01771cam a2200337 i 4500 719990090 TxAuBib 20230323120000.0 170330|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781638086208 1638086206 (OCoLC)980303523 TxAuBib rda Carlson, Melody, author. Thursday's child / Melody Carlson. Throndike, Me. : Center Point Publishing, 2023, 1998. 406 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Second chances series ; 4 "A second chances novel.". "Emma has always been "the practical one" in the family. But that is about to change as she embarks on the adventure of her life. Emma Davis wants a new life now that she no longer needs to care for her grandmother. A spur-of-the moment visit to a travel agency sets her on a journey far from her Iowa home. Emma takes a cruise to the far islands of the Pacific, but it isn't until she arrives in Papua, New Guinea, that she begins to realize her true calling. Emma regains her sense of purpose by caring for three motherless children and befriending their father, Josh Daniels. Josh's troubled pass and the loss of his wife have left him vulnerable, but can the love Emma has discovered in her own heart, awaken his heart to all Emma has to offer?"--Book cover. 20230323. Widowers Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Romance fiction. Christian fiction. Second chances series ; 4. TXCKT