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001			on1442326476
003			OCoLC
005			20250513145639.0
008			240627t20252025ilu e 000 1 eng d
020			_a9781496486950 _q(paperback)
020			_a1496486951 _q(paperback)
020			_a1496486943 _q(hardcover)
020			_a9781496486943 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)on1442326476
040			_aYDX _beng _erda _cYDX _dOCLCO _dBDX _dIG# _dOCLCQ _dAZH _dCCPLG _dOCLCO _dCCPLG _dOCLCO _dJO6 _dSO$ _dGL4 _dOCLCO _dSDD
082	0	4	_a813 _223
100	1		_aGohlke, Cathy, _eauthor. _9142335
245	1	0	_aThis promised land /
264		1	_aCarol Stream, Illinois : _bTyndale House Publishers, _c[2025]
264		4	_c�2025.
300			_a353 pages ; _c22 cm
500			_aIncludes discussion questions.
520			_a"When she ran away as a young war bride, she was cut off from her family forever . . . or so she believed. Decades later, maybe the only way to move on is to go home. Ginny Pickering Boyden can't wait for her last day of work, when she'll be free to pursue a lifelong ambition through a master gardener apprenticeship. But an unexpected letter brings shocking news: Ginny has inherited her family's Christmas tree farm, a dream she'd long ago given up. Facing a past laced with memories and lies she's tried hard to bury, a furious nephew who thought the land would be his, and a failing farm with a mountain of debt, Ginny returns to New Scrivelsby, Virginia, determined to sell. But when her younger nephew, a Vietnam vet, appears with demons of his own and three young children in tow, Ginny isn't sure what to do. Too much of their story reminds Ginny of her own. She has little hope, however, that three generations of warring Pickerings can set aside their differences to restore all that's broken, both on the land and in their hearts. Set against the beautiful and rugged landscape of the Blue Ridge Mountains, This Promised Land is the story of a daughter's longing to make sense of the past and of the unbreakable bonds that bring prodigals home. A modern take on the prodigal son story, written by a four-time Christy award-winning author Contains discussion questions ideal for book clubs "History buffs looking for deep writing and character development will want to add Gohlke to their lists. Recommend to fans of Lisa Wingate, Amanda Dykes, and Valerie Fraser Luesse." Library Journal, on Ladies of the Lake." -- (ONIX annotations)
650		0	_aGardening _vFiction.
650		0	_aTree farms _vFiction. _976805
650		0	_aFamilies _vFiction.
650		0	_aDebt _vFiction. _9142507
650		0	_aVietnam War, 1961-1975 _xVeterans _vFiction. _9119946
650		0	_aInheritance and succession _vFiction.
651		0	_aBlue Ridge Mountains _vFiction. _930147
651		0	_aVirginia _vFiction.
653			_aFAMILY _aTHE PRODIGAL SON _aWIDOW _aUNEXPECTED DEATH _aRECONCILIATION _aCHILDREN _aFAITH _aDEBT _aHOPE _aBIBLE STORIES _aBLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS _aFAMILIES _aPTSD STRUGGLES _aRETELLING _aVIRGINIA _aCLEAN FICTION _aFARM _aCHRISTIAN WOMEN _aWORKING TOGETHER _aRESTORATION
655		7	_aChristian fiction. _2lcgft
655		7	_aDomestic fiction. _2lcgft
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft
655		7	_aRomans chretiens. _2rvmgf _9141280
936			_aBATCHLOAD
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