The Homeplace by Gilbert Morris
I thought I had read other books by Gilbert Morris in the past and enjoyed them. However, The Homeplace
But, if you’ve exhausted your options and see this on the shelf get it but there are too many other good reads out there for me to recommend you run out and buy it.
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From the Cover
As the year 1928 begins, fourteen-year-old Lanie Belle Freeman of Fairhope, Arkansas, has bright hopes for the future. Her father has launched a new business, and her mother is expecting her fifth baby. Lanie has dreams of going to college and being a writer.
Then tragedy strikes.
First Lanie’s mother dies giving birth to the baby, and Lanie must assume the role of surrogate mother to her younger siblings. Then her father is falsely accused of murder—and convicted! With their father in prison, Lanie and her brothers and sisters do all they can to keep the family together, and hold on to their home.
In the face of a world shaken by the Great Depression, this young family finds salvation and encouragement in faith, family, and the tight-knit community of Fairhope. With warmth and an unflagging sense of humor, Lanie leads her siblings into a future that, against all odds, holds the promise of hope and love. Book One in the Fairhope Series.
A Proper Pursuit by Lynn Austin
This was my first book by Lynn Austin, it was a free Kindle download so it was a no-brainer to get it. I was looking for my next read and this looked interesting. It started out very slow (I literally almost stopped reading it after chapter one) but I’m glad I finished it.
A Proper Pursuit
I enjoy reading historical romance novels. Reading this book I realized how void so many are in giving the reality of the lack of a woman’s rights during these times. I take that for granted because, let’s face it, I don’t know what it’s like. I’m single, I’m successful, and I have made a name for myself as a WOMAN. It wasn’t that long ago, that the life I live would not have been a possibility for a woman. This book discusses that and it gave me a new appreciation for what I have in life.
So, now I want to go read some more history on the woman’s rights movement and that time period. But, yes, I recommend this book (just keep reading past chapter 1 or 2 and you’ll like it).
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From the Cover
Christy award-winning historical novelist Austin delivers her strongest offering yet, a coming-of-age story set in late-19th-century Illinois. The great strength of this novel comes from the first-person narrator’s charming voice: 20-year-old Violet Hayes is distressed to learn that her father is remarrying-and that her mother, whom Violet believed lay recovering from a mysterious illness in a sanitarium somewhere, had in fact simply abandoned her family and filed for divorce. To escape a stepmother-to-be she can’t stand, Violet heads to Chicago to stay with her grandmother and great-aunts. Although she’s recently graduated from a genteel school for young ladies, it’s in Chicago that Violet’s real education begins. One great-aunt tries to persuade her to join the suffrage movement, while another introduces Violet to elite society and urges her to catch a wealthy husband. Her grandmother, who takes her cues from Jane Addams, introduces Violet to the world of revivalist Christianity and inner-city good works, prompting Violet to re-examine her own faith. Two questions drive the plot: will Violet find her mother, and will she encounter true love? Readers will enjoy accompanying Violet as she discovers the answers, her calling and her adult self.
I recommend
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