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While cleaning out their cluttered basement, Jane finds an old cookbook brimming with her mother's recipes and notes and clippings from the forties. Jan has always been hungry for details about her mother Madeleine's life, as she died while giving birth to Jane. Through these precious, fragile pages, can Jane discover the spirit of the mother she never had the chance to know and love? From the back cover.
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The Circus is in town, and all the citizens are eager to attend the show. But as with most things that happen in Acorn Hill, events at the circus do not run smoothly. When the baby elephant runs away, the calliope player is injured and the circus in on the verge of closing, it is up to the Howard sisters to save the day. In their small time, life is three ring circus with enough excitement for all --From the back cover.
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The church board is up in arms over Grace Chapel's wheezing, dilapidated, old pipe organ. In order to replace the organ with an electronic one, Louise organizes a fund-raiser that involves the whole town, but she can't help but hope and pray for some way to save the old organ by repairing it. However, repairs would be too costly. Will a stranger at the inn -- and a friendship from long ago -- bring beautiful music to Louise's ears?
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The Howard sisters are very busy as the year moves from late summer into fall. Some long-term guests have settled into the inn, including a young family driven from their home by fire and a retired missionary seeking new direction. Add to that mix a stray dog, and ailing educator and a grade-school play, and the result is an unusual yet wonderful testimony to the fact that God has a plan for everyone. -back cover.
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Tales from Grace Chapel Inn volume 21
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Auction fever strikes the residents of Acorn Hill. But while some bidders go home winners, disappointment---even heartache---is in store for others. Guests at Grace Chapel Inn worry about their teenage son; two music lovers offer hope to a former prodigy; and an award-winning poet, who reads "Wonder Woman" as well as Wordsworth, brings celebrity to the inn. Will prayer, laughter, and kindness help Louise, Alice, and Jane resolve their own difficulties...
14) Never give up
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Louise finds herself in a difficult situation when her latest lessons take place behind the wheel of a car instead of in front of a keyboard. Jane enjoys the company of an antiques expert who shows the youngest Howard a thing or two about kindness, careful shopping, and making old things new.
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Acorn Hill is happily abuzz with anticipation of the Grace Chapel's women's retreat and a fortieth wedding anniversary that is surrounded by secrets and surprises. Already busy preparing for their Valentine's Weekend special, the Howard sisters find themselves at the center of activity planning for these events and counseling a young Southern bride who is having trouble adjusting to life in Pennsylvania. Their most difficult task, however, is preventing...
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While giving the laundry room of Grace Chapel Inn a thorough cleaning, Alice Howard finds an old hatbox containing her father's journal from the early 1900s. As she reads it aloud each evening to her sisters, Louise and Jane they discover fascinating events their beloved father had never even hinted at.
18) Saints among us
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The holidays are fast approaching, but stormy conditions---some resulting from a massive hurricane, others from an irate Ethel Buckley---might put a damper on celebrations. Meanwhile, the Howard sisters are hard at work to help those in need: Alice travels to a disaster area to care for a different kind of patient, Louise uses her talents to prepare a beautiful ceremony at Grace Chapel, and Jane strives to make a Christmas fund-raiser a source of...
19) The way we were
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When Jane's college roommates gather for a reunion at Grace Chapel Inn, time seems to disappear. They laugh and relive their art school days, but the years haven't been able to erase old hurts and long-buried secrets. Will the truth bring these old friends closer together or tear them apart forever? Meanwhile, Alice cares for a patient who would love to go home, if only she could remember where it was, and Louise counsels a young wife, revealing...
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"The month of October brings cooler air, shorter days, and glorious foliage - and a whole new season to enjoy Grace chapel Inn. The Howard sisters are holding their first-ever mystery weekend at the inn to benefit a worthwhile charity, and the whole town is getting into the act. With Aunt Ethel volunteering to play the victim and familiar faces in the roles of suspects, the sisters put on their sleuthing hats to try to track down the culprit. Who...