Return to Harmony

Name: Return to Harmony
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Janette Oke
ISBN: 9781428199538

Author: Janette Oke, Davis Bunn

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 6 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/26/2007

Categories: Fiction, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction, Religious

Synopsis

Jodie and Bethan are about as different as two young women can be, but growing up they develop a strong bond of friendship in the quiet town of Harmony, North Carolina. As the world plunges into war, though, their friendship is tested by a devastating loss. Jodie blames God for the horror and sorrow of the world as she goes off to college dreaming of a grand future. But Bethan's quiet desire to follow God's will keeps her close to home, where her love and simple faith can serve as a model of inspiration for Jodie. Christina Moore's illuminating narration of this moving story captures the quiet simplicity of lives given over to love and acceptance.

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 Jesseca on January 19, 2016

I absolutely LOVED this book!! Definitely a new one on my list of favorites. The characters were all so sweet and even though the ending totally crushed me, (I was hoping something different would happen!) it wrapped everything up really well and it was just amazing!......more

Goodreads review by Crystal on January 23, 2025

What a sweet, heart warming book! It follows two friends, Jodie and Bethan, throughout childhood in 1915, and through the following years and into early adulthood. The main themes are faith, friendship, trials and healing. It really centers around what happens when we choose to push God away because......more

Goodreads review by Emma on April 23, 2020

It's been a long while since I've read this and I only remembered really vague details. I was expecting a cheesy romance but actually it wasn't! This one focused more on the friendship of two girls and how they grew up and dealt with some really hard issues. I really enjoyed this one! I wish it woul......more

Goodreads review by Nadine on January 12, 2021

As girls in the Southern town of Harmony, Jodie and Bethan form an unlikely friendship. Jodie dreams of going off to college in a big city someday while Bethan wants nothing more than to stay in her hometown and become a wife and mother. As the two best friends begin to transition from girlhood to w......more

Goodreads review by Kalmar on December 25, 2023

This is probably weird to say coming from a nineteen year old male, but I'm a big fan of Janette Oke. From the Canadian West to The Women of the West to When Hope Calls, I love her books. This is the third collaboration with T. Davis Bunn that I've read from her and the first of the collaborations wr......more