Where lilacs still bloom : a novel /
Kirkpatrick, Jane, 1946-
Where lilacs still bloom : a novel / Jane Kirkpatrick. - First edition. - Colorado Springs, Colorado : WaterBrook Press, 2012. - 371 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
"One woman, an impossible dream, and the faith it took to see it through. German immigrant and farm wife Hulda Klager possesses only an eighth-grade education--and a burning desire to create something beautiful. What begins as a hobby to create an easy-peeling apple for her pies becomes Hulda's driving purpose: a time-consuming interest in plant hybridization that puts her at odds with family and community, as she challenges the early twentieth-century expectations for a simple housewife. Through the years, seasonal floods continually threaten to erase her Woodland, Washington garden and a series of family tragedies cause even Hulda to question her focus. In a time of practicality, can one person's simple gifts of beauty make a difference? Based on the life of Hulda Klager, Where Lilacs Still Bloom is a story of triumph over an impossible dream and the power of a generous heart. 'Beauty matters... it does. God gave us flowers for a reason. Flowers remind us to put away fear, to stop our rushing and running and worrying about this and that, and for a moment, have a piece of paradise right here on earth.'"-- "In the early 1900s, housewife Hulda Klager reads a book that changes her life forever, leading her to develop over 200 new varieties of lilacs that she gives away or sells to individuals as a way of sharing beauty. Her commitment to creation--struggling against flooding rivers and the vagaries of hybrid plants--while living through family losses and challenges is a story of perseverance and generosity that culminates when, in a time of great need, the people who Hulda gifted with beauty return to her life to help her start over"--
1400074304 (pbk.) 9781400074303 (pbk.) 0307729427 (ebk.) 9780307729422 (ebk.)
2012002016
Klager, Hulda, 1863-1960 --Fiction.
Housewives--Fiction.
Immigrant families--Fiction.
Plant hybridization--Fiction.
Lilacs--Fiction.
FICTION / Historical.
FICTION / Literary.
FICTION / Christian / Historical.
Woodland (Wash.)--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
PS3561.I712 / W53 2012b
Where lilacs still bloom : a novel / Jane Kirkpatrick. - First edition. - Colorado Springs, Colorado : WaterBrook Press, 2012. - 371 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
"One woman, an impossible dream, and the faith it took to see it through. German immigrant and farm wife Hulda Klager possesses only an eighth-grade education--and a burning desire to create something beautiful. What begins as a hobby to create an easy-peeling apple for her pies becomes Hulda's driving purpose: a time-consuming interest in plant hybridization that puts her at odds with family and community, as she challenges the early twentieth-century expectations for a simple housewife. Through the years, seasonal floods continually threaten to erase her Woodland, Washington garden and a series of family tragedies cause even Hulda to question her focus. In a time of practicality, can one person's simple gifts of beauty make a difference? Based on the life of Hulda Klager, Where Lilacs Still Bloom is a story of triumph over an impossible dream and the power of a generous heart. 'Beauty matters... it does. God gave us flowers for a reason. Flowers remind us to put away fear, to stop our rushing and running and worrying about this and that, and for a moment, have a piece of paradise right here on earth.'"-- "In the early 1900s, housewife Hulda Klager reads a book that changes her life forever, leading her to develop over 200 new varieties of lilacs that she gives away or sells to individuals as a way of sharing beauty. Her commitment to creation--struggling against flooding rivers and the vagaries of hybrid plants--while living through family losses and challenges is a story of perseverance and generosity that culminates when, in a time of great need, the people who Hulda gifted with beauty return to her life to help her start over"--
1400074304 (pbk.) 9781400074303 (pbk.) 0307729427 (ebk.) 9780307729422 (ebk.)
2012002016
Klager, Hulda, 1863-1960 --Fiction.
Housewives--Fiction.
Immigrant families--Fiction.
Plant hybridization--Fiction.
Lilacs--Fiction.
FICTION / Historical.
FICTION / Literary.
FICTION / Christian / Historical.
Woodland (Wash.)--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
PS3561.I712 / W53 2012b