One Glorious Ambition (45 page)

A mother’s tragedy, a daughter’s desire, and
the walk
that changed their lives.

In 1896, in order to save the family farm, Clara Estby reluctantly accompanies her mother on a cross-country journey that redefines a mother’s tragedy and a daughter’s desire. Over two decades, friends and faith help Clara move through a family betrayal and into a future of her own design. But will the tentacles of the past keep her from finding the real joy in forgiveness?

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Can threads of an isolated life weave a legacy of purpose in community?

Based on the life of German-American Emma Wagner Giesy, the only woman sent to the Oregon Territory in the 1850s to help found a communal society, this series poignantly reflects a woman’s desire to weave a unique and meaningful legacy from the threads of an ordinary life.

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At the turn of the century, eighteen-year-old Jessie Ann Gaebele has moved to Milwaukee in search of a fresh start. Though inspired by a new opportunity to operate a photography studio, a piece of her past she’s trying hard to forget makes its way into the foreground of her life.

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