Download or read book The Women of Swenson Farm written by Jeanne Martz and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something unusual catches Kinley Rankin’s eye as she searches the local paper for work: Farm widower, early fifties, looking for an arranged marriage contract with willing partner. The gentleman in question, Nels Swenson has a lot on his mind these days. After the mysterious death of his first wife, Mary, his wounded, lonely heart is still raw. The effort to keep his farm consumes his every waking minute, leaving little energy for everyday chores and definitely no time for traditional courting. Kinley is also in desperate straits. Now that that her job has moved out of state, she’s out of work and out of luck. Anxious about her future, she decides to respond to the ad. After a brief relationship, she accepts his proposal, which is more of a business transaction than an affair of the heart. As they work together to salvage his once-successful farm, a mutual admiration develops. Inspired by his many admirable qualities, Kinley is no longer satisfied to have just his name—she wants his heart too. Their uncommon union is challenged by Kinley’s unexpected pregnancy and her adult children who come to live with them. The thorn in Nels’ flesh is his brother-in-law, Homer Speers, whose family encamps on Swenson property. Tensions build to a breaking point when death strikes Swenson Farm a second time. All eyes are on Nels when Homer is found dead, and he must prove his innocence—again. As he tries to protect the women of Swenson Farm, his life begins to unravel around him.
Download or read book The Last Chapter written by Jeanne Martz and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2024-04-05 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel is the third in a series of the Swenson Farm mysteries. Will Swenson Farm be left in capable hands when Nels Swenson is gone? Grandson, Mario Fontanini, narrates The Last Chapter, which promises to be an intriguing tale of romance and mystery in his quest to leave Iowa and establish a career in San Franciso. His first love, Lupita Morales, returns to Swenson Farm and gives him pause to stay, but Grandpa Nels persuades him to leave before he gets hurt by Lupita again. His journey to the big city opens up opportunities to travel, write, experience new cultures, and meet a girl named, Sandy, in Afghanistan, and a promising romance with Rebecca, a fellow journalist. His biggest accomplishment is helping solve the mysterious disappearance of Nels’s adopted son, Bobby. Hans Swenson, a dedicated son to farm life, falls under the spell of Lupita Moralas. Will he too end up with a broken arrow through his heart? With only one biological heir, who will be left standing to carry on the Swenson Farms Legacy?
Download or read book The Sons of Nels Swenson written by Jeanne Martz and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2021-06-09 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Sons of Nels Swenson” is a coming-of-age story of four young teens whose lives connect as they struggle to move into maturity. Mario Fontanini, grandson of the Swenson’s, is studious, computer savvy, small in stature, and has health issues not conducive to farm work, but he contributes to the business in many other ways. Hans Swenson, their son, is built for farm life, a sports enthusiast, and protector of Mario, and Lupita Morales, the migrant worker’s daughter. Bobby Bengtson lives on a small neighboring pig farm and prides himself with being the school bully, a pretty good liar, and a permanent fixture in the principal’s office. The relationship of these teenagers promises to be a heart rendering tale of social issues with their peers, domestic abuse, death, and first love as they make their way to becoming responsible adults.
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Download or read book Women of the Northern Plains written by Barbara Handy-Marchello and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2005 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2006 Caroline Bancroft History Prize "Impressively researched and highly readable, Barbara Handy-Marchello's analysis of North Dakota farm women's roles will become the standard by which other works on the subject will be judged." Paula M. Nelson, author of The Prairie Winnows Out Its Own In Women of the Northern Plains, Barbara Handy-Marchello tells the stories of the unsung heroes of North Dakota's settlement era: the farm women. As the men struggled to raise and sell wheat, the women focused on barnyard labor--raising chickens and cows and selling eggs and butter--to feed and clothe their families and maintain their households through booms and busts. Handy-Marchello details the hopes and fears, the challenges and successes of these women--from the Great Dakota Boom of the 1870s and '80s to the impending depression and drought of the 1930s. Women of the frontier willingly faced drudgery and loneliness, cramped and unconventional living quarters, the threat of prairie fires and fierce blizzards, and the isolation of homesteads located miles from the nearest neighbor. Despite these daunting realities, Dakota farm women cultivated communities among their distant neighbors, shared food and shelter with travelers, developed varied income sources, and raised large families, always keeping in sight the ultimate goal: to provide the next generation with rich, workable land. Enlivened by interviews with pioneer families as well as diaries, memoirs, and other primary sources, Women of the Northern Plains uncovers the significant and changing roles of Dakota farm women who were true partners to their husbands, their efforts marking the difference between success and failure for their families. Barbara Handy-Marchello is a history professor at the University of North Dakota. She has written articles on rural women and is the co-author of A History of the NDSU Seedstocks Project. She lives near Fargo, North Dakota.
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Download or read book Blue Angel written by Francine Prose and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Book Award Finalist from acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Francine Prose—now the major motion picture Submission “Screamingly funny … Blue Angel culminates in a sexual harassment hearing that rivals the Salem witch trials.” —USA Today It's been years since Swenson, a professor in a New England creative writing program, has published a novel. It's been even longer since any of his students have shown promise. Enter Angela Argo, a pierced, tattooed student with a rare talent for writing. Angela is just the thing Swenson needs. And, better yet, she wants his help. But, as we all know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Deliciously risque, Blue Angel is a withering take on today's academic mores and a scathing tale that vividly shows what can happen when academic politics collides with political correctness.
