Christmas dinner is perhaps the one meal of the year where even the most relaxed cook feels the pressure of perfection – and, although few menus can be more familiar, it’s probably the one we all feel the least confident about. The context, of course, can be stressful – small children high on pilfered tree [...]
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The Sweetgum Knit Lit Society by Beth Pattillo Waterbrook Press, 2008 Rating: B- Eugenie Pierce has been the town librarian for forty years. Although Eugenie appears to be your typical small-town spinster librarian, she does have a fondness for helping what she calls her ‘strays’ – kids who need some special help. She’s found a [...] Keep a Quiet Heart Elisabeth Elliot Revell, 1995 Most people will remember Elisabeth Elliot from her first book Through Gates of Splendor. That was the story of five missionaries killed in Ecuador, including Jim Elliot, her husband. That was 1956. Elisabeth successfully worked for two years with the tribe that killed her husband. Elisabeth went on [...] Home Another Way: A Novel Christa Parrish Bethany House Publishers, 2008 For me, the best books are populated with realistic characters that I think about long after I’ve finished the book. They become real people that I’ve met at some point during my life. They aren’t the perfect people we’ve come to expect to see [...] |
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