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A life so true / Tracie Peterson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: A Minnesota legacy ; 2Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group, 2026Description: pages cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780764244292
  • 9780764246487
Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PS3566.E7717 L53 2026
Summary: "In 1893 Minneapolis, heiress Evie Turner loves helping the poor but dreads her future nursing career. When she meets businessman Max Garrison, who fears his father plans to commit a crime, they share their secrets. As a devastating fire engulfs Minneapolis factories, they must choose between family loyalty and the courage to follow their hearts"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Phillipsburg Free Public Library Adult Fiction New Books FIC PETERSON Ordered
Total holds: 1

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Evelyn Turner is determined to work at her physician father's side as he opens a hospital for Minneapolis's poor. But when nursing makes her physically ill, she faces an impossible choice between the promises she's made and her own limitations.Maxwell Garrison helps manage his father's investments through the financial crisis of 1893, with special interest in their sawmill businesses. At a Turner family fundraiser, he is horrified when he overhears his father and other mill owners plotting to commit arson and insurance fraud. When Evie and Max meet at the same fundraiser, a connection sparks between them. As their interests in each other grow, they confide their secrets and agree to guard each other's trust.Then a suspicious and devastating fire sets Minneapolis ablaze, and Max and Evie fear the worst. Can they build a life together amid the ashes of deception?Heartfelt romance, steady faith, and the power of redemption collide in acclaimed author Tracie Peterson's newest novel set in 1893 Minnesota.

"In 1893 Minneapolis, heiress Evie Turner loves helping the poor but dreads her future nursing career. When she meets businessman Max Garrison, who fears his father plans to commit a crime, they share their secrets. As a devastating fire engulfs Minneapolis factories, they must choose between family loyalty and the courage to follow their hearts"-- Provided by publisher.

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Publishers Weekly Review

The ho-hum latest in Peterson's Minnesota Legacy series (after Faithful of Heart) finds Evie Turner returning home to Minneapolis in the summer of 1893 after finishing up nursing school in Pennsylvania. Though she's long dreamed of working in her father's medical practice, Evie has recently realized that nursing makes her physically ill, and she can't bear the thought of breaking the news to her parents. At a charity event, she meets handsome Max Garrison, a financial manager with family problems of his own. The two hit it off, but Evie is hesitant to pursue a relationship because of Max's weak faith. When Max is wounded in a fire that devastates the community, Evie must put her nursing skills to use--and get honest with herself and those around her about what she wants out of her life. Peterson depicts the social stratification of late-19th-century Minneapolis with precision, but the story's stakes--mostly centered on Evie's anxieties about disappointing her parents--aren't high enough to keep readers hooked. It's not Peterson's best. (July)
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