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001 2012002016
003 DLC
005 20120830082804.0
008 120206s2012 couab 000 1 eng
010 $a 2012002016
020 $a9781400074303 (pbk.)
020 $z9780307729422 (electronic)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-wa
050 00 $aPS3561.I712$bW53 2012b
082 00 $a813/.54$223
084 $aFIC014000$aFIC019000$aFIC042030$2bisacsh
100 1 $aKirkpatrick, Jane,$d1946-
245 10 $aWhere lilacs still bloom :$ba novel /$cJane Kirkpatrick.
250 $aFirst edition.
260 $aColorado Springs, Colorado :$bWaterBrook Press,$c2012.
300 $a371 pages :$billustrations, map ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"One woman, an impossible dream, and the faith it took to see it through. German immigrant and farm wife Hulda Klager possesses only an eighth-grade education--and a burning desire to create something beautiful. What begins as a hobby to create an easy-peeling apple for her pies becomes Hulda's driving purpose: a time-consuming interest in plant hybridization that puts her at odds with family and community, as she challenges the early twentieth-century expectations for a simple housewife. Through the years, seasonal floods continually threaten to erase her Woodland, Washington garden and a series of family tragedies cause even Hulda to question her focus. In a time of practicality, can one person's simple gifts of beauty make a difference? Based on the life of Hulda Klager, Where Lilacs Still Bloom is a story of triumph over an impossible dream and the power of a generous heart. 'Beauty matters... it does. God gave us flowers for a reason. Flowers remind us to put away fear, to stop our rushing and running and worrying about this and that, and for a moment, have a piece of paradise right here on earth.'"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"In the early 1900s, housewife Hulda Klager reads a book that changes her life forever, leading her to develop over 200 new varieties of lilacs that she gives away or sells to individuals as a way of sharing beauty. Her commitment to creation--struggling against flooding rivers and the vagaries of hybrid plants--while living through family losses and challenges is a story of perseverance and generosity that culminates when, in a time of great need, the people who Hulda gifted with beauty return to her life to help her start over"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aKlager, Hulda,$d1863-1960$vFiction.
650 0 $aHousewives$vFiction.
650 0 $aImmigrant families$vFiction.
650 0 $aPlant hybridization$vFiction.
650 0 $aLilacs$vFiction.
651 0 $aWoodland (Wash.)$vFiction.
650 7 $aFICTION / Historical.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Literary.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Christian / Historical.$2bisacsh
655 7 $aBiographical fiction.$2gsafd
856 42 $3Cover image$u978-1-4000-7430-3.jpg