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Overall5 out of 5 stars 226
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- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 212
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Early 1900s and a House from Sears and Roebuck
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A Song of Joy
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In Minnesota in 1911, Nilda Carlson is torn between society life in the city of Blackduck and spending time with her family back home on the farm. Still new to America herself, Nilda focuses on the area's immigrant community, but she'll have to fight to get her ideas accepted by the locals and donors alike. In the meantime, one of her greatest joys is her weekly piano lesson with the handsome schoolteacher, Fritz. But just as Nilda is beginning to realize she has feelings for him, a stylish, affluent young woman moves to Blackduck and monopolizes Fritz's attention.
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A Song of Joy!
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In 1910 Minnesota, Nilda Carlson's dreams are coming true. Though her first few months in America were difficult, her life now resembles the images that filled her daydreams in Norway. She and her younger brother Ivar live in their own house, just a short distance from her older brother and his family. Together they work the farm and fell trees for lumber. They plan to grow a dairy herd, weave rugs out of their own wool, and make skis to sell. Everything is going right. The only thing missing from Nilda's life is love.
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A season of grace.
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A Dream to Follow
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9
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It is 1893, and the first generation of immigrants who came to America for the promise of free land and a good life for their children have finally achieved their dreams. They labored hard on the land and now have a bountiful heritage to pass on to the next generation. However, many of the young people aren't interested in becoming farmers - they have aspirations of their own. Thorliff Bjorklund has been writing stories and plays since he was a young boy and longs to attend college to study journalism. But his father has other plans for him and refuses to agree.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narrator made it hard to pay attention
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The Promise of Dawn
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- Narrated by: Christina Moore
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- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 193
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 176
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When Signe, her husband, Rune, and their three boys arrive in Minnesota from Norway to help a relative clear his land of lumber, they dream of owning their own farm and building a life in the New World. But Uncle Einar and Aunt Gird are hard, demanding people, and Signe and her family soon find themselves worked nearly to the bone in order to repay the cost of their voyage. At this rate they will never have land or a life of their own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Promise of Dawn
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Sophie's Dilemma
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- By: Lauraine Snelling
- Narrated by: Stina Neilsen
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 115
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Story5 out of 5 stars 97
Award-winning historical novelist Lauraine Snelling delivers a compelling sequel to A Promise for Ellie. When 17-year-old Sophie abandons her North Dakota family in 1901, she never dreams tragedy will turn her again toward home. But she fears the loved ones she hurt will reject her - and that she'll never love again.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love Sophie's Story
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A Measure of Mercy
- By: Lauraine Snelling
- Narrated by: Stina Nielsen
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 115
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 99
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Story5 out of 5 stars 100
In A Measure of Mercy by acclaimed author Lauraine Snelling, 18-year-old Astrid Bjorklund’s opportunity for formal medical study in Chicago doesn’t arrive until shortly after her heartthrob Joshua Landseer returns to Blessing, North Dakota. They agree to exchange letters while she’s in Chicago. And, for a time, love blossoms—until the letters from Joshua stop coming. Convinced he no longer loves her, Astrid makes an impetuous and heart-wrenching decision.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful til the end!
- By Nancy Monteyro on 03-17-16
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No Distance Too Far
- Home to Blessing
- By: Lauraine Snelling
- Narrated by: Stina Nielsen
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 96
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 98
Assuming the Lord wants her to practice medicine in a remote African outpost, Astrid Bjorklund enrolls in a missionary training school. She prays her former sweetheart will one day understand. But when a family crisis calls her home, Astrid hears of a deadly measles outbreak on a nearby Indian reservation. Feeling inexplicably constrained to help, she wonders if God might be leading her to a “mission field” that’s much closer than she imagined.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Dr.Astrid s Borlkund s Africa is Sioux reservation
- By there^se on 04-25-19
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A Breath of Hope
- By: Lauraine Snelling
- Narrated by: Christina Moore
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 158
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 141
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Story5 out of 5 stars 138
The Minnesota frontier is nothing like Nilda Carlson imagined. After a terrifying experience in a lumber camp, she finds a safe job helping a young widow. When she meets Fritz, she is initially uninterested in his overtures. But as he begins to win her over, would loving him mean abandoning her goals - or simply exchanging one dream for a different one?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Meh...
