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Five-time Christy Award winner Lynn Austin spins an enthralling, multi-generational tale spanning from1848 to 1920. While 20-year-old Harriet is behind bars, she reviews the history of her great-grandmother's fight against slavery, her grandmother's crusade against "demon rum," and her mother's struggle for women's
suffrage. Now she longs for the courage to leave her own legacy.
"This is an entertaining and engaging faith-based tale sure to hit best-seller lists and the awards circuit."—Publishers Weekly
Austin can’t seem to write a bad novel, and this one is no exception. She is winner of five Christy Awards and numerous accolades for her novels, one of which, Hidden Places, was made into a Hallmark Channel movie. Her newest follows her typical trajectory of fine writing, an engaging story and interesting history. Harriet Sherwood longs to follow in her grandmother’s footsteps as a champion for social justice, but Harriet didn’t plan on ending up incarcerated. She spends her jail time recalling the histories of her great-grandmother Hannah, Grandma Bebe and her mother, Lucy, each of whom faced struggles and spiritual questions as they found ways to fight: Hannah participated in the Underground Railroad, Bebe fought demon rum, and Lucy fought for a woman’s right to vote. Austin weaves their stories through Harriet’s memories, creating well-honed characters before finally bringing Harriet to a place of understanding. This is an entertaining and engaging faith-based tale sure to hit bestseller lists and the awards circuit. (Oct.)
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| $99.99 | Digital |
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Omar Sharif
reviewed Though Waters Roar on April 22, 2017
Though Waters Roar
Rarely, if ever, has a back cover made me so incredibly interested in a book. This book I picked up at the library, and after reading the blurb I was totally hooked. Then I brought the book home and was promptly disappointed.
My disappointment stems mostly from the fact that the book isn't what the back cover led me to believe it was. I thought the story was about the narrator, Harriet, but instead it's about her grandmother, Bebe. Also, the story starts out exceedingly slowly and continues you at that pace for a long time. It took me a couple hundred pages in to finally grasp the fact that this story was only going to tell a few bits and peaces of Harriet's life. After I realized that, I enjoyed the book a lot more.
All in all, I thought the book did a good job of capturing the time period, and also the struggles the characters went through. Suffrage and temperance are two subjects I'm obviously familiar with, but it's been a long time since I've read a book that highlighted either one, so that was interesting.
I enjoyed the book, but I wasn't blown away by it. I probably wouldn't read a second book in the same series.
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