*apoiler alert* I liked it...I thought it was well written. It took a lot of writing to describe a little bit, but the pace was enjoyable and fitting for the time period. I mostly loved the parallel to Ruth and Naomi. Donald made my blood boil and I seriously had to put it down a few times. SEri...
With grace, style and beauty, famed author Liz Curtis Higgs puts her pen to the Biblical story of Naomi and Ruth, bringing it not into modern times, but into a beautiful setting full of political upheaval and danger. Scotland’s hills populate the background of this story and become more than mere...
Liz Curtis Higgs builds this two part story into a beautiful climax with this, the sequel to Here Burns My Candle. Though anyone who has read the story of Naomi and Ruth knows exactly where the story is going, we still fall in love as Elisabeth does, struggle with her journey, and feel the pain o...
A fantastic projection of the story of Ruth in the Bible, this book follows a young Elisabeth Kerr. Traveling with her mother-in-law to the lowlands of Scotland to escape punishment of being associated with the Jacobite cause. They are, in fact, mother and wife of two of the leading men. Escapin...
Ayant décidé de suivre sa belle-mère, Elisabeth et Marjory Kerr arrivent à destination. Ayant tout perdu, maris, enfants, fortune et titres, elles doivent tout recommencer à zéro et n'ont d'autres endroits où aller que chez une cousine éloignée. Anne Kerr, ne s'attendait pas à cette visite car Gi...
This was an enjoyable Christmas read. It takes place in Scotland on Christmas Eve, 1894. Meg Campbell, a young school teacher has taken the train home to visit her parents and only sibling - a bitter, angry shell of a man. Because of a huge snowfall, her train fails to make it through the snow...
While it is probably odd that I read a Christmas book in April. I had borrowed it from a friend and needed to get it back to her. I have only read two fiction books by this author. The one I couldn't stand as it was also based in Scotland and I could barely understand their dialect. This one was...
I loved this book!I first read this last summer as a 'novel' then I facilated a women's Bible study in my home and I thought a book about a woman in the Bible would be a great place to begin. There were 12 women who signed up and we all loved the book, the ease of the 'homework' and of coarse the...
This book has been a blessing to read, and it kept me focused on the true "reason for the season" instead of the materialism that is prevalent at this time of the year. Eight wondrous chapters tell the tales of these three ordinary women surrounding the coming birth of Christ. The women are brou...
I loved this book as much as I loved the other two. I honestly recommend it to everyone!! It is a wonderful end to a long, emotional journey and I thoroughly enjoyed it. However for those who worry about the change from the original Biblical story, I will repeat what I said in my review of Fairer...
I loved this book, it was fabulously written and was a true story of Real Grace. Liz Curtis Higgs creates the main character as a mute character, giving the story an amazing passion and perspective. I loved the characters of the twin brothers. They were very kind and protective of their sister. M...
Jamie has been spoken to by God. God has told him He will never forsake him. And when the time comes, the Lord gives Jamie strength to do right by Leana, even if he does not love her. But he is trying. He is trying more than ever – and it appears to everyone that he is succeeding, much to Ros...
Let me begin by saying that I do agree with the description Goodreads has provided. A more thorny love triangle I have never seen or heard of, and there is almost more drama, deception, and jealousy in this book than I can bear. Oh, and there are many spirituals truths. I know, that last one didn...
Love Is on the Air Belle O’Brien, the woman behind the warmest voice in Virginia radio, has one problem: Her oldies show on WPER-FM is a solid-gold hit, but her love life, at thirty-two years and counting, is an off-the-charts disaster. The pickings are slim in small-town Abingdon. Will it be smo...
PUNCH “Rise and shine, sweetheart!” Jonas emptied the remains of a dog food bag into the plastic dish until it overflowed, then tossed the bag in the vicinity of the kitchen trash can. “Eat up, Trix, and then we’re gone. I intend to surprise a certain bird by arriving early.” Jonas pulled on his ...
Meg eyed the drifts piled high against the town wall as she climbed up the steep road leading to the Corn Exchange. “Aye. The year they finished this church, when you were a wee girl.” He turned toward the Gothic gables and soaring belfry of Park Church. “We had snow over the windowsills and half...