read, witty, and confident young woman who spends as much time as possible outdoors on the rugged Oregon coast where she and her husband, John, are making a home. The two are a formidable pair, working hard to prove up their homesteading claim and build a family. <br/><br/>But as Mary faces the challenge of young motherhood and struggles with questions about her family of origin, she finds the fearless girl she once was slipping away. Life feels less like th
  • In 1888 Mary Edwards Gerritse is a cheerful, well-read, witty, and confident young woman who spends as much time as possible outdoors on the rugged Oregon coast where she and her husband, John, are making a home. The two are a formidable pair, working hard to prove up their homesteading claim and build a family. <br/><br/>But as Mary faces the challenge of young motherhood and struggles with questions about her family of origin, she finds the fearless girl she once was slipping away. Life feels less like th
Across the Crying Sands

Across the Crying Sands

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Author: Jane Kirkpatrick

Kirkpatrick’s historical novels are known for immersing readers in the emotional and physical realities faced by women whose lives rarely looked easy or celebrated. Here, the frontier setting becomes a place of testing as characters cross landscapes of hardship, uncertainty, and hard-earned resilience. The story honors the daily labor of keeping faith alive when survival itself is exhausting.

Rather than offering a simplified inspirational arc, the novel dwells in real struggle and lets hope emerge honestly. That makes it especially fitting for readers who want Christian historical fiction that feels rooted in lived experience, grit, and the sustaining power of belief.

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