- By NursinAz on 11-15-19
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Rebecca's Reward
- Daughters of Blessing, Book 4
- By: Lauraine Snelling
- Narrated by: Stina Nielsen
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 116
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 102
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Story5 out of 5 stars 100
Lauraine Snelling, best-selling author of A Touch of Grace, transports listeners to the windswept plains of 1903 North Dakota. Despite disaster, Rebecca Baard still dreams of someday soaring beyond the family farm.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best of this series
- By Cecilia McNeil on 08-06-15
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A Heart for Home
- By: Lauraine Snelling
- Narrated by: Stina Nielsen
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 121
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 101
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Story5 out of 5 stars 103
In this series finale by Lauraine Snelling, Astrid Bjorklund is trying to stop the epidemic ravaging South Dakota’s Red Bud Indian Reservation. Tribal elders remain suspicious of her until some begin to recover. Although Joshua Landsverk longs to fix his broken relationship with Astrid, he opposes her present work but won’t tell her why. Yet when a surprising act of kindness brings healing to the painful wrong inflicted years ago, will it be enough to rekindle their love?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful, just like all the others.
- By Your Catholic Friend on 04-06-18
Publisher's Summary
The dream of their own farmstead and a good life in America had brought Roald and Ingeborg Bjorklund across the Atlantic to pioneer the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory. But Roald's tragic disappearance in a winter storm turned Ingeborg's dreams into a living nightmare. Against nearly impossible circumstances and overwhelming grief, she struggles to keep the farm and her family together. When spring appears, Roald's distant cousin, Haaken, arrives to help with the heavy field work, and Ingeborg is able to once again concentrate her efforts on home and children. After the bleak winter, she cannot ignore the joy that Haaken brings to their lives or the attraction she begins to feel toward him. When Roald's brother from Norway also arrives to help the family, things become even more complicated around the simple prairie dwelling.
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- ScriptReady
- 01-08-19
charming historical novel, well performed
I read the first book in the series, found listening a bit harder to follow but charming. I enjoy all the historical detail. The narrator was very good. Pauses between scenes could have been better, and occasionally a flat tone, but overall, a well-modulated voice, with different voices and appropriate accents.
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- Lacy B Loyd
- 07-28-17
Great!
Excellent narration. I enjoyed every minute of this story. Can't wait for more from this amazing series.
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- A Colorado Shopper
- 06-27-17
Farming in untamed land, Wonderful Story!
It interested me to learn how the land was broken up to farm. It took a long time. The characters were fascinating! How difficult it had to be to leave family from another country then go into a place not established.
The performance was excellent!
The story itself kept me listening daily. I'm looking forward to the next book!
A Colorado Listener of Audio books
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- Jill
- 02-15-16
Immigrant History Retold
Laurianne Snelling is at the top of historical fiction. I enjoyed and appreciated this faith-based writing. The Red River of the North has long been one of my favorite series, and I was thrilled to listen to it audibly. She paints such a clear picture of what immigrant settlers life must have been like on the prairie, creating a curiosity and desire to visit the area someday!
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- tskanagas
- 09-13-20
Robotic narration - good story
The story is very good but the narrator's voice sounds robotic much of the time. No inflection at the end of sentences. It's very distracting from the excellent plot by Ms. Snelling.
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- Just Me
- 05-28-20
Good Story-Terrible Narration
I am listening to this as a prequel of sorts, as I started with the Blessing series. This is a different narrator and she is terrible. Her voice goes too loud for no reason at times and it becomes hard to listen as it is so annoying— then She also has a habit of her voice going so monotone at times. She also doesn’t pronounce some Names the right way. I also miss the Norwegian accents as the other narrator did. Just very amateurish.
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- warriormom
- 01-29-20
loved it!
I so much enjoy Lauraine Snelling's books! Each one is full of Norwegian immigrant stories of hardship, love of family, and working out problems. My problem is I can't stop reading them or listening to them! Wonderful book!
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- neddie
- 03-30-19
Wonderful Series!
I love reading this series. I wish the word ufda was pronounced correctly, but other than that I would recommend this book to anyone!!
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- Sheri
- 02-28-19
compelling
such a heart warming and compelling story. pulls you in and allows you see and feel all that is happening. I love this series.
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- ME
- 12-19-18
Great, Great, and Great! Amazing story!
I love all the books by Lauraine Snelling that I've read thus far. I HIGHLY recommend her books to anyone! I like to read her stories when I am missing my home on the Dakota plains! They make me feel like I am home again, even though I'm surrounded in trees and mountains. The narrator did a wonderful job as well! I will be happy to listen to it over and over again!