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Christian Fiction May 2021
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| The Paris Dressmaker by Kristy CambronWhat it is: vividly described historical fiction that's based on real events and set in World War II-era Paris.
Starring: Lila de Laurent, a talented dressmaker who sews for the Nazis and secretly works for the Resistance; Sandrine Paquet, who, with her husband missing at war, catalogs stolen artwork for the Nazis in order to support her young son, and surreptitiously keeps records about the real owners.
Read this next: For other romantic, well-researched WWII novels, try one of Sarah Sundin's books, which take place in various locales, or Tracy Groot's moving Maggie Bright, set mostly in England. |
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| 'Til I Want No More by Robin W. PearsonThe setup: In Mount Laurel, North Carolina, 30-year-old Maxine writes about her upcoming wedding in her magazine column and helps her tight-knit family with their catering business -- but mainly she stresses over a 13-year-old secret.
What happens: As Maxine loses sleep and continues to withhold the truth from her fiancé, her old high school boyfriend arrives back home, complicating matters further.
For fans of: moving Southern stories with well-realized characters and rich dialogue; faith-filled looks at family, identity, and self-doubt. |
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A Bound Heart
by Laura Frantz
Isle of Kerrera, Scotland, 1752: Though they grew up together and both are Christian, Scottish laird Magnus MacLeish and beekeeper and herbalist Lark MacDougall live very different lives as adults.
What happens: A tragedy sees both pushed away from their homeland and making a long sea voyage as indentured servants, heading to Colonial Virginia and the West Indies.
For fans of: Jocelyn Green, Jody Hedlund, Julie Klassen, and evocative, slowly building romances.
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| When Twilight Breaks by Sarah SundinStarring: Evelyn Brand, a spirited American journalist who's determined to write about the troubling things she sees in 1938 Germany; Peter Lang, a Harvard PhD student studying German and teaching at the University of Munich.
What happens: After Evelyn interviews Peter for a story, they become close, but find themselves pulled into danger -- especially Evelyn, whose grandfather was Jewish -- as Germany heads toward war.
Reviewers say: Sarah Sundin's "most brilliant and important work to date" (Booklist); "positively crackles with tension" (Library Journal). |
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Focus on: Mothers and Fathers
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| All Manner of Things by Susie FinkbeinerWhat it's about: In 1967 Michigan, 18-year-old Annie Jacobson's brother Mike enlists in the army and is deployed to Vietnam as a medic. Then her estranged father Frank, a troubled Korean War vet, returns to town after more than a decade away.
What happens: Annie and her family -- mother, younger brother, and grandparents -- worry about and miss Mike, adjust to Frank's presence in their small town, and go about life and work.
Why you might like it: Narrated by Annie and including letters from Mike, this atmospheric Christy Award finalist offers a poignant look at family, faith, and war, against the backdrop of a turbulent time. |
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| On a Summer Tide by Suzanne Woods FisherStarring: Camden Grayson, a driven business woman and the adoptive mom of seven-year-old Cooper, the son of her deceased best friend; Seth Walker, the kind-hearted teacher at a small school on a remote island off the coast of Maine.
What happens: Camden's widowed dad gathers his three daughters together and announces that he's bought the summer camp he and their mom worked at years ago -- and everyone in the family finds themselves heading to derelict Camp Kicking Moose on Three Sisters Island.
Series alert: On a Summer Tide begins the entertaining Three Sisters Island trilogy; the final book, At Lighthouse Point, comes out this month. |
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A Distance Too Grand
by Regina Scott
1871 Arizona Territory: After her photographer father's death, strong-willed Meg Pero escapes her staid aunt's home in the east to take his place as part of a U.S. Army survey of the Grand Canyon.
What happens: Meg finds the crew is led by the man she once loved, Captain Ben Coleridge, and that he has a secondary motive for the journey -- locating his own father, who went missing months ago.
Why you might like it: This evocative 1st entry in the American Wonders Collection has a charming second-chance romance, a bit of suspense, and offers a glimpse at photographic technology of the time.
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| Someone Like You by Karen KingsburyWhat it's about: Dawson Gage is devastated when the best friend he's in love with dies. When he learns that she may have a sister thanks to a donated embryo, he searches out Maddie Baxter West. Stunned by Dawson's news and her parents' lack of honesty, Maddie meets her biological parents and grows ever closer to Dawson.
Series alert: This faith-filled 8th standalone book in the bestselling Baxter family series is followed by Truly, Madly, Deeply. (Those wanting Karen Kingsbury's latest novel should look for the just-released A Distant Shore, which is not part of the Baxter series.) |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Rochester Hills Public Library 500 Olde Towne Rd Rochester, Michigan 48307 (248) 656-2900 rhpl.org |
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