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Summer
Christian fiction
Summer
Book 2 of the Sunrise series
368 pages · First published 2007
The Baxter family enters a season of major transitions as adult children face marriage, parenthood, career decisions, and the consequences of choices carried forward from earlier books. Summer brings both celebration and crisis, testing relationships that have already survived significant loss and change. Faith remains the family’s anchor as individual story lines converge around questions of commitment and the future. Karen Kingsbury continues the Sunrise series with contemporary family drama focused on the Baxters’ enduring bonds and the way one season can contain both joy and painful uncertainty.
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High-risk pregnancy and prenatal diagnosis; possible infant death/loss; grief and anticipatory grief; marital and family stress; adolescent relationship concerns; Christian faith themes.
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