Across the Crying Sands

by: Jane Kirkpatrick

series: Women of Cannon Beach, The

• Format

  Paperback

  ISBN

  9780800746094

  Dimensions

  5.5 x 8.5

  Pub. Date

  May 2025

  SRP

  $18.99

  Carton Quantity

  40

  Number of pages

  304

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About

In 1888 Mary Edwards Gerritse is a cheerful, well-read, witty, and confident young woman who spends as much time as possible outdoors on the rugged Oregon coast where she and her husband, John, are making a home. The two are a formidable pair, working hard to prove up their homesteading claim and build a family.

But as Mary faces the challenge of young motherhood and struggles with questions about her family of origin, she finds the fearless girl she once was slipping away. Life feels less like the adventure she thought it would be and more like a daily struggle.

When Mary loses the baby she's carrying (and nearly her own life in the process), she finds an unconventional way to bring the joy back into her life: by taking over a treacherous postal route. As Mary becomes the first female mail carrier to traverse the cliff-hugging mountain trails and remote "crying sands" beach, with its changing tides and sudden squalls, she recaptures the spark she lost and discovers that a life without risk is no life at all.

Based on a true story.

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Endorsements

"Jane Kirkpatrick is an awe-inspiring author of faith-based fiction that touches the heart and soul. She has long captivated readers with her historical stories of adventure, romance, and hope in the Lord. If you haven't tried Jane's books, I highly encourage you to do so. She's one of the best."

Tracie Peterson, bestselling author of The Heart of Cheyenne series

"Jane Kirkpatrick's writing evokes a powerful sense of the challenges and strengths of women who settled the West. In Across the Crying Sands, she affectionately tells of a remarkable woman who longed for adventure and did not allow the restrictions of her time to keep her from finding it. Kirkpatrick's sense of time and place and her understanding of the trials of women of another century have made her one of the West's most beloved writers."

Sandra Dallas, New York Times bestselling author of Where Coyotes Howl

"Jane Kirkpatrick has an incredible talent for discovering courageous women from our past and sharing history that might otherwise be forgotten. Exploring the rugged coastline of Oregon in Across the Crying Sands was a delight I won't soon forget. As Mary Edwards Gerritse and her new husband help build a road through the wilderness, they learn what it takes for a relationship to succeed in the face of adversity--a lesson we can all use!"

Karen Barnett, award-winning author of Where Trees Touch the Sky and the Vintage National Parks Novel series

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