Heart of the Wilderness (Women of the West Book #8)

by Janette Oke

Publisher:

Bethany House

, 2007

Overview

In Heart of the Wilderness, young Kendra Marty goes to live with her grandfather after her parents die in a river accident. But what can a trapper living in the backwoods offer a small child? Will Kendra ever be ready to face the scary and confusing world far from the wilderness she loves?

From the Back Cover

Orphaned at a young age, Kendra Marty comes into the care of her only living relative, her grandfather. A trapper who lives alone in the backwoods, George McMannus doesn’t know what he can offer Kendra, but one look into her green eyes and he is certain they belong together.

Papa Mac, as Kendra calls him, teaches her how to survive among the mountains and trees and rivers, but he knows his granddaughter needs an education he can’t provide. What will become of Kendra when she leaves the only home she can remember to enter a scary and confusing world far from the wilderness she loves?

SHE LOVES THE WOODS OF HER CHILDHOOD, BUT SOMETHING ELSE IS CALLING TO HER...

Product Details

• Title : Heart of the Wilderness (Women of the West Book #8)
• Author: Oke, Janette
• Publisher: Bethany House
• Publication Date: 2007
• ISBN: 9781585587414

About Janette Oke

Janette Oke (born 18 February 1935) is a Canadian author and pioneer of inspirational fiction. Her books are often set in a pioneer time period and centered around female protagonists. She is a committed Evangelical Christian. Janette Steeves was born in the Depression years in Champion, Alberta, to a Canadian prairie farmer and his wife, Fred and Amy Steeves. She graduated from Mountain View Bible College in Didsbury, Alberta.