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Every Fixed Star
(2003)
 Continuing the Tender Ties Historical Series, Every Fixed Star brings readers more of the dramatic, fictionalized account of Marie Dorion: the real-life woman who was the first mother to cross the Rocky Mountains and remain in the Northwest. In Book Two of the series, Marie learns the value of a tender heart, the faith of distant friends, and the act of holding life’s circumstances in open hands.
Following the family tragedy, the great battle for survival, and the test of faith described in A Name of Her Own, Marie relocates her family to the Pacific Northwest territory’s Okanogan settlement. The year is 1814 and, as is customary of her life out West, Marie faces constant challenges simply to keep her children clothed and fed.
Yet inside each challenge awaits a gift to be unwrapped. Countless times, Marie has proven herself a survivor. Incredibly, she must now endure further realizations of a woman’s fears: an abrupt ending to love, distance from friends, the disappearance of one child, the consequences of another’s poor choices.
Through it all, Marie is tempted to believe that she doesn’t deserve God’s love in the everyday places. When blessings arrive, she struggles to accept them, fearing they will be followed by more difficult challenges. But ultimately, the threads of past friendships and their prayers, a faithful love, and her own service to others all lead her to God’s gift of a full and abundant life.
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Reviews
“Given our ironic age, Jane Kirkpatrick’s fiction centered on the old-fashioned belief that individual effort matters and that good triumphs is like a breath of fresh air…. The novel, with its skillfully drawn characters, presents a fascinating glimpse of a significant and exciting period in our nation’s history.”
--The Denver Post
“A complex novel with strong characterization and an authentic Native American voice.”
--Romantic Times Book Club
“A truly enjoyable read from first page to last and one that you don’t want to finish because you want to stay in Marie’s world.”
--MemorableTV.com, New South Wales, Australia
“Through her craft, Kirkpatrick breathes vibrance into the Ioway Indian woman who traveled west from St. Louis with her husband, Pierre…. Marie may have been an occasional footnote in the logs of fur traders’ clerks, but through Kirkpatrick’s telling, she was an inspirational figure as full as indomitable spirit, steadfastness and drive as any of her more famous contemporaries.”
--The Union-Bulletin, Walla Walla, Washington
“The dramatic story of this journey, as Marie struggles to ensure her family’s survival, makes for gripping reading.”
--The Enterprise, Broomfield, Colorado
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