New York Times bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer presents a story about a way of life that will long be remembered--with people and places as real as the emotions of the heart... Eager to begin her first teaching position, Linnea Brandonberg steps off the train looking as grown up and worldly as her eighteen years allow.
About the Author: New York Times bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer and her husband live in a beautiful Victorian house in Minnesota, and the Spencers often escape to their rustic log cabin deep in the Minnesota woods.
496 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Romance

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About the Book

Eighteen-year-old Linnea Brandonberg journeys to Alamo, North Dakota, looking forward to the start of her first teaching job, and discovers both true love and the difficult world of the farm families in the early twentieth century Midwest.

Book Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer presents a story about a way of life that will long be remembered--with people and places as real as the emotions of the heart...

Eager to begin her first teaching position, Linnea Brandonberg steps off the train looking as grown up and worldly as her eighteen years allow. The golden fields and fragrant wheat of Alamo, North Dakota, are as new and different to Linnea as the stoic Westgaards, a farming family who provide her with a place to stay.

Farm life in 1917 is hard and bitter--but tiny, spirited Linnea is determined to brave its challenges and carve out a place for herself. And as World War I threatens to take those she holds dear, Linnea grows to womanhood in the arms of Teddy Westgaard, a man who thought he'd never find love again...

Review Quotes

Praise for the novels of LaVyrle Spencer

"Never fails to please."--The Anniston Star

"A modern fairy tale."--People

"A superb story."--Los Angeles Times

"Spencer is a winner and the reader is no loser."--San Antonio Express-News

"LaVyrle Spencer's legions of fans are drawn to her fiction."--Chicago Tribune

About the Author

New York Times bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer and her husband live in a beautiful Victorian house in Minnesota, and the Spencers often escape to their rustic log cabin deep in the Minnesota woods. LaVyrle's hobbies include gardening, travel, gourmet cooking, entertaining, playing bass guitar and the electronic piano, photography, and observing nature.

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 8.06 Inches (H) x 5.17 Inches (W) x 1.04 Inches (D)

Weight: .75 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 496

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Romance

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Theme: Historical, 20th Century

Format: Paperback

Author: Lavyrle Spencer

Language: English

Street Date: December 3, 2013

TCIN: 91287518

UPC: 9780425263143

Item Number (DPCI): 247-14-0784

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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