Seasons of the Heart · Book 1
Once Upon a Summer
- Published
- 1 January 1981
- Pages
- 250
- ISBN-13
- 9780764208003
- Type
- novel
About this book
Once Upon a Summer opens the series in 1981, introducing young Joshua Chandler on the Canadian prairie in the aftermath of his mother's death, as the seasons of the title begin structuring his coming-of-age with his father.
Its place in Seasons of the Heart
Once Upon a Summer is book 1 in the Seasons of the Heart series. It is followed by The Winds of Autumn. See the full Seasons of the Heart reading order.
Seasons of the Heart follows Joshua Chandler, a boy growing up on the Canadian prairie in the years after the death of his mother, as he's raised by his father and comes of age across the four seasons that give the books their titles and structure. Where Oke's Love Comes Softly and Canadian West series center adult courtship, this series is closer to a coming-of-age story, following Joshua from childhood grief through adolescence, faith, and eventually into his own adult choices, with the changing prairie seasons…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780764208003