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A Bride for Donnigan (Women of the West Book #7) Kindle Edition

by Janette Oke (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 856 ratings
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Responding to an Advertisement, She Crossed an Ocean to Meet a Total Stranger and Became a Mail-Order Bride...Kathleen O'Malley stood on the deck of the Barreth Lily and watched the land she'd called home for more than a dozen years slip from her view. She had thought she would be glad to see the last of it, but she was not. Emotions in turmoil, her whole being yearned to slip from the ship and return to what she knew. Even though Kathleen had not been happy with her situation, it was all she had ever known. As the shoreline faded into the morning mist, her only certainty was that she was bound for America to marry a man whose name she did not even know and whose face she had never seen.On the other side of the Atlantic, Donnigan Harrison anxiously awaits Kathleen's arrival on a prairie farm far from her port of arrival in Boston. He has known the wonder of a dream fulfilled--a snug frame cabin, the sturdy log barn and outbuildings, a fine herd of livestock, and crops in the field that made his eyes sparkle. Yet Donnigan felt a loneliness on the western frontier that pierced his very soul. With so limited opportunities for finding a wife, the notion of ordering a wife that once seemed unthinkable had come to make some sense. Now that the time has come, Donnigan feels like a small boy waiting for Christmas.But Donnigan's anticipation is overshadowed with terrifying uncertainties--What have I done?
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    Women of the West
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    November 1, 2007
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Janette Oke pioneered inspirational fiction and is the leading author in the category today. Love Comes Softly, Janette's first novel, has sold over 1 million copies. Janette is now the best selling author of over 40 books, 32 of which have been translated into fourteen languages. Janette receives fan mail from all over the world and answers each letter personally She received the 1992 President's Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association for her significant contribution to Christian fiction, and has been awarded the coveted Gold Medallion Award for fiction. Janette and her husband, Edward, have four grown children and nine grandchildren and make their home in Canada. size : 6.0 x 9.0

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005BOXM3W
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bethany House Publishers; Repack edition (November 1, 2007)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 1, 2007
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 774 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 228 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0764202502
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 856 ratings

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Janette Oke (pronounced 'oak') pioneered inspirational fiction and is the leading author in the category today. Love Comes Softly, her first novel, has sold over one million copies. Janette is now the bestselling author of over 70 books, 32 of which have been translated into fourteen languages. Her books have sold over 22 million copies.

Janette receives fan mail from all over the world and answers each letter personally. She received the 1992 President's Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association for her significant contribution to Christian fiction, the 1999 CBA Life Impact Award and has been awarded the Gold Medallion Award for fiction. Janette and her husband, Edward, have four grown children and enjoy their many grandchildren. They make their home in Canada.

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Nancy J. Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars lovely story told well
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2024
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I found the personality of each character relatable and was interested in the plot from the very beginning . I'm glad that I found this excellent prolific author.
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hannahellie95
5.0 out of 5 stars I wish there was a sequel
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2014
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This story has to be the sweetest I have read in years! It was pure and upright, with a full Christian focus, especially near the end. It tells the story of a young Irish girl who has faced more than one tragedy in her life and out of desperation turns to an option she likely never would have considered in better circumstances: shipping herself to America to become the wife of a man she knows nothing about. On the other side of the Atlantic, a young man living in the frontier has signed up for a "mail order bride" also out of desperation born from loneliness. Their epic meeting and journey to love, a family of their own, and finding faith in Jesus Christ is nothing short of beautiful. I was sorry to reach the end and can't wait to read it again.
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Becky Lewis
4.0 out of 5 stars An old high school fave
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2013
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I read this book in high school and it was an old favorite. This was my second purchase with my Kindle Paperwhite and i wanted it to be something that I knew and loved. It is an old-fashioned love story but there is so much goodness in this story, there are still things we can learn from the past. To me, a good book like this is like coming home and this story is just that.
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5.0 out of 5 stars What do we know about mail order brides? Janette tells a fine tale of what might have been.
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2017
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From the first words, I knew I'd enjoy this book. It is a very well written story with a lot of impact. I always enjoy the details Janette Oke puts in the times from the past. Reading what a character in the book thinks and feels like is very revealing and oftentimes makes me think. Times have changed, but people haven't necessarily changed in all things; but as always, Janette Oke puts faith in God in her writings in some way in which I can relate. This book gets quite detailed in how a man and woman look at life as they joined through a mail ordered bride service and a varied household of personalities between them and their seven (I counted all of them) children. She writes about concerns of life for Kathleen, leaving a family (of sorts), traveling across the ocean to meet a man she didn't know anything about. Also, about the doubts of the man who just can't believe he's gone and ordered a bride through the mail, any more than Kathleen can believe what she's done in signing on as a mail order bride. They are two rather desperate people, Donnigan, a man of self-made substance in the remote West and Kathleen, a fiery Irish girl with a disability and trying family circumstances.

