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A great Janette Oke book!

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This is another good book from Janette Oke's Women of the west series. I really enjoyed this story. It is about faith in God and relying on im to keep you safe and show you which direction you need to go in life.

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2 novels in one. Combined with "The Calling of Emily Evans". Julia's Last Hope is a story of a woman trying to find a way for her family to survive financially after her husband loses his job at the mill. Emily Evans takes on the task of opening a new church in a pioneer community.

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I really liked this book. It had lots of interesting cameo characters (people who passed through town and stayed for a bit). Julia was a strong woman, but respected the role of her husband in the household as well.

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This story by Janette Oke is such a sweet, heart-warming story. I enjoyed reading it each night, and I think you will, also, if you
like to read about the time before the internet and tv, when neighbors were Godly and kind to each other, and when
people helped each other when times were difficult.
The town's main source of income shuts down and moves to another city. Most of the residents pack up and move out, leaving
Calder City and turning it into a very quiet, deserted area. The families that stay rely on their God-given talents to create income and
a way to survive from year to year.
This story was fascinating to me, because it has been so long ago that people acted in such a way that showed strength of character,
compassion for their neighbor, and resourcefulness. The ways people pitched in
and helped each other to make ends meet. Julie, the mother, her reason for staying in the town was to
tell people how to be born again, and she did help some of them ask Jesus to save them.
Julia's Last Hope was so nice to read, and I enjoyed being "in" the story, in that time in America that was simpler,
yet more solid and reliable. Not so many empty distractions, like there are today.
The characters are believable, and their worries and concerns are what most people would be
thinking about if they were in that situation, decades ago. Their trust in God's faithfulness to provide all their needs was
a welcome exhortation. The overall attitude of awareness of Jesus and His love permeated the storyline.
I recommend this book to anyone, even non-Christians. It will give you a good idea of what life was like when Americans
were still respectable and friendly.
Romans 10:9-13

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