A Mending at the Edge
A Novel
1st Edition
Published on 29. September 2009
416 pages
978-0-307-45930-5 (ISBN)
Description
"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?
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?
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An international keynote speaker, Jane Kirkpatrick's two nonfiction books and fourteen novels, including All Together in One Place, BookSense 76 Bestseller A Name of Her Own and Oregon's Literary 100, A Sweetness to the Soul, blend her clinical social work with her Oregon ranching life and love of history. Her works earn regional and national literary merit including the coveted Wrangler Award from the Western Heritage Center and National Cowboy Hall of Fame. She lives on Starvation Lane with her husband of 31 years, Jerry; and with two dogs and a goat. www.jkbooks.com
Content
- Intro
- Other Books By This Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Cast of Characters
- Chapter 1 - The Hope Inside
- Chapter 2 - Spinning Straw into Gold
- Chapter 3 - A Closer Weave
- Chapter 4 - And It Will Change
- Chapter 5 - Seeking Meaning
- Chapter 6 - An Elevating Purpose
- Chapter 7 - An Open Door
- Chapter 8 - Acting as Though Hopeful
- Chapter 9 - Diamonds on Edge
- Chapter 10 - Hammers in Hand
- Chapter 11 - The Art and Compassion
- Chapter 12 - Transplanting
- Chapter 13 - Puzzle Pieces
- Chapter 14 - Walk In, Walk Out
- Chapter 15 - Wishful Thinking
- Chapter 16 - Plots and Plans
- Chapter 17 - Stories with Hopeful Endings
- Chapter 18 - The Hatching House
- Chapter 19 - Two Doors
- Chapter 20 - Dedication
- Chapter 21 - Sweet Scents
- Chapter 22 - Sweeping in Front of the Door
- Chapter 23 - Let Us Get Together
- Chapter 24 - To Provide For
- Chapter 25 - Restored to a Former State
- Chapter 26 - A Swept Porch
- Chapter 27 - Stitching Pieces of a Family
- Chapter 28 - Life Exhibits
- Author's Notes: and Acknowledgments
- Glossary
