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Dana's Valley
Contemporary christian fiction
Dana's Valley
300 pages · First published 2001
Erin Walsh’s family is forced to confront devastating illness when her younger sister Dana becomes seriously sick. Ordinary sibling tensions and plans for the future are transformed as treatment, fear, and uncertainty reshape the entire household. Erin must learn how to love Dana through a situation she cannot fix and how to understand faith when the hoped-for outcome is not guaranteed. Janette Oke and Laurel Oke Logan’s contemporary Christian novel approaches childhood cancer through family relationships, grief, and the painful resilience required when one person’s illness becomes everyone’s valley. An emotionally demanding read for those seeking an honest exploration of family love, grief, and faith when hope does not promise the outcome we want.
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Childhood cancer and terminal illness; medical treatment and hospitalization; emotional distress surrounding a seriously ill child; anticipatory grief; death of a loved one; family bereavement; questioning faith during illness and loss.
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