Source: I received a copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.
As a debut novel for this author I have to say I will be
reading more of her work. I love the
time period when people didn’t take so much for granted. Tatiana Bergman is the youngest in her
family. She has two other sisters,
Gretchen and Rose. They live with their
father and their mother is deceased. As
the oldest Gretchen must try to raise her sisters the way her mother would have
wanted. This is a difficult task with a
ten year old sister like Tatiana. She is
not ready to be a refined, young lady.
She wants to have fun. One Sunday
morning she sees a family enter the church with a young man whom she believes
to be an Indian. She wastes no time in
trying to find out. Jonny Creek is a
half-breed. He and Tatiana become the best of friends. When everyone else is
quick to criticize either of them they are there for each other. This story takes us through several years of
their lives. We see young Tatiana give
her life to God and strive to really change, to make a difference. But what happens when she catches the eye of
not just Jonny, but the preacher’s son?
Will she grow impatient as she is so apt to do or will she wait for God’s
choice to be made clear to her?
I have to say from the minute I began to read this book
until I finished it I loved Tatiana. She
really wanted to be good. It didn’t come
easy for her. She worked hard to be
good. Jonny actually brought out the good in her. Her friendship with him was
genuine and strong. Her relationship
with Robert came out of her deciding to go fishing with him one day when Jonny
was unable to meet up with her. He was
polite and let her tag along. She wasn’t invited. However, this gave him the opportunity to see
her true loving side. I could see myself
in her so much. As a child I was more like Gretchen. I almost always did what was right. However, whenever I got that stubborn streak
then I was more like Tatiana. It is
funny because I grew up on a farm and our punishment was to be locked in the pantry
under the stairs until we were ready to admit we were wrong and decide to
change our ways.
I would definitely recommend this book to my friends. It is a light romance, yet you can feel so
much family love throughout the entire story.
I definitely enjoyed this book and am so happy that I was asked to
review this book.
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