Where lilacs still bloom : a novel / Jane Kirkpatrick.
Material type: TextPublication details: Colorado Springs, Colorado : WaterBrook Press, 2012.Edition: First editionDescription: 371 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cmISBN:- 1400074304 (pbk.)
- 9781400074303 (pbk.)
- 0307729427 (ebk.)
- 9780307729422 (ebk.)
- PS3561.I712 W53 2012b
- FIC014000 | FIC019000 | FIC042030
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Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Pacific Northwest Connections Collection | SB455 .K57 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800108151 |
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"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"--