DescriptionNewlyweds Missie and Willie share a dream. However, it means that Missie must leave her parents, family and friends behind to join a wagon train and claim land in the West with her new husband. Overcoming incredible hardships on the journey, she grows into a mature wife and mother. Her faith in God and love for her husband give Missie the strength to make a new life and home in an unknown territory.
DescriptionOne of the original founders of the Christian fiction genre, Janette Oke has authored more than 75 books and has recieved such accolades as the Christy and Gold Medallion Awards. This story of a frontier family begins where Love Comes Softly left off, telling the heart-warming tale of a marriage that began in tragedy but has flourished due to Marty and Clark's devotion to one another and to God.
DescriptionWhen it was first published in 1979, this novel introduced inspirational fiction to people hungry for well-told stories based on Christian values. Since then, over a million copies have been sold, and it has been made into a popular Hallmark movie. Janette Oke has won the Christy Award, the Gold Medallion, and scores of other awards. Generations of fans have laughed and cried over this story of Marty and Clark, two grieving people thrown together by necessity who find unexpected love as they work together as a family.
DescriptionHow can you get your family to spend more quality time together? The National Parenting Center has tips for strengthening those invisible links within the "family unconscious." They recommend ways to foster family togetherness including telling stories to your child, playing games and other activities, and introducing them to music. Grandparents can also be important to family fun, as well as keeping mealtimes enjoyable, whether at home or in a restaurant. And remember, to get respect, you should show respect.
DescriptionThirty-four-year-old Sophia, a film editor living in Soho, has (she thinks) only one living relation, her Connecticut-based grandmother Felicity. Sophia is torn between her delight in her freedom and a desire for the family ties which everyone else grumbles about. Her current bedmate seems to be in love with a glamorous film star; her mad mother is dead. All she has is Felicity. But Felicity is not your average granny. Temperamental, sophisticated, chic, she has seen much of life and is prepared to see more. Even if it is from a twilight home. As the two women's stories unravel, the past rears up with all its grimness and irony, but points the way to a future which may redeem them both.
DescriptionTaken from the third successful BBC Radio 4 series starring Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales, these episodes see a trembling in cyberspace as Vera and Irene discover the joys of e-mail. There are the usual domestic mishaps to fret about: Irene's daughter Lesley is refusing to marry the worthy but boring Brian; Vera's exhausted daughter Karen has abandoned her third baby at the hospital and eloped with a male nurse; and Vera's gay son Howard and his partner Anthony are trying for a baby, with the help of a surrogate mother and a television crew. As Irene and Vera fall in and out of friendship they accuse each other of everything from alcoholism to metal illness (in a loving, caring way, of course). Their hilarious put-downs and gossip give a wonderful insight into the trials of modern family life.
