(Realms/Charisma House, 2011)
5 stars~*****
This is a beautiful story of ultimate love and forgiveness as only Lena
Nelson Dooley can write them. It was a relaxing read...not mad dashing
excitement page after page, and I loved that for a nice change. Ms. Dooley
actually takes us from state to state, and her use of imagery is so impeccable,
the reader will feel as though they have been on a trek themselves. I learned so
much about the first trains and railroads that were built...who knew that could
be so interesting? Her characters were so endearing, especially our young heroine, and wrapped themselves around my heart. And as always in Lena's books, there is a strong spiritual
thread throughout, and a satisfying (lump in the throat, tears in your eyes)
conclusion. Very well written, Lena N. Dooley!
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Simply A Lovely Story!
Lena Nelson Dooley takes us on a journey laden with beauty, love, deceit,
and forgiveness---from Seattle, Washington, to Little Rock, Arkansas, as a
beautiful, young woman, coming of age, sets out to find herself. Near the advent
of her eighteenth birthday, Maggie Lenora Caine, happens upon a chest in the
attic that turns her life as she knows it, upside down. For in the chest she
finds proof that she was adopted, and no longer knows who she really is. She
feels betrayed by the parents who gave her away, and the deceit of her adoptive
parents, and wonders why she can never quite fit the mold set by her critical
mother. Didn't her real mother love her enough to keep her?...and where does she
really belong?
Maggie longs to be a dress designer, and with the permission of her
parents, she sets off on a train trip to visit her grandmother in Arkansas,
owner of a dress designing shop, accompanied by her longtime friend, and her
father's business partner, Charles Stanton, and her young, widowed Aunt Georgia.
Charles and Georgia immediately appear to be drawn to one another, much to
Maggie's chagrin, for she has hidden feelings for Charles herself.
As she draws close to her grandmother will she find the answers she seeks?
Will she accept her grandmother's offer to help her start her own
dress company in Arkansas? What guilt has her adoptive mother been carrying
inside for years, that has caused her to treat Maggie as she has?...and while
missing her daughter so far away, will she be able to release it to her Heavenly
Father? Can forgiveness and restoration come to mother and daughter after years
of deceit and criticism, and will Maggie discover who she really is...and find
romance as well?
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