{"id":143,"date":"2008-04-16T20:17:49","date_gmt":"2008-04-17T02:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/\/?p=143"},"modified":"2008-04-16T20:25:22","modified_gmt":"2008-04-17T02:25:22","slug":"a-tendering-in-the-storm-by-jane-kirkpatrick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=143","title":{"rendered":"A Tendering in the Storm by Jane Kirkpatrick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/tendering.jpg\" title=\"A Tendering in the Storm by Jane Kirkpatrick\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/tendering.jpg\" title=\"A Tendering in the Storm by Jane Kirkpatrick\" alt=\"A Tendering in the Storm by Jane Kirkpatrick\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1578567351\/\" title=\"A Tendering in the Storm\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>A Tendering in the Storm<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is the second book in Jane Kirkpatrick&#8217;s <em><strong>Change and Cherish<\/strong><\/em> series.  In this sequel to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1578567343\/\" title=\"A Clearing in the Wild by Jane Kirkpatrick\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>A Clearing in the Wild<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, Emma Giesy continues her quest  to be recognized as an individual in a  community where women are often overlooked.  In the wake of personal tragedy, Emma fights  for independence rather than accepting  the aid of family and community because of her misguided fear of  being beholden to the others.  Her  desperation causes her to make poor choices that worsen her situation rather than ease it.  Emma&#8217;s painful  journey finally leads her to the beginnings of wisdom and spiritual peace.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed reading more about Emma&#8217;s pioneer life, her joys and her struggles. At times I grew frustrated with her choices (even though I knew the book was based on a true story); but realized the lessons Emma learned as a result of her choices. I look forward to the next volume, hoping that Emma will find herself and God, and in doing so, find peace.<\/p>\n<p>I highly recommend  <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1578567351\/\" title=\"A Tendering in the Storm\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>A Tendering in the Storm<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, <\/strong><\/em>especially for those who love historical fiction.<em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Tendering in the Storm is the second book in Jane Kirkpatrick&#8217;s Change and Cherish series. In this sequel to A Clearing in the Wild, Emma Giesy continues her quest to be recognized as an individual in a community where women are often overlooked. In the wake of personal tragedy, Emma fights for independence rather [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}