Saturday, March 1, 2025

WHEN THE SKY BURNED by Liz Tolsma, Reviewed by Paula Shreckhise #ReleaseDay


PAULA'S REVIEW:
“Disaster rarely announces its arrival. Rather it bursts through the door and refuses to leave until it has finished ravaging everything and anyone inside.”
I am so glad this story has been told. For 11 years, I lived 38 miles from this small town, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, and visited the tiny fire museum.
 
Ms Tolsma brought this horrific event to life after researching eyewitness accounts. She also spun a terrific love story that took place during this time. The characters of Mariah, Angelina and Jay were so realistic. Their story encompassed the tragedy and the aftermath with an added undercurrent of gambling, graft and embezzlement. The descriptions were riveting and Mariah and her paintings were fascinating.
 
Through it all, the story told of sustaining faith in the midst of dismal circumstances and showed that forgiveness and justice prevailed.
*A complimentary copy of this book was provided by Barbour via NetGalley. I was not required to post a favorable review. All opinions are mine alone.* 5 stars and a solid faith thread 
 
BackCover Blurb:
A Tornado of Fire and Embezzlement Sweep through a Community

Enjoy a series of 6 exciting novels featuring historic disasters that transformed landscapes and multiple lives. Whether by nature or by man, these disasters changed history and were a day to be remembered.
Promising painter Mariah Randolph longs to have her canvases displayed in the world’s best museums, and Hollis Stanford, the heir of a railroad tycoon, is her ticket to success. The railroad’s bookkeeper, Jay Franklin, discovers discrepancies and is convinced that Hollis is stealing from the company. But any proof of his dirty dealings go up in smoke when fire utterly destroys the town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, October 8, 1871.
The fire leaves Mariah blind, but Jay befriends her and even helps her to start painting again. But a trip to Chicago to return Hollis’s daughter to him could put both Mariah and Jay in more danger than even the fire that devastated the town and their lives.
Also available in the A Day to Remember series:
When the Waters Came by Candice Sue Patterson
When the Flames Ravaged by Rhonda Dragomir
When Hope Sank by Denise Weimer
When the Mountain Crumbled by Angela K. Couch
When the Avalanche Roared by Lauralee Bliss 
 
Barbour Publishing, March, 2025
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