Reviews for The Minister's Wooing

The average rating for The Minister's Wooing based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-06-21 00:00:00 Ebgenii Cylimob This one is definately in the top ten for me. I love this book and will continue to reread it throughout my life, when I need to feel connected and valued and not alone as a women and mother. Stowe is magical in her ability to elevate the ordinary woman in this tale. Stowe gives the power to the woman and her brave ability to be personal. She reminds us that "where theorists and philosophers tread with sublime arrurance, women often follow with bleeding footsteps - women are always turning from the abstract to the individual and feeling where the philosopher only thinks." She blurs the lines between the solemn and the trivial, elevating all that is in the daily life of a woman...and does it with amazing wit and beauty! You cannot leave mortality without reading this book.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-10-07 00:00:00 Curt Synness I first read this book about the time I was newly engaged, and is about as close to a romance novel as I could possibly enjoy. It is a very thoughtful narrative on theology (predestination vs need for evangelism), the evils of slavery, 18th century New England culture, and romance. It gives great insight into the expectations put on women in that culture. I loved this book and reread it every few years to remind myself that women like Beecher Stowe are brilliant company and cause me to want to think harder than our culture expects me to.