Heldin

Coming to Terms

Fiction & Literature, Religious, Romance, Historical
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Author: Milly Janzen Balzer ISBN: 9781462001705
Publisher: iUniverse Publication: April 6, 2011
Imprint: iUniverse Language: English
Author: Milly Janzen Balzer
ISBN: 9781462001705
Publisher: iUniverse
Publication: April 6, 2011
Imprint: iUniverse
Language: English

I am drawn to the concept of the Heldin family and your main character, Hilda, as she moves through life and faces different questions and experiences.
Amy Gingerich, Editorial Director, The Herald Press

In the early 1900s, fourteen-year-old Hilda Heldin offers God a promiseshe will give her heart to Jesus if He heals her ailing mother. But God does not make bargains.

Not long after Hildas mother dies, her father, a Mennonite preacher and Minnesota farmer prays for a new wife. Worried that his three children need a mother, he pens a letter to Ukrainian schoolteacher Leah Loewen, a spinster he knows. Before long, they are marriedeven as Hilda and her younger sister still struggle with their grief. Hilda must meet the challenges of her Mennonite faith and life on the prairie, she finds the strength to endure weather catastrophes, world wars, birth, and deathall while maturing into adulthood and discovering her true identity.

Heldin tells an unforgettable tale of a brave womans compelling, coming-of-age journey as she tries to come to terms with the faith that governs her life.

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I am drawn to the concept of the Heldin family and your main character, Hilda, as she moves through life and faces different questions and experiences.
Amy Gingerich, Editorial Director, The Herald Press

In the early 1900s, fourteen-year-old Hilda Heldin offers God a promiseshe will give her heart to Jesus if He heals her ailing mother. But God does not make bargains.

Not long after Hildas mother dies, her father, a Mennonite preacher and Minnesota farmer prays for a new wife. Worried that his three children need a mother, he pens a letter to Ukrainian schoolteacher Leah Loewen, a spinster he knows. Before long, they are marriedeven as Hilda and her younger sister still struggle with their grief. Hilda must meet the challenges of her Mennonite faith and life on the prairie, she finds the strength to endure weather catastrophes, world wars, birth, and deathall while maturing into adulthood and discovering her true identity.

Heldin tells an unforgettable tale of a brave womans compelling, coming-of-age journey as she tries to come to terms with the faith that governs her life.

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