Tomorrow's Dream

Kyle Adams #2

by Janette Oke, T. Davis Bunn (Contributor)

Kyle Rothmore has reunited with her long-lost family and married Kenneth, the man who helped her find them. When she learns that she and Kenneth are going to be parents, her future couldn't look brighter.

Then, tragedy disrupts Kyle's idyllic world and her faith is deeply shaken. As her dreams of happiness and fulfillment disappear before her eyes, she falls farther away from Kenneth, her family, and her heavenly Father. The strength and hope of those who love her don't feel like enough, but when help comes from an unexpected source, Kyle is faced with deciding what matters most in her life.

Genres: Christian Fiction, Fiction, Christian, Historical Fiction, Historical, Romance, Adult Fiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Janette Oke is a Canadian author known for her inspirational fiction, often set in a pioneer era and focused on female protagonists. Her debut novel, Love Comes Softly (1979), became the foundation for a successful series, followed by over 75 other novels. The first book in her Canadian West series, When Calls the Heart (1983), inspired the popular television series of the same name.
Born in Champion, Alberta, to farmers Fred and Amy (née Ruggles) Steeves during the Great Depression, Oke went on to graduate from Mountain View Bible College in Didsbury, Alberta, where she met her future husband, Edward Oke, who later became the president of the college. The couple has four children, including a daughter who has collaborated with Janette on several books.
A committed Evangelical Christian, Oke has authored numerous works exploring themes of faith. She has received various accolades for her contributions to Christian fiction, including the 1992 President's Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association and the 1999 CBA Life Impact Award.

Reviews

[Allan67 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this to my invalid wife. The book opened with Kyle married to Kenneth, which we approved of. Kyle and Kenneth were destined to be married at the end of the first book. For the most part, the story deals with grief and how not to deal with it. Without giving away too much of the book, one of the outspoken characters has a drastic change of heart and in the end all is well. Diana liked the book very much. She wanted to give it a five, I thought a three - we compromised with a four.

[Sarah L · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was so sad, but it had a happy ending! I did hate to see her shut herself off for so long. I wish they wouldn’t have made that last so long, but the transformation was really good! 😁

[Joy Chalaby · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very emotional, touching sequel to "Another Homecoming". I really liked this book, though it was quite a sad one - but the themes of faith, and holding unto the Lord in the dark times challenged, inspired and moved me.

[Gerald · Rating 3 out of 5]

My first attempt on a Janette Oke book. The plot was very linear, good enough for when the book was written.
If you have lost something or someone and you are finding it difficult to bounce out of the loss and bounce back to life, this book will be good for you.

[Emily D. · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story was so heartwrenching! It was more of a tearjerker than watching The Notebook. This is a book I got from my grandma's house, and she collected several by this and other authors who write romances and domestic dramas with a strong Christian basis. While I was hoping to read more of a light romance after powering through a very matter-of-fact book about archeology, I went a little too far to the emotional side of things. By page 30 the tears were threatening, and I could barely hold them in through the next 70 pages! Finally it got a little easier.... but wow.

[Kathryn · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm a religious person, but this was a little too much in the writing. It was a good story line with important topics of dealing with loss of a child and your hope in dreams, but it didn't flow as we'll.

Kyle has been reunited with her birth parents her brother, she is expecting a child, and her brother Joel is even getting married despite his heart condition. Life is good. Then kyle's baby boy, Samuel is born with a heart that isn't getting the blood it needs he dies from it causing Kyle to turn inward, closing off her emotions to god and everyone she loves. Her brother and his wife have a healthy baby boy despite Joel's bad heart which makes it worse for Kyle to understand why Samuel died and Joel's baby lived. Then Joel dies and Kyle tries to convince Joel's wife who is struggling financially with the mission to give her baby to Kyle to raise. Kyle is looking for healing in all the wrong places, worldly. She has a talk with mr. Miller and he gets through her inner barrier to let the hurt go and heal. She opens up to her husband again and becomes pregnant with a healthy baby girl.

