02002cam a2200325 i 4500 350673964 TxAuBib 20180101120000.0 180214s2018||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2018006299 9781432848361 1432848364 (OCoLC)1023819241 TxAuBib rda Snelling, Lauraine. A breath of hope [large print] / by Lauraine Snelling. Large Print edition. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2018. 467 pages; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Thorndike Press large print Christian fiction series. Nilda Carlson has been trying to save enough money to go to America for months, so when a letter from Einar and Gerd Strand arrives, offering to pay her ticket, she jumps at the chance. Her younger brother Ivar accompanies her, and they can't wait to join their brother Rune and his family in the northern forests of Minnesota. Signe and Rune Carlson are thrilled to welcome Nilda and Ivar to America, but life on the farm remains a struggle. Though Gerd has softened and grown to love the Carlson family, Einar is still harsh and unforgiving, obsessed solely with felling as many trees as possible. Rune is trying to build a new home for his wife and children, but Einar refuses to help and forbids anyone from the nearby community from stepping foot on his land. What dark secret must lie in his past to have caused him to isolate himself--and anyone living under his roof--in this way? When a tragedy lays the truth bare, the Carlsons and Strands will have to come together like never before and become a true family. 20180101. Large type books. Christian fiction. Thorndike Press large print Christian fiction series. TXBJH