Archive | August 2019

In Love And War by Liz Trenow

Aug10

Intersecting Lives

In Love And War by Liz Trenow is a powerful novel showing the futility of war. It was reminiscent of the film Oh What A Lovely War in that I was reminded of the utter waste of young lives on both sides.

The novel is set six months after the end of the First World War during a Thomas Cook pilgrimage to the battlefields of Belgium. Everywhere there is desolation as communities try to rebuild their lives.

At the centre is a core group… an English woman looking for her husband, an American lady looking for her brother and a German mother and son looking for her older son. They are united in grief and the devastation that loss causes. They cling on to the hope that their loved ones will be found… whilst there are no graves there is always hope as many soldiers were still wandering, lost in their minds as shell shock took over.

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Choose Me by Marion Ueckermann

Aug10

The Greatest Gift

Choose Me by Marion Ueckermann is the most delightful Christian romance that will warm your heart. It is the fourth book in the Chapel Cove series but can be read as a stand-alone. I however enjoyed my return visit to the cove.

Marion Ueckermann writes novels that wrap around the reader like a cosy dressing gown. Choose Me has some wonderful wholesome characters with huge hearts bursting with love.


The novel has weighty family issues, reminding the reader that every child is planned by God and come as no surprise to Him, no matter what their earthly parents think. Parenthood is so much more than just giving birth. Parenthood is loving and nurturing children to adulthood and beyond.

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Call You Home by Jan Thompson

Aug9

Listen To His Heart

Call You Home by Jan Thompson is a most delightful Christian contemporary novel that will leave you feeling good. The novel reveals the heart of God as characters learn from the lessons of the past and   put their trust in Him. “Look at the past with fond memories but you have to live in the here and now.”

We all have dreams but as a child of God we need to put our dreams into His hands and follow His direction. We need to be prepared to say not my will be done but Yours and hand the driving seat of our lives over to Him.

Being a Christian does not mean we will not experience difficult times. In our hard times we can have peace because we know God. “In the middle of her chaos, God sent calm.”

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The Keeper Of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan

Aug9

Healing Hearts

The Keeper Of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan is an absolutely charming contemporary tale about life and love.

Love is the greatest gift we can ever give or receive. Much love is to be found within the pages of the novel. There is a love that says I will care for you in sickness and in health. There is a love that says I love you because of your differences. And there is a love that says I love you beyond the confines of the grave. The whole novel is a celebration of love.

There are a wonderful mix of characters including an aging author, a young divorcee and a young lady called Sunshine with Downs syndrome. She really is a breath of fresh air, very kind and remarkably perceptive. Some of the things she says are very touching and others are extremely funny.

People lose items. Others find them and make it their ambition to reunite owners with their lost things.

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