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All Together in One Place (Kinship and Courage Series #1) | 
 enlarge | Author: Jane Kirkpatrick
Publisher: WaterBrook Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 170249
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 1578562325
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781578562329
ASIN: 1578562325
Publication Date: March 16, 2000
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One of the incidents that made a profound impression upon the minds of all: the meeting of eleven wagons returning and not a man left in the entire train; all had died, and been buried on the way, and the women returning alone.
--from the journals of Ezra Meeker, 1852
THEIR LIVES WOULD BE TEMPERED BY ADVERSITY, EXPANDED BY FAITH, POLISHED BY PERSEVERANCE--
For Madison "Mazy" Bacon, a young wife living in southern Wisconsin, the future appears every bit as promising as it is reassuringly predictable. A loving marriage, a well-organized home, the pleasure of planting an early spring garden--these are the carefully-tended dreams that sustain her heart and nourish her soul.
But when her husband of two years sells the homestead and informs her that they are heading west, Mazy's life is ripped down the middle like a poorly mended sheet forgotten in a midwestern storm. Her love is tried, her boundaries stretched, and the fabric of her faith tested. At the same time, she and eleven extraordinary women are pulled toward an uncertain destiny--one that binds them together through reluctance and longing and into acceptance and renewal.
Based on an actual 1852 Oregon Trail incident, All Together in One Place, Book One in the Kinship and Courage series, speaks to the strength in every woman and celebrates the promise of hope that unfailingly blooms amidst tragedy and challenge.
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 Slow and unsure December 22, 2008
This is my first read by Jane Kirkpatrick. It will most likely be my last. This book really was such a slow read! I actually had a few conversations with friends about this book stating that I need to be ok with putting aside a book that I really do not like. I usually try to always finish a book I start. This one I wish I would of done this. Loose ends were hanging all over the place. On page 313 (of my hardbound copy) we get the idea that one of the main characters (Ruth) is finally going to get to meet her foe, then on the next page it is is just idle chatter. It makes no sense, though I read this section over & over trying to get the drift. Thinking is there a page missing, did I turn two at once etc. I found this book really just paragraphs of this & that with VERY weak characters, I did not cheer or hate anyone in the book. Blah. I gave it a rating two only because there was a bit of history in it that was interesting but even this was weak and perhaps a tad too fabricated.
 Dissappointed April 22, 2008
I like historical fiction, so I thought this would be a good book. However, I thought the writing was terrible and I wouldn't read any more of the series.
 Fantastic read January 24, 2008
I loved this book. One reviewer said that "if you have a lot of time on your hands" then you should pick this book. I think every book that a thoughtful reader picks up demands a lot of time. Yes, this is a serious book , full of relationship intrigue and historical fact, so it will take time. Jane Kirkpatrick books are always worth the time.
 Interesting, but not riveting August 9, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book. It was a slow read, because it contained a LOT of detail. Though it may not have been accurate in all repects, it gave me a feel for what if might have been like to strike out to the unknown and settle our land. Imagine....clean water is not always available....no shelter from the elements...either extreme heat OR wicked storms...no running to the store when the wagon breaks down....abandon some of your most prized possesions by the side of the road in order to survive. And of course, in the book as well as in our history of westward expansion, many did NOT survive! It gave me a new appreciation for my ancestors and the courage it must have taken to move from the known to the unfamiliar. Though I didn't find the book riveting, it was worth reading, and I look forward to continuing the saga.
You are part of the story.... February 23, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Jane Kirkland brings you into the lives of these women. Once you start this book, it will be impossible to think of anything but how these women survived. She brings rich detail to the Oregon Trail....and shows it was not all smooth sailing. Their trials in this book will have you eager to read the next two books in the Kinship, Courage & Faith series, and then wish they never ended.
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