When Comes the Spring, Janette Oke
When Comes the Spring, Janette Oke
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When Comes the Spring

Author: Janette Oke

Narrator: Nancy Peterson

Unabridged: 8 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/13/2018

Categories: Fiction, Religious


Synopsis

Elizabeth, the cultured young schoolteacher from out east, has braved the western frontier and spent a year teaching in a one-room schoolhouse. Now, she and Wynn are planning their wedding and their new life together at his outpost in the far north. While Wynn is accustomed to life there, Elizabeth is not. Can their love for each other sustain them through a harsh winter, loneliness, and the rigors of life without any of the conveniences they're used to?

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 Shirley on February 08, 2022

In this book two of Janette Oke’s Canadian West series Wynn Delaney and Elizabeth get married . Wynn gets assigned to his new post as a RCMP in the North. The trip is long and rough on Elizabeth. She has to adjust from being a pampered city girl to the harshnesses of living in the North . As an RCMP......more

Goodreads review by steph on November 07, 2017

This book was first published in 1985 and it shows. Elizabeth gets married and suddenly turns into a whiny and clingy child whose husband has to guide her in every step (the pants scene with the two of them was so bad). Also Wynn is so perfect in this book, like Wynn 2.0 in that he knows the answer......more

Goodreads review by Rebekah on November 09, 2020

I’ve read many other books about the Canadian Mounties, but never one from the perspective of his wife. It was quite interesting and fun to read. I enjoyed Elizabeth and Wynn and their interactions with the trappers, Indians, and others in their little area up north. There were hard times, but there......more

Goodreads review by Danielle on February 15, 2017

I really liked When Comes the Heart ...Elizabeth was independent, smart, capable and had a nice sense of humor. In this second book in the series...she is just some silly, little wife to a condescending husband. She is no longer smart (does a SCHOOLTEACHER really not know how to say an animals name......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on January 07, 2013

I really wanted to like this book, but I thought it was incredibly boring. The first book was great, and it had an interesting plot. We were wondering if she would survive that first year teaching in the wilderness, and what would happen between Elizabeth and Wynn. I just didn't feel that same excit......more