A Patchwork Family (Angels of Mercy) by Charlotte Hubbard


A Patchwork Family (Angels of Mercy)
Title : A Patchwork Family (Angels of Mercy)
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ISBN : -
Language : English
Format Type : Kindle Edition
Number of Pages : 387
Publication : First published June 21, 2005

A good wife who can find?She is far more precious than jewels…Meet Mercy Malloy. Whether she’s cooking up the best grub to be had all along the Holladay stagecoach line, working her husband’s horse farm or helping her neighbors, God’s love fills her life.She opens her hand to the poor,And reaches out her hands to the needy…So when two orphaned children appear on her doorstep, she hesitates only a moment before opening her heart and her home to them. Perhaps this is the Lord’s way of sending her and Judd the babies they’ve prayed for.Her children rise up and call her blessed;Her husband also, and he praises her…Out on the Kansas plains the years bring hardship and heartache—Indian attacks, a runaway daughter, an abandoned baby in a basket—but also precious new life and the unlooked for joy of a surprise love. Through it all, Mercy’s faith holds her family together, creating a patchwork of strength and beauty.

A Patchwork Family (Angels of Mercy) Reviews

  • JoAnn Stearns

    Nice story

    This is a story about how courageous men and women had to be back in the early days. We are transported back to living on the prairie, with stagecoaches, Indians , and hard physical work. Everyday these people struggled to survive and prepare for harder days yet to come. This particular story is about a woman named Mercy who came out to the prairie as a young bride. She and her husband run a way station for a stagecoach line. Her trials and tribulations are testimony to how courageous and adventurous these people really were. I am always reminded of how pampered I am with all of today's luxuries when I go back into history like I did by reading A Patchwork Family.

  • Tonya

    I had an issue with the author putting down that the king James Bible language is archaic. The king James Bible language is actually easier to say and understand because it is written at a fourth grade reading level. And it never gets more difficult than an eighth grade reading level. However, the story was really well done! I was horrified by one of the main characters dying. It broke my heart. But that’s when the writing gets realistic.

  • Connie Lynch

    OH my goodness - I grabbed this book and began reading and it is total enjoyment!! I cannot wait to read the 2nd book in the series. Mercy, Judd, Billy and Asa and the entire Patchwork Family will make you smile and cry. Charlotte Hubbard is amazing brings to life living during the push west with the stagecoach and the advent of the rail system. Wonderful reading

  • Teresa

    Another amazing book by Charlotte

    I have been reading Charlotte Hubbard's books for a few years now and have yet to find one I could put down. A Patchwork Family is no different. This is a sweet story. It has love loss and so much more. There is some religious parts in the book but it works with the flow of the story.

  • Kathi Wason

    A Patchwork Family Angels of Mercy book 1

    A different kind of family, a different kind of love. A joy to read. A hard life with the blessings of a good husband. Loved watching the story unfold in God's plan. Really looking forward to second book


  • Lori

    Wonderful!

    I loved this book. I laughed and I cried. I love these characters and won't soon forget them. Just wonderful!!

  • marvin shults

    A patchwork family

    I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was warm and sad at appropriate times. It's a nice story for teens thru adults. Submitted by Mrs. M Shults

  • hosking,theresa

    Enjoyed this book

    Great story with no fowl language. And gave some verses from the bible. Nice book to read instead of the news we get today.

  • Donna Plant

    Loved this book

    It’s an escape from today’s world to go back to more basic times of hard work, faith and love. The fiber that built our country.

  • Patricia

    Fast reading with good storyline!

    Very fast reading. Book of family, faith , and the struggles of the difficulties of settlers in the West. Patricia Laduke

  • Nanette Mitchell

    Wonderful adventure

    Loved the family dynamics at play and telling a story of how grace and mercy are a part of acceptance of each other and our differences

  • Amelia in PDX

    Do have a cry rag handy as you reach the middle to end of this book.
    This is taking place in Kansas as a territory - when folks where homesteading and the stagecoach was in the last years of their runs as the railroad was making it's way West.
    This is taking place on one of the homesteads that was also a stagecoach stop for a change of horses, and taking care of "personal necessaties".
    Think of a young married couple, who after 5 years of marriage, still hadn't been blessed and a couple of young kids that had been "dumped" my their mother and her "boyfriend" at one of the previous stops and what to do with those kids...
    You'll need to read it to find out what happens next.... I love what I've read by this authot & will continue to look for her books.

  • Barbara A. Urban

    Angels of Mercy book 1

    Book was good reading. Held your interest and couldn't put book down always wanted to read more. Very good story if you like this kind of book.