The Heartwarming Return to the Legacy of Marty and Clark Davis From the LOVE COMES SOFTLY series
Twenty years have passed since youngest daughter Belinda’s story in Love Finds a Home. Marty and Clark’s spiritual heritage has been lovingly passed on to their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. And now beloved granddaughter Virginia faces the test of her young life. Caught in that … Caught in that difficult period between childhood and adulthood, feeling that she doesn’t really fit anywhere, Virginia struggles against what she considers to be unreasonable restrictions and expectations.
A lively new girl arrives at school, and Jenny seems to represent everything that Virginia is longing for–her looks, her daring, her alluring freedom from constraints. But then comes the day neither girl will ever forget.
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Janet Oke brings her characters to life. You’ll enjoy this book! She knows how to keep you turning those pages!!
I love Oke’s peeks into this world. I have read many of her books.
I was pleasantly surprised when I came to reread this novel.
I think the first time I read it, I didn’t enjoy the slow-paced story, however, the second time around I found myself greatly enjoying parts of it.
The many lessons that Virginia learns growing up were all wonderfully written. The character developments of all the characters were also …
When it comes to Christian historical fiction, Janette Oke is the name I first associate with it. I never expected another visit with Clark and Marty Davis’s extensive offspring, so this felt like a warm hug from an old friend.
What I liked about “The Tender Years”:
All the relationships that were addressed – With the main character being a …
I thought I knew who did what but in the end, I was wrong.
This was a nice and wonderful story. It can stand on its own even though it is part of a series.
I love how Ms Oke has written stories that follow through time with the children and grand-children of Marty and Clark Davies. If you want a heart-warming, inspirational book to read, you can’t go wrong in picking any of Ms Oke’s books.