Once Upon a Summer

Name: Once Upon a Summer
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Janette Oke
ISBN: 9781441728845

Author: Janette Oke

Narrator: Marguerite Gavin

Unabridged: 6 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 01/01/2007

Categories: Fiction, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Sure, its unusual to have an eighteenyearold mother when youre twelve. But when youre an orphan and shes your auntand the only mother youve ever hadwell, as I explained, it had worked out real well.Thats why I got so riled up when I heard Grandpa and Uncle Charlie talkin about findin a fella for Auntie Lou!You see, somethin had to be done! I couldnt just sit back and watch our special family get broken up. But with Grandpa and Uncle Charlie workin so hard to get Auntie Lou married off, I really had my job cut out for me.Then, when that poor preacher came along, it really got complicated....And maybe youll find out what I found outabout the best kind of family, I mean.

About Janette Oke

Janette Oke pioneered inspirational fiction and is the leading author in the category today. She has written over forty books, thirty two of which have been translated into fourteen languages. She received the 1992 President's Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association for her significant contribution to Christian fiction, and she has been awarded the coveted Gold Medallion Award for Fiction. She and her family make their home in Canada.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nadine on March 25, 2015

I don't read book blurbs when I don't have to, and I had no intention of looking at any blurb or other beforehand to know what this book was about. Janette Oke's name and the fact that I've known of this novel's existence for years was enough. I was in for three noteworthy surprises from the beginnin......more

Goodreads review by Shirley on May 16, 2019

At first I wasn't too sure I would like this book but as I read on into the book I loved it. At times the story had me laughing out loud. At the end I shed more than a few tears of happiness. I'm going on to the next book in the series. I enjoyed the story that much. Jeanette Oke climbs into the mind......more

Goodreads review by Susy C. on September 22, 2021

This was a reread after 25 years or so! I approached it thinking I would be bored and laughing it at. It was such a good comfort read. It felt like coming home. True nostalgia. I was even highlighting some parts and wiping away tears at several parts. I couldn't put it down at night. Yes it was predi......more

Goodreads review by Brittany on May 10, 2025

Sweet and Cozy read from the 80’s. Loved these characters and their whole family dynamic. 💓......more

Goodreads review by Lila on June 24, 2018

I've always enjoyed Janette Oke's stories about simpler times. I always enjoy the little details of how the laundry was done or how much of their lives depended on horses. Even though I would have liked to see this story from Lou's perspective, having it told by Josh, with all the colloquialisms and......more