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PODCAST: Goals for One Glorious Ambition by Jane Kirkpatrick

PODCAST: Goals for One Glorious Ambition by Jane Kirkpatrick

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Jane Kirkpatrick shares her goals and motivations behind her upcoming Spring 2013 historical fiction title, One Glorious Ambition. The fictionalized story of Dorothea Dix’s compassionate crusade to improve the conditions of the mentally ill.

READING GUIDE: THE DAUGHTER’S WALK by Jane Kirkpatrick

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Historical fiction writer Jane Kirkpatrick picks up where the fact of the Estbys’ walk leaves off to explore Clara’s continued journey. What motivated Clara to take such a risk in an era when many women struggled with the issues of rights and independence? And what personal revelations brought Clara to the end of her lonely road? The Daughter’s Walk weaves personal history and fiction together to invite readers to consider their own journeys and family separations, to help determine what exile and forgiveness are truly about.

SNEAK PEEK: Where Lilacs Still Bloom by Jane Kirkpatrick

One woman, an impossible dream, and the faith it took to see it through. 

Click here to download the first chapter of Where Lilacs Still Bloom now.

Hulga Klager’s life-long passion for beauty and knowledge becomes the story of how the generosity of sharing one’s gifts transforms the lives of family, a community, and far beyond.

Click here to download the first chapter of Where Lilacs Still Bloom now.

NEWS: “The Daughter’s Walk” Inspires Community To Walk For Charity

                                                                                    

Award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick is featured on Oregon’s KTVZ  News, highlighting how her latest historical novel, The Daughter’s Walk, is the inspiration behind a community’s walk to benefit a local charity. Click here to read more and watch the feature.

DOWNLOAD: Where Lilacs Still Bloom Devotionals

Jane Kirkpatrick is known for looking at fiction through the lens of strong women in our country’s history. The same is true for her latest book, WHERE LILACS STILL BLOOM, where she shares the life of Hulda Klager.

Hulga Klager’s life-long passion for beauty and knowledge becomes the story of how the generosity of sharing one’s gifts transforms the lives of family, a community, and far beyond.

From Where Lilacs Still Bloom:

“Beauty matters… it does. God gave us flowers for a reason. Flowers remind us to put away fear, to stop our rushing and running and worrying about this and that, and for a moment, have a piece of paradise right here on earth.”

Drawing on the themes of generosity, sorrow, kindness, and perseverance found in the life of this remarkable woman, Jane Kirkpatrick brings us devotional thoughts:

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AWARD: A Flickering Light by Jane Kirkpatrick

Congratulations to Jane Kirkpatrick, winner of the WILLA Literary Award for A Flickering Light!

The 2010 WILLA Literary Award represents the best of 2009 published literature for women’s stories set in the American West. Women Writing the West is the underwriter and annual presenter of this nationally recognized award.

Chosen by professional librarians, historians, and university affiliated educators, the winning authors and their books will be honored at Rancho de los Caballeros, Wickenburg, AZ, October 15-17, 2010.

Read the first chapter of this award-winning book.

SNEAK PEEK: THE DAUGHTER’S WALK by Jane Kirkpatrick

Read the first chapter of The Daughter’s Walk.

A mother’s tragedy, a daughter’s desire and the 7000 mile journey that changed their lives.

In 1896, in order to save the family farm, Clara Estby reluctantly accompanies her mother on a cross-country journey that redefines a mother’s tragedy and a daughter’s desire. Over two decades, friends and faith help Clara move through a family betrayal and into a future of her own design.  But will the tentacles of the past keep her from finding the real joy in forgiveness?