Waiting for Summer's return : a novel / Kim Vogel Sawyer.
All alone on the Kansas prairie, Summer Steadman has few options. With her husband and children lost to illness, she has no desire to continue on farther west to where she and her husband planned to build their future. Instead, she seeks employment in a small Mennonite community in order to be near the graves of her family. Widower Peter Ollenburger, the local gristmill owner, needs someone to teach his young son. When he hears of a "learned woman" in town, he believes she is the answer to his prayers. He soon discovers, however, that helping this outsider may have troublesome consequences. There is little this father will not do for his son, but as the boy begins to look at Summer as more than a teacher, Peter must make a choice. Does he marry this woman to give his son a new mother, or does he marry only for love? Will Summer's broken heart ever be able to love again?
Record details
- ISBN: 0764201824
- ISBN: 9780764201820
- ISBN: 0764202561
- ISBN: 9780764202568
- ISBN: 0739469339
- ISBN: 9780739469330
- Physical Description: 348 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : Bethany House, [2006]
- Copyright: ©2006
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- Mennonites > Fiction.
Widows > Fiction. - Genre:
- Christian fiction.
Fiction.
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- 33 of 34 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Caswell County Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 34 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Gunn Memorial Public Library | F SAW (Text) | 34621704433732 | Adult Fiction Paperback | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Sawyer (Text) | 31010000097594 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | F SAW (Text) | 50503011139591 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bunn Branch | F/Sawyer (Text) | 72350000071490 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | F SAWYER (Text) | 22281500009224 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Denton Public Library | F S (Text) | 25908005342121 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| East Bend Public Library | F SAWYER (Text) | 30667100212646 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Fairmont Public Library | PB (Text) | 34510610747022 | Adult Fiction Paperback | Available | - |
| Greene County Public Library | SAWYER (Text) | 39149005948369 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | SAW (Text) | 33258006843721 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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All alone on the Kansas prairie, Summer Steadman has few options. With her husband and children lost to illness, she has no desire to continue on farther west to where she and her husband planned to build their future. Instead, she seeks employment in a small Mennonite community in order to be near the graves of her family. Widower Peter Ollenburger, the local gristmill owner, needs someone to teach his young son. When he hears of a "learned woman" in town, he believes she is the answer to his prayers. He soon discovers, however, that helping this outsider may have troublesome consequences. There is little this father will not do for his son, but as the boy begins to look at Summer as more than a teacher, Peter must make a choice. Does he marry this woman to give his son a new mother, or does he marry only for love? Will Summer's broken heart ever be able to love again?
