02424cam a2200445 i 4500 515565004 TxAuBib 20211006120000.0 200723s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020936848 9780764232909 hardcover 0764232908 hardcover 9780764232893 trade paperback $15.99 0764232894 trade paperback $15.99 9780764232916 0764232916 (OCoLC)1176464876 TxAuBib rda Snelling, Lauraine. A blessing to cherish [PB] / Lauraine Snelling. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group, 2020. ℗2020. 364 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Red River of the north, 7 "Though she has known hardships in her life, Ingeborg Bjorklund chooses to focus on all she has been given. Blessed with children and grandchildren, she enjoys the friendship and support of the entire Blessing, North Dakota, community. And after several years of widowhood, she has reached a place of contentment with her life. Meanwhile, her stepson Thorliff is raising two children alone since his beloved Elizabeth died. But there is a new schoolteacher in town, Louisa Gutenburg, and Thorliff doesn't seem to be himself whenever she's around. It isn't just his obvious fascination with Louisa, but the fact that he seems completely oblivious to it that makes Ingeborg smile. How long before Thorliff realizes what everyone else can see a mile away? But not everything is comfortable for Ingeborg. One of her dearest friendships is changing - and she will have to decide if her settled, predictable life is worth more to her than a future she hardly dares to imagine."--Publisher. 20211006. Norwegian Americans Dakota Territory Fiction. Widows Fiction. Families Fiction. Friendship Fiction. Frontier and pioneer life North Dakota Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. North Dakota Fiction. Historical fiction. Religious fiction. Red River of the north, 7.