Hannah Sutherland felt content in the embrace of her Quaker faith . . . until her twin brother joined the Colonial cause and ended up in jail. She longs to bring some measure of comfort to him in the squalid prison, but her faith forbids it.
Jeremiah Jones, a Colonial spy, needs access to the jail to rescue his men. Upon meeting Hannah, a plan begins to develop.
One life spared. Twenty two are lost.
A year later, survivor Autumn Manning can't remember the day of the bombing and she is tormented by grief - her guilt... searching for answers, she haunts the lives of the victims, unable to rest.
pickAll that matters to Cadi Forbes is finding the man who can set her free from the sin that plagues her days and nights . . . the sin that has stolen her mother's love from her and made her wish she could flee life and its terrible justice. ? She knows it's forbidden, that doing so will bring curses down on her - but something deep and instinctive moves her, against all dire warnings, to find the "sin eater". ?
I don't usually read the more romantic novels, but this one had a 5/5 stars rating at my local library. I won't have book money for a while, so my library card will get some good use!
pick"A Lineage of Grace" by #FrancineRivers has 5 novellas on women in the lineage of #Christ.
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#Tamar is a woman of #hope.
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#Rahab is a woman of #faith.
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#Ruth is a woman of #love.
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#Bathsheeba Is a woman who received unlimited #grace.
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#Mary is a woman of #obedience.
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This #fiction / #biblestudy is so applicable to my life I keep having to put it down to soak it all in!
This was a gift in middle school. Now that I'm a history major in college, I guess you could say it has had a little impact on me.
Have you ever meet an author and immediately wanted them to succeed? Mrs. Gohlke is a sweetheart . . . and talented to boot!
How do you decide what to read next?
I confess! I judged a book by it's cover - several books actually. I inherited Agatha Christie paperbacks. Since the set is incomplete, chronological reading wasn't an option. I picked the pink one.
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! All of "I Have A Dream" is on YouTube, and it's an inspiration.
In his pièce de résistance, MLK says, "We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation." Notice his outlook. He refused to believe that he lacked the opportunity to act. Many disagreed with his cause, but he did not ask permission to move forward.
What opportunity will you take hold of today?
pickUplifting and grounding at the same time - what a blessing!
"Sometimes, Kind Visitor, I long to write letters to the past . . . but who would write back?"
"Everything inexplicable came from America: the latest music, the latest automobiles, Lucky Strike cigarettes, and Coca-Cola."
I swear PageHabit.com makes it like my birthday is every month! This months donations go to Dalia, Togo in Africa. Be sure to comment with #pagehabitcares so another child may learn to love books too!
"You can‘t buy happiness, but you can buy books and that‘s kind of the same thing."
pickSusannah's investigation into the darkest period of her life is equally genuine and informative. Currently, this is my favorite non-fiction!
"Whatever comes," Sarah thought, "cannot alter one thing. Even if I am dressed in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside."
“There is nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name.”
But without bees, the flowers were just flowers, not blueberries, not bread and butter.
