This
story is heart-wrenchingly beautiful and, honestly, it completely
wrecked me emotionally. Seriously, you might need a box of Kleenex, or
three, while reading this, and l would also suggest that you don’t read
it in a public place -ugly crying might happen.
This
is the first book that I have read by Jolina Petersheim. I really
wanted to take my time and savor the writing, but I couldn’t because I
was immediately sucked into this story and I only looked up when I
absolutely had to. I literally felt the emotions of Ruth, Elam
(definitely my favorite character!) and everyone affected by the events
that transpire - the pain, the grief, the choices that needed to be made
- all of it. I was so invested in these characters and their story that
even when I wasn’t reading, I was thinking about them and the choices
they made. This story is not to be missed!
*I was given a complimentary copy of this book. All thoughts are my own.
BackCover Blurb:
From the highly acclaimed author of The Outcast and The Alliance comes an engrossing novel about marriage and motherhood, loss and moving on.
When Ruth Neufeld’s husband and father-in-law are killed working for a relief organization overseas, she travels to Wisconsin with her young daughters and mother-in-law Mabel to bury her husband. She hopes the Mennonite community will be a quiet place to grieve and piece together next steps.
Ruth and her family are welcomed by Elam, her husband’s cousin, who invites them to stay at his cranberry farm through the harvest. Sifting through fields of berries and memories of a marriage that was broken long before her husband died, Ruth finds solace in the beauty of the land and healing through hard work and budding friendship. She also encounters the possibility of new love with Elam, whose gentle encouragement awakens hopes and dreams she thought she’d lost forever.
But an unexpected twist threatens to unseat the happy ending Ruth is about to write for herself. On the precipice of a fresh start and a new marriage, Ruth must make an impossible decision: which path to choose if her husband isn’t dead after all.
Available in digital ebook, paperback, hardcover and audiobook:
Buy How The Light Gets In at Amazon
Buy How The Light Gets In at Christianbook.com
BackCover Blurb:
From the highly acclaimed author of The Outcast and The Alliance comes an engrossing novel about marriage and motherhood, loss and moving on.
When Ruth Neufeld’s husband and father-in-law are killed working for a relief organization overseas, she travels to Wisconsin with her young daughters and mother-in-law Mabel to bury her husband. She hopes the Mennonite community will be a quiet place to grieve and piece together next steps.
Ruth and her family are welcomed by Elam, her husband’s cousin, who invites them to stay at his cranberry farm through the harvest. Sifting through fields of berries and memories of a marriage that was broken long before her husband died, Ruth finds solace in the beauty of the land and healing through hard work and budding friendship. She also encounters the possibility of new love with Elam, whose gentle encouragement awakens hopes and dreams she thought she’d lost forever.
But an unexpected twist threatens to unseat the happy ending Ruth is about to write for herself. On the precipice of a fresh start and a new marriage, Ruth must make an impossible decision: which path to choose if her husband isn’t dead after all.
Available in digital ebook, paperback, hardcover and audiobook:
Buy How The Light Gets In at Amazon
Buy How The Light Gets In at Christianbook.com
This one is getting such great word-of-mouth! I completely understand why! Thanks Kim.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kim, for this wonderful review! :)
ReplyDeleteWow, this book sounds intriguing and really like a good page turner. Sounds like a must read and one that I would love to read. Thanks for sharing this. :)
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