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Priscilla's Promise
Historical fiction
Priscilla's Promise
250 pages · First published 1998
Priscilla faces a promise whose fulfillment becomes complicated by Victorian expectations, family responsibilities, and the possibility of romance. The values that once made the commitment seem straightforward are tested when real people and changing circumstances demand more nuanced choices. Faith provides a moral framework, but the heroine still has to decide how fidelity should look when obligations conflict. Heather Harpham Kopp’s Victorian Bookshelf story uses historical Christian fiction and romance to explore keeping one’s word without confusing faithfulness with inflexibility.
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Failing health of a caregiver; financial insecurity and responsibility for younger sisters; class prejudice and social exclusion; religious/moral conflict.
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