Janette Oke has this to say about mail order brides in the Prologue "We know from history that these marriages did occur. But what do we really know about them?" Her research and imagination resulted in this story. Janette Oke writes honestly about the hardships of people, with a hinge of faith in God, or their attempts to answer those questions honestly. Some find one thing, others find another.

Doubts, problems, broken hearts, lives, quests for something more and great characters. I was surprised at Wallis' character, even Lucas' character. I loved that Erma and Kathleen met and the way their stories unfolded. Peg was interesting and Risa was something else. I love the way each of Donnigan's and Kathleen's six (I counted them again) children related to their folks, pranks, serious questions and God. You get to know the characters and family quite well before Janette Oke introduces faith and God into the stories. It takes time for them to process what they think and feel about faith in God, if they can figure out who He is and why. The trigger for the search involves one of the seven children.

The story ended too soon!
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jimkillian
5.0 out of 5 stars God is love
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2021
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It is a wonderful story of a family finding the truth in God. How He loves them and cares for them. It was so happy form the whole family. It gave them all a peace in it. They all asked forgiveness of their sins.
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Razzy
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read!!
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2019
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I have always enjoyed reading Janette Oke books. She always writes a good, clean romance. This is a Mail Order Bride story. True to Mail Order Bride stories you are an observer in a blossoming romancing of complete strangers who happen to be husband and wife. I felt like I could relate to Kathleen: she has her struggles and signs to go on an adventure for a change in her circumstance.
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Judy
5.0 out of 5 stars A must-read
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2016
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This book is good butt it's one that is hard to read in a way because you were expecting something and in the end you get the blessing of knowing how easy it is to know the Lord. It's basically about the struggle of a family who have no guidance but the Bible to find out of the Salvation of Jesus. I recommend that everybody reads this book. Even I feel closer to God. Don't give up on it in places but keep going because the end is worth it
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Cinthya
4.0 out of 5 stars A little diferent!
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2017
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I have read all the prairie books and i give this one a four stars because even though i find it to be a good book, i think theres less biblical references in this one. And the inspirational part of that saga was really great for me.
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Grandma
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great read
Reviewed in Canada on July 18, 2022
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Janette Oke never fails to amaze me as she writes such great books. This one tells of a young girl in such terrible conditions wanting something better for herself and a lonely man wanting a wife. How they meet and the problems and rewards that follow.
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4.0 out of 5 stars comme un western
Reviewed in France on May 26, 2017
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Une fresque sur ces femmes qui sont parties en Amérique pour épouser de rudes colons qu'elles n'avaient jamais vus, et sur ces colons qui attendaient leurs compagnes, auxquels ils s'étaient promis sans les connaître. Des ajustements parfois surprenants, souvent difficiles, avec parfois des familles solides de pionniers ainsi fondées.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing revelation through story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 8, 2016
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Amazing story of life in that area while showing us how they sought God and used an old bible and the words of a child to show what it means to confess your sin, say sorry and through the eyes and words of a child take the simple steps to do that and find peace and joy. What an amazing revelation.
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Kathryn
4.0 out of 5 stars Delightfully wonderful
Reviewed in Australia on January 27, 2017
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In typical Jeanette Oke style this story took you on a wonderful journey. They survived by working together even though they wouldn't have naturally have chosen each other. They had both made a promise to God.
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HB
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on August 27, 2016
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I liked it a lot. It was interesting.
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