03016cam a2200409 i 4500 540534766 TxAuBib 20150304120000.0 120206s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012002016 9781400074303 pbk. 1400074304 pbk. (OCoLC)744285996 DLC rda eng DLC BTCTA BDX JAO GY8 TxAuBib rda Kirkpatrick, Jane, 1946- Where lilacs still bloom : a novel / Jane Kirkpatrick. First edition. Colorado Springs, Colorado : WaterBrook Press, 2012. 371 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "One woman, an impossible dream, and the faith it took to see it through. German immigrant and farm wife Hulda Klager possesses only an eighth-grade education--and a burning desire to create something beautiful. What begins as a hobby to create an easy-peeling apple for her pies becomes Hulda's driving purpose: a time-consuming interest in plant hybridization that puts her at odds with family and community, as she challenges the early twentieth-century expectations for a simple housewife. Through the years, seasonal floods continually threaten to erase her Woodland, Washington garden and a series of family tragedies cause even Hulda to question her focus. In a time of practicality, can one person's simple gifts of beauty make a difference? Based on the life of Hulda Klager, Where Lilacs Still Bloom is a story of triumph over an impossible dream and the power of a generous heart. 'Beauty matters... it does. God gave us flowers for a reason. Flowers remind us to put away fear, to stop our rushing and running and worrying about this and that, and for a moment, have a piece of paradise right here on earth.'"-- Provided by publisher. "In the early 1900s, housewife Hulda Klager reads a book that changes her life forever, leading her to develop over 200 new varieties of lilacs that she gives away or sells to individuals as a way of sharing beauty. Her commitment to creation--struggling against flooding rivers and the vagaries of hybrid plants--while living through family losses and challenges is a story of perseverance and generosity that culminates when, in a time of great need, the people who Hulda gifted with beauty return to her life to help her start over"-- Provided by publisher. 20120413. Klager, Hulda 1863-1960 Fiction. Housewives Fiction. Immigrant families Fiction. Plant hybridization Fiction. Lilacs Fiction. FICTION / Historical. FICTION / Literary. FICTION / Christian / Historical. Woodland (Wash) Fiction. Biographical fiction. 978-1-4000-7430-3.jpg Cover image