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Prodigal Song
Prodigal Song
Prodigal Song
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Prodigal Song

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Outlaw Joshua Manning becomes a fugitive when his companion shoots a young Christian missionary in a robbery attempt a few days before Christmas in 1905. Escaping, he travels alone from Illinois to nearby Wisconsin, taking shelter in a thicket of pine trees. As a bitterly cold snow storm stalls out over the Mississippi River Valley, he falls asleep upon an icy bedroll by his fading campfire. Near death, he dreams about his earlier life.

He remembers his grandmother and the farm hands who made up his family as a young child. When his grandmother dies, he is sent to an orphanage. There he meets Luke and Russell, who become his family when they leave the orphanage together. Outcasts, they form a band of highway robbers, but thieving never feels right to Joshua, his grandmothers biblical teachings haunting him in his dreams. And his heart aches as memories of Samantha engulf himSamantha in red velvet. Why did she marry another man when she was promised to him?

On Christmas Eve, he awakens from a deep slumber, a hundred years into the future, hearing the cries of nine-year-old Tommy Barker. Fearing for the boys safety, Joshua takes him back to his familys farmhouse as the winter storm escalates. Tommys mother, thankful for the return of her son, invites Joshua to share the holiday with their family.

Eventually, the twenty-first century invades the proceedings, and Joshua is forced to come to terms with his own humanity and spirituality. Together, Joshua and Tommy unravel the mystery that is eternal life.

LanguageEnglish
PublisheriUniverse
Release dateMay 25, 2012
ISBN9781475920123
Prodigal Song
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Wendy Moser

Wendy Moser was born and raised in Mason City, Iowa. Married with three children and three grandsons, she now divides her time between homes in Clear Lake, Iowa, and Naples, Florida. She is the author of Prodigal Song and Flowers in Great Profusion.

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