Again, I was lucky to be picked by Bethany House to receive a free book by an author that I already enjoy.
Josphine, her sister and her mother return to their Virgina plantation after the war between the North and South. Her father and one brother lost their lives in the war and her other brother comes home completely bitter and broken. Their home is just a shell of what is was and only one couple has chosen to stay on as employees after their freedom has finally been won. Josphine finds herself in a broken relationship with God, struggling to finally find herself and place in this new life without what used to be and battling with family and a community who still believes that slavery is what is right. Through an unexpecited relationship, Josphine begins to find her place, her heart and her relationship with Him....
I loved this book, and found myself constantly wiping away tears....there is nothing more beautiful that people finding spiritual freedom, but when their actual freedom is given, the struggle to find their place and realize just who they are --- this book is an absolute treasure of learning, loving and understanding what just one community was like after the war was over....I see His love and handiwork in so many different situations, struggles and it is beautiful to see where people realize that the mindset they always had, was not what was really right....Lynn Austin has a wonderful accuracy in the historical aspects of the time, the feelings and just what really happens when a family divides.
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