Rough Terrain begins the story in Dutchville IA
in the early 1900's when Bram and Brigetta are young. By book's end, their
daughter Sanna is nearing her teenage years, and Bram has been the Steward
of the Rochester State Hospital for nearly 20 years.
Unguarded Edge
returns to the story unfolding back in Dutchville in 1928-1930.
Late
Harvest picks up the story when Sanna is ready to leave home.
In Shifting Shadows, the sequel to
Late Harvest, the focus shifts to Muriel Dykstra: the reason
heart-broken Sanna de Boer left Dutchville IA for Rochester MN in 1945.
Fallow Fields brings the series to a
close--capturing all the emotions a wedding can possibly hold . . . and then
some!
Reader
Comments:
From: [A Rochester reader]
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 1:46 PM
Subject: Finished the Dutch Trilogy!
I wanted to write to you at midnight last night as I finished Late
Harvest but I just went to bed smiling . . .
I must confess something: after I got the book, I peeked at the last couple
of pages to see what happened . . . It didn't diminish my joy and
anticipation in the least . . . I was just as excited to find out how they
all got it straightened out!!!
& & &
“I had read Rough Terrain and
Unguarded Edge before, but when Late Harvest arrived, I
thought I would start anew. As it turned out, I was glad I did because I had
forgotten important parts of the story. Of course, by the time I started
Late Harvest, I wondered just how you would set all the past secrets
right with these wonderful people, close families, and caring individuals. I
tried to guess just how the ‘truth’ would eventually come out, but you
handled it beautifully . . . the family found the puzzles of the past solved
in a most caring way. I can only say a big THANK YOU for such wonderful and
wholesome stories.”
- CAW, Mendocino CA
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