A Land of Sheltered Promise

by Jane Kirkpatrick

First published 2005

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Three women encounter the same isolated central Oregon landscape in different eras: an early homesteader seeking security, a woman drawn into the Rajneesh commune of the 1980s and a later grandmother trying to rescue family from the abandoned site’s lingering influence. Their stories reveal how a promised refuge can become a place of control.

The novel connects domestic vulnerability with one of the most disturbing episodes in modern Oregon history, including political manipulation and bioterrorism. Christian faith is tested against charismatic authority, asking how shelter can be distinguished from captivity and how truth survives inside closed communities.