“Then she spent her evenings curled up in her small boardinghouse room, poring over the pages. It was her only escape to a bigger, more interesting world. There are no prison walls if one has books, she had read someplace. But even so, her days and nights often were lonely.”
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Beyond the Gathering Storm
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Janette Oke
Janette Oke is a Canadian author renowned for her historical novels. Born on February 18, 1935, she began writing in 1967 and has since published numerous works. Her novels often set in the Canadian prairies, tell the stories of ordinary people living in challenging environments. more
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