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Janette Oke: A Heart for the Prairie

A biography of the popular Christian novelist, as told by her youngest daughter, chronicles her background as the daughter of a Canadian prairie farmer, wife of a pastor and educator, and mother of four. Reprint.

Subject
biography
Genre
christian fiction
Themes
christian
Setting
20th century
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 270 pages

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