[Jen Selinsky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kyle Adams is on the verge of becoming a new mother. Though she has complications in childbirth and her newborn son, Charles, was diagnosed with a critical heart condition, Kyle does not give up hope. She lives through emotional turmoil. Weeks later, Kyle is devastated by the death of her son, and she begins to isolate herself from everyone who loves her. With the help of God and her family, can Kyle learn to overcome her son’s death? Will she reinstate her faith in God and learn to love again?

[Terri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kyle's life seems to be all sunshine and roses as she and Kenneth marry and she is reunited with her birth mother and father as well as having her relationship with her birth mother improving. However, "happily ever after" is not the way Oke writes and so Kyle faces a huge challenge after the birth of her first child. Her faith is tested and she withdraws into herself for a time. Oke does a good job of showing real life and doesn't spare her characters from trouble so she can show how faith in God is the antidote for all the worries of this world.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book but it was about the loss of a child. It was interesting for me to read and I had felt some of those same feelings. It was also interesting to see that through this struggle the couple had pushed their relationship a bit. It was strained and you could see how much the husband wanted her to feel better yet he still struggled with his own faith at times and finding the through the love and faith in God that all can be healed.

[Wendy · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is one of those sequels that requires reading the initial book (Another Homecoming) first, which I did not do. Therefore, the first few chapters felt more like the second half of a book - the reader was assumed to know background information and empathy for the characters.

Not until the crisis occurs is a new reader's interest engaged.

[April Suter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kyle is happily married, found her birth parents and brother, getting along really well with her mother but her faith in God is tested when her baby is born with a heart problem.
For such a short book it repeats too much from the last book, Another Homecoming.

218 pages

[Partridge Public]

Oke, Janette/Bunn, T.Davis PB

[Leslie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love her books. They are have Christian values. They always show the people having hard times but working and growing from the experiences they are having.

[Dawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I always enjoy books by Janette Oke. She writes wonderful Christian Fiction. This book was a good conclusion to the Another Homecoming.

[Christen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really good

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sweet story. Kyle is a lovely woman.

[Crystal Bailey]

I can't remember this book very well, I just know I read it... I can't rate it properly.

[Mary Elizabeth Morton]

Wonderful....very enlightening!

[Linda · Rating 2 out of 5]

I downloaded this book for my nook from the "internet library" trying to find clean books to read. It was about a woman who after losing her baby to a heart defect struggled with her faith in God.

[Carolyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not what I expected.

[Karen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've never lost a baby so couldn't really relate to this book. But I thought it was an awful depressing book to read. It ended on a positive note but at times it was just really sad and depressing.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was so sad. I think that it might have been better if I had read the book before it, but I didn't. It had a lot of good things about it. The ending was truly wonderful.

[AlegnaB † · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was depressing, and I don't care for depressing stories.

[Loraine · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the second of a two book series. The first one was much better. Although the characters turned to god through their ordeals, that was good. The story lacked something. I'm not sure what.

[Denise · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick read but a good story. Everyone has losses, how you deal with them is important.

[Norma Boles · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jeanette Oke did a very good job of portraying the heavy weight of grief. Those who have experienced this, will easily identify with characters' struggles.

[Nelleke Plouffe · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. I enjoy the novels Janette Oke co-authored with Davis Bunn.

[Renee · Rating 3 out of 5]

After the first book, this one was much sadder than I expected..the ending was beautiful but be prepared for a harder story.

"I am a simple man. Reasons are not here for why we must suffer. I cannot explain the sadness of life. No all I can say is always will God be with us. Always. Yah, this i know. Him into our hearts and receive His comfort. For receive it we must. Like a gift. I hold it out unto you but you must take it "

[Karen Linton · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book turned out to be extra special for me; I was born with a shunt (VSD) in the same time period as this story is set, but by the grace of God, I was able to have corrective surgery and still doing well. I had no idea I’d run into this in the book. Serendipity!

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

After two tragedies in her life, Kyle Rothmore Adams virtually closes down her feelings, imperiling her marriage, her family, and her faith. Can Kyle open her heart to God's love, faithfulness, and forgiveness before she loses everything that's important to her?