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Our Essence survives / Katherine Murie Webster.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: : Katherine Murie Webster, 2021Description: 301 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781956540017
  • 1956540016
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: FRIEDRICH KLUCKE's father announces, "Starting Monday, Conrad, my son, will step up and run the brewery." Friedrich barely contains his shock, anger and disappointment. He struggles to understand why Father chose an adopted son over his own flesh and blood. That night at the pub, he finds a suggestion to go to America appealing. He sees it as an opportunity to make his own mark on the world. ELIZABETH HESS' heart soars at the words, "We go!" Elizabeth hopes America will be less conventional than Romania. While on her voyage with her family unforeseen hardships crush her spirit, forcing her to do what she feels is right. DICK sits at a campfire feeling blessed. There is no other place he wants to be than out in God's great wilderness. His wife in Taos, New Mexico requests he stop his wandering and embrace the confining city life. But can he shake his desire to be free. They do not see what is just around the bend. All their struggles, beliefs, desires and secrets will extract their character and build their futures.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction WEBSTER, KATHERIN Available 33111010757207
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Friedrich's knowledge and expertise qualifies him to run the family's esteemed brewery in Odessa, Ukraine. But his father has other plans, crushing Friedrich's future hopes. So, he decides to make his own way in the world. In a new country, America! Friedrich's experiences along the way further hinder his aspirations. Will he someday have his own brewery or settle for less?

Elizabeth's free spirit desires no restrictions. She yearns to experience the world before settling down with a husband and children, something unheard of in the mid-1800"s. So when her little brother announces, "We go! We go! Papa says so," Elizabeth's sprit soars with delight. Will unforeseen hardships tug at her very being beyond what she can endure and subdue her spirit?

When a stranger's secret life unravels, it impacts Friedrich and Elizabeth's future and forms an unbreakable bond.

FRIEDRICH KLUCKE's father announces, "Starting Monday, Conrad, my son, will step up and run the brewery." Friedrich barely contains his shock, anger and disappointment. He struggles to understand why Father chose an adopted son over his own flesh and blood. That night at the pub, he finds a suggestion to go to America appealing. He sees it as an opportunity to make his own mark on the world. ELIZABETH HESS' heart soars at the words, "We go!" Elizabeth hopes America will be less conventional than Romania. While on her voyage with her family unforeseen hardships crush her spirit, forcing her to do what she feels is right. DICK sits at a campfire feeling blessed. There is no other place he wants to be than out in God's great wilderness. His wife in Taos, New Mexico requests he stop his wandering and embrace the confining city life. But can he shake his desire to be free. They do not see what is just around the bend. All their struggles, beliefs, desires and secrets will extract their character and build their futures.

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