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by Robin Lee Hatcher (Author) "Dirk Bridger drew the wool collar up around his ears, but the wind was bitter cold and his coat was too thin ..." (more)

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Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Zondervan Book (Mar 8 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0310231051
ISBN-13: 978-0310231059
Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.5 x 2.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 295 g

Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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In 1897, pastor's daughter Inga Linberg joins the ranks of Swedish immigrants traveling to Iowa for a new life. Inga's plans to live at home and care for her parents change suddenly when dairy farmer Dirk Bridger comes to the pastor's house looking for assistance in caring for his two nieces and his ailing mother. Dirk plans to sell the farm eventually so that he can travel the world and chafes at the ties holding him to the farm. As Inga brings light, love, and the Lord to the Bridger family, Dirk fights his growing feelings for her, refusing to add one more tie to hold him down. The sudden, but not unexpected, death of his mother forces Dirk to change his mind. Hatcher continues the shift of her "Coming to America" trilogy from the secular market to the Christian one, offering her RITA Award-winning style to a new audience. Fans of immigrant fiction where the characters face tests of faith in a new country, such as some of Gilbert Morris's "House of Winslow" series and his new title, Jacob's Way (reviewed below), will enjoy this.
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Swedish immigrant Inga Linberg, a pastor’s daughter agrees to a marriage of convenience in hope of finding real love.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Tender, touching, and full of hope, Dec 25 2001

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It's easy to see why this book has won so many awards. It touches a reader on so many levels and searches the human heart. Dirk is a true hero, a man who gives of himself to others, even when it means letting go of his own dreams. And Inga is a woman who loves with her whole heart. This is a perfect historical romance, well deserving of every accolade that has come its way. I highly recommend it.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Like watching paint dry!!!!!, Nov 18 2001

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All I can say is, where's that recycling bin???? This book is reminiscent of the time I had a wisdom tooth pulled out. Don't touch this one, it's painful.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Touching story, great read, Aug 24 2001

By	J Morgan "Writer/Reader" (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews

PATTERNS OF LOVE is book two in Robin Hatcher's Coming to America series. The 2001 revision of the 1999 RITA Award book portrays the life of Swedish immigrant Inga Linberg and Dirk Bridger, an Iowa dairy farmer, with the added insight of their spiritual journey with God.

Because of his strong sense of responsibility, Dirk Bridger has abandoned his dreams of world travel and adventure to settle in Uppsala, Iowa, as the guardian of his two orphaned nieces and his deceased brother's dairy farm. Pragmatically, he struggles with despair over his lost dream and the monotonousness of life on the farm. Dirk's sure God if He even exists, has abandoned him.

Inga, the oldest daughter of a Lutheran minister, is resigned to God's plan for her life as quilt artist and capable assistant in her father's ministry. Unlike her four sisters, Inga is neither attractive nor flirtatious and completely content until Dirk arrives at the parsonage to ask her father's help in finding someone to assist him in caring for the two children and his ailing mother. Inga agrees to become his live-in housekeeper and quickly brings order and love to the Bridger household. Personally, she grows discontent with her life. As time goes by, Dirk finds himself attracted to the tall, willowy Swedish immigrant that his mom and nieces have come to love. When Dirk's mother dies, proprietary morals of the period prohibit Inga from continuing in her role as live-in housekeeper. Dirk offers Inga a marriage contract to be terminated when his nieces are older. When Inga agrees, their lives are forever changed.

Robin Hatcher skillfully weaves a tender romance between Inga and Dirk while portraying their spiritual struggles in an unobtrusive, believable way. Her historical and cultural accuracy blends an engaging story line with Swedish heritage in an authentic narrative of life in 19th century America.

Through Inga's correspondence with her friends from the voyage to America sprinkled throughout the story, the reader sees glimpses of the main characters from the other books in the Coming to America series. After reading about Dirk and Inga, I'm sure you'll want to read their stories too!

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5.0 out of 5 stars RITA Winner gets better!!!
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