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Stina Nielsen
About this listen
Thorliff's dream of becoming a writer is within reach. Working for a newspaper in Northfield, Minnesota, he is busy writing articles and stories to pay his way through college. But his idyllic world comes to a sudden halt when a catastrophe hits the town of Blessing, North Dakota.
While waiting to hear if any of her applications to medical schools are accepted, Elizabeth takes a nursing position in Chicago. Then a devastating experience on the hospital ward puts her faith in God and her very life on the line.
They had followed their hearts and God's leading - why was it all turning into ashes in the wind?
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Best-selling author Lauraine Snelling crafts tales of forgiveness and love that listeners adore. This volume combines the first three novels in Snelling's inspiring Dakota series, which follows the intertwining lives of five women living in the early 1900s farming community of Soldahl, North Dakota. All arrive expecting a life different than the one that awaits them, but plenty of perseverance - and opening their hearts to God - will shine a guiding light toward true happiness.
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Dakota
- By Bookish on 08-27-14
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Daughter of Twin Oaks
- A Secret Refuge, Book 1
- By: Lauraine Snelling
- Narrated by: Meredith Mitchell
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Seeking to fulfill the promise she made to her dying father, 18-year-old Jesselynn Highwood determines to take her little brother and the family's remaining thoroughbreds from the Twin Oaks plantation in Kentucky to her uncle's farm in Missouri, where they will be safe for the remainder of the Civil War.
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Love the story
- By sewingforfun on 09-06-15
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- Beth Schafer
- 04-25-24
loved it!
I just live all of the stories and this is just as good as her other ones in this series and other books as well!
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- Sonja Duruji
- 06-13-21
Wonderful as usual
The author is always brilliant. I love her books. Stina Nelson never disappoints. Her narrating is second to none. I am very thankful for wholesome content and pleasant listening. I’m a fan !!
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- Alicia
- 05-24-21
Glad to have SN back as narrator
After the last book was read by an awful narrator, I was worried this one would have the same one. I was very pleasantly surprised to have SN back to read this one. She’s fantastic and the story is fantastic! I wish the first one in this series would be redone and narrated by her instead.
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- Terry Mahoney
- 09-27-23
Another great story
I am enjoyed listening to the saga of this Norwegian family . Lauraine Snelling is a gifted author and Stina Nielsen's reading makes the story come alive!
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- Niece
- 01-21-25
Good listen!
Stina in my opinion is one of the best narrators . Her narrating ability doesn’t distract you from the story, but instead draws you in!!!
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- Marilyn
- 09-15-22
More than a Dream
I was glad to find another book of the Bjorkholm Family. Back in 2019 when I was new to Audiobooks, I followed them in Blessing, North Dakota when they are just coming over from Norway, I do wish those books were still available to hear again. If anyone knows those titles I would like to know them.
Just completed a very good story of the families. I do recommend this book, but it does shall I say complete the whole picture. I have not found a follow up to this one so far. This took place in the 1895 period. Do not want to give away this story.
Marilyn Gagnon
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- Kindle Customer
- 11-16-23
Good book
I have really enjoyed getting to know the families in Blessing. This author is an excellent writer.
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- MJ
- 07-13-24
This was a hard read for me.
At the end I was glad I read it, but it was never a "grip my attention I just can't put it down" book. Like I said, I'm glad I saw it through, the end was worth it. But it also ended rather abruptly. It was included in my audible subscription so thankfully I didn't spend any money on it, but it was just OK. Nothing really exciting until the last several chapters.
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