The Bookshop of Secrets by Mollie Rushmeyer (book review)
A collection of lost books holds the clues to her family's legacy…and her future. Hope Sparrow has mastered the art of outrunning her tragic past, learning never to stay anywhere too long and never to allow anyone control over her life again. Coming to Wanishin Falls in search of her family's [...]
Book Recommendations with Cheri Swalwell
What was your favorite picture book as a kid? My favorite picture book as a child was Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. I loved the idea of him shoveling out a huge basement. Funny thing? The house I live in now (my husband’s great-great grandparents built this house) was [...]
Learning to Be Me Without You by Paula Freeman (book review)
Learning to Be Me Without You is a love story about a diagnosis, one last adventure, a crisis of faith, and a transformed life. With stunning authenticity, Paula Freeman chronicles her journey into widowhood, the club no one wants to join. Yet in the journey, she discovers how God recovers [...]
Book Recommendations from Marilyn Turk
What was your favorite picture book as a kid? It was a Golden Book, The Little Engine that Could. What was the first “real” book (with chapters and without pictures) you remember reading? Nancy Drew books. What was your most favorite book in high school? Captain from Castille by Samuel [...]
Facing the Dawn by Cynthia Ruchti (book review)
While her humanitarian husband Liam has been digging wells in Africa, Mara Jacobs has been struggling. She knows she's supposed to feel a warm glow that her husband is nine time zones away, caring for widows and orphans. But the reality is that she is exhausted, working a demanding yet [...]