The Winds of Autumn
- Published
- 1 January 1987
- Pages
- 255
- ISBN-13
- 9780764208010
- Type
- novel
About this book
Six years passed before Janette Oke returned to Joshua Chandler's story with The Winds of Autumn in 1987, continuing his adolescence at 255 pages as the changing prairie seasons keep serving as a deliberate metaphor for his emotional growth after his mother's death.
Key facts about The Winds of Autumn
The Winds of Autumn is a novel by Janette Oke. Readers have had it since 1987. It runs to 255 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Winds of Autumn. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780764208010 to find the main one.
The Winds of Autumn is book 2 of 4 in the Seasons of the Heart series. The series has 4 published books. However, the series starts with Once Upon a Summer (1981).
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
The Winds of Autumn is book 2 in the Seasons of the Heart series. It follows Once Upon a Summer. It is followed by Winter Is Not Forever. 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 9780764208010