Where Lilacs Still Bloom

“When reading any of Ms. Kirkpatrick’s books, I become engaged, almost instantly, on many levels at once.
Where Lilacs Still Bloom
is simultaneously a strong and gentle read of beautiful, spare language. It wooed and won me to Hulda’s story even as it coaxed me to look at my own life as well. Who am I staking up? Do I tend to my husband and my children as well as to my calling? The sweet message that lingers long after the book is closed is the promised truth of sowing and reaping, in gardens, and in life.”

—S
ANDRA
B
YRD
, author of
To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn

“Jane Kirkpatrick reimagines the true story of a nature-loving wife and mother who studied Luther Burbank and devoted herself to breeding new and improved varieties of lilacs. Families suffer, thrive, and evolve as new flowers emerge in a gentle tale as sweet as its fragrant garden.”

—J
ANE
S. S
MITH
, author of
In Praise of Chickens
and
The Garden of Invention

“
Where Lilacs Still Bloom
is a charming, delightful story of Hulda Klager’s courage and perseverance on many levels, her gentle defiance of convention, her triumph over natural and personal disasters, and her desire to be sure her work is truly God’s will. Neither the author’s nor Hulda’s use of botanical research ever overpowers Hulda’s story but makes plain for readers her patience and ruthless care in her quest for the blooms she envisions.”

—C
AROL
B
UCHANAN
, author of
Wordsworth’s Gardens
and winner of the 2009 Spur for
God’s Thunderbolt: The Vigilantes of Montana

“Having worked with the history of the Thiel and Klager families for over six years now as a board member, I was excited to read how Jane gave the family members such character. I particularly enjoyed the relationship between Hulda and Frank and the way Jane portrayed the youngest daughter, Martha. I loved reading
Where Lilacs Still Bloom
and visualizing what it must have been like to live in that old house when Hulda and her family lived and gathered there.”

—J
UDY
C
ARD
, genealogist and Woodland, Washington, historian

“Extraordinary book. Jane skillfully drops the reader into Hulda Klager’s loving, hardworking pioneer life. She chronicles Hulda’s family and botanical triumphs and struggles. Thank you for this magical story.”

—R
EBECCA
W. R
OBERTS
, secretary of Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens

NOVELS

The Daughter’s Walk
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Portraits of the Heart Historical Series
A Flickering Light
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An Absence So Great
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Change and Cherish Historical Series
A Clearing in the Wild
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A Tendering in the Storm
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A Mending at the Edge

A Land of Sheltered Promise
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Tender Ties Historical Series
A Name of Her Own
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Every Fixed Star
Hold Tight the Thread

Kinship and Courage Historical Series
All Together in One Place
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No Eye Can See
What Once We Loved

NONFICTION

A Simple Gift of Comfort
Homestead: A Memoir of Modern Pioneers
Pursuing the Edge of Possibility
Aurora: An American Experience in
Quilt, Community, and Craft
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