Maggie's War
Published on 31. January 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-5039-4133-5 (ISBN)
Description
A Word Award winner.
In 1942, telegrams always bring life-altering and tragic news in a war-hardened world-and the one Maggie Marshall receives is no different. But running a restaurant with the help of only pregnant, unwed girls has taught her to be tough. Maggie's no weeping widow, but Charlotte Penfield thinks she's the most unfeeling woman on earth. Seventeen, exiled by her wealthy parents, and working in the restaurant, fanciful Charlotte runs away with romantic notions of a reunion with her baby's father at his military camp.
It has been years since Maggie darkened the church door of her pastor and childhood friend, Reverend Reuben Fennel, and his heart breaks for the hardened woman Maggie's become. When she seeks his help to find Charlotte, he's happy to aid her in the chase-though it may cost him his job and reputation.
Over the miles from Winnipeg to Fort William, Reuben and Maggie's journey rekindles their affection-and their dreams of what they still could be. But Maggie stubbornly clings to her independent ways until she's dealt another devastating loss, one that forces her to recognize that heroes can be discovered in unlikely places and love may be far sweeter than she ever dared imagine.
In 1942, telegrams always bring life-altering and tragic news in a war-hardened world-and the one Maggie Marshall receives is no different. But running a restaurant with the help of only pregnant, unwed girls has taught her to be tough. Maggie's no weeping widow, but Charlotte Penfield thinks she's the most unfeeling woman on earth. Seventeen, exiled by her wealthy parents, and working in the restaurant, fanciful Charlotte runs away with romantic notions of a reunion with her baby's father at his military camp.
It has been years since Maggie darkened the church door of her pastor and childhood friend, Reverend Reuben Fennel, and his heart breaks for the hardened woman Maggie's become. When she seeks his help to find Charlotte, he's happy to aid her in the chase-though it may cost him his job and reputation.
Over the miles from Winnipeg to Fort William, Reuben and Maggie's journey rekindles their affection-and their dreams of what they still could be. But Maggie stubbornly clings to her independent ways until she's dealt another devastating loss, one that forces her to recognize that heroes can be discovered in unlikely places and love may be far sweeter than she ever dared imagine.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Seattle
United States
Publishing group
Amazon Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5039-4133-5 (9781503941335)
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Terrie Todd is an award-winning author who has published eight stories with the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and created two full-length plays with Eldridge Plays and Musicals. Her bestselling debut novel, The Silver Suitcase, was a finalist in the 2011 and 2012 Christian Writers Guild's Operation First Novel contest.
In 2010, she served on the editorial advisory board for the anthology Chicken Soup for the Soul: O Canada. She lives with her husband, Jon, on the Canadian prairies, where they raised their three children. By day, Terrie is an administrative assistant at her local city hall. She enjoys acting and directing with her community theater group, the Prairie Players, and being grandma to four little boys.
In 2010, she served on the editorial advisory board for the anthology Chicken Soup for the Soul: O Canada. She lives with her husband, Jon, on the Canadian prairies, where they raised their three children. By day, Terrie is an administrative assistant at her local city hall. She enjoys acting and directing with her community theater group, the Prairie Players, and being grandma to four little boys.