Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. I loved papa s wife when i read it as a teenager, but when i reread it as a young mother it inspired me even more. In papa s wife, thyra ferre bjorn tells a touching story inspired by her own family, her own father, and especially her own mother. Buy a cheap copy of papas daughter book by thyra ferre bjorn. Publication date 1955 publisher new york, rinehart collection inlibrary. Mar 27, 2014 short biography about thyra ferre bjorn. I was enthralled, and i know that experience stuck with me, inspiring me to write. Click to read more about papas wife by thyra ferre bjorn. Click to read more about papa s wife by thyra ferre bjorn. Kontakt zur band per email, telefon, fax oder onlineformular. In 1924, her father received a call to a swedish church in springfield.
Wife is a celebration of family life, a recognition of the great blessing of children, and a warm testimony of faith in our lord. Author thyra ferre bjorn was born in swedish, lapland. Papa s wife library binding june 1, 1992 by thyra ferre bjorn author 4. A trilogy by thyra ferre bjorn bjorn, thyra ferre on. Download or read online books in pdf, epub, tuebl, and mobi format. See all books authored by thyra ferre bjorn, including papa s wife, and mamas way, and more on thriftbooks. Be the first to ask a question about papas wife papas daughter mamas way. Papa s wife is the first book in a series written by the daughter of papa and mama.
When the delicious comic tales that make up life with father first appeared in the early. See all books authored by thyra ferre bjorn, including papas wife, and mamas way, and more on thriftbooks. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. This novel follows the lives of a conservative, swedish minister, pontus franzon, and his pretty young wife, maria, through their years in a parsonage in lapland, their eight children, and their journey to a new life.
Mama was the maid who cleaned his house and secretly dreamed of marrying him. Papas wife is the first book in a series written by the daughter of papa and mama. I met thyra bjorn when i was in high school in the mid 1960s. Papa s wife paperback july 1, 1984 by thyra ferre bjorn author 4. Papas wife by thyra ferre bjorn common sense press. Thyra ferre bjorn was one of eight children born to a clergyman in swedish lapland. This novel follows the lives of a conservative, swedish minister, pontus franzon, and his. Papa was an upright, oldfashioned, principled pastor of a small church in northern sweden, handsome and eloquent, but resolutely a bachelor. It is the gentle story of a very young woman who falls in love with an older gentleman. Papa s wife is a celebration of family life, a recognition of the great blessing of children, and a warm testimony of faith in our lord. Papas daughter library binding june 1, 1992 by thyra ferre bjorn author 4. See more ideas about kindle, kindle screen and kindle oasis. Her family, like the franzon family, had four daughters and four sons.
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