Out of the Storm by Janice L. Dick |
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"With the publication of this third novel, Out of the Storm, Janice Dick has completed her moving and stimulating trilogy. Dick confronts, in a finely nuanced fashion, the dilemma many Mennonites felt about leaving the emerging Soviet state and starting life in Canada, the country that was to become for them the true Promised Land." --Richard A. Rempel, professor of history, McMaster University
Death and destruction rage through the Mennonite colonies as Red and White armies continue to requisition, recruit, and advance their positions. Ongoing strife and accompanying drought result in severe famine and disease, and the worst enemy of all -- fear.
Johann Sudermann works with Benjamin Janz to secure permission for Mennonite emigration, but they are faced with seemingly insurmountable obstacles at every turn. Meanwhile, Katarina attempts to sustain her family and friends amid chaos and uncertainty, and Paul Gregorovich Tekanin tries to survive in anonymity.
The Mennonites of South Russia face a fierce struggle for faith and survival as their dreams are dashed one by one, yet they cling to the hope that God will yet intervene and speak to them as he did to Job, "out of the storm."
A sequel to Calm Before the Storm and Eye of the Storm.
About the Author
Janice L. Dick lives with her husband Wayne on a grain farm in central Saskatchewan. Her first novel, Calm Before the Storm, won first place in the historical fiction category of The Word Guild's Canadian Writing Awards (2003). The sequel, Eye of the Storm, has been short-listed for the same award (2004).