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.
Key facts about Once Upon a Summer
Once Upon a Summer is a novel by Janette Oke. Readers have had it since 1981. It runs to 250 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Once Upon a Summer. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780764208003 to find the main one.
Once Upon a Summer is book 1 of 4 in the Seasons of the Heart series. The series has 4 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
Additionally, Janette Oke writes Love Comes Softly, Canadian West and Women of the West, plus 5 more series. Those series sit on our inspirational fiction, historical inspirational fiction and biblical historical fiction shelves. Meanwhile, Unfailing Love is the latest published Janette Oke book on file, from 2022.
About Janette Oke
Janette Oke (born February 18, 1935, in Champion, Alberta, as Janette Steeves) is a Canadian author widely credited with founding the modern inspirational prairie-romance genre. A graduate of Mountain View Bible College in Didsbury, Alberta, where she met her husband Edward, she raised four children before publishing her debut novel, Love Comes Softly, in 1979. See every Janette Oke book in order.
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