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Christian Fiction March 2018
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| Isaiah's Daughter by Mesu AndrewsWhat it's about: When five-year-old Ishma is orphaned, the prophet Isaiah takes her in, eventually adopting her and naming her Hephzibah, which means "delight of the Lord." Growing up, she becomes friends with Hezekiah, a prince who's destined to become the King of Judah...and her husband.
Who's it for? Those who like sweeping, well-crafted stories about lesser-known historical figures and those who like learning about the Old Testament through fiction. |
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Beneath the Summer Sun
by Kelly Irvin
Jennie Troyer knows it's time to remarry. Can she overcome a painful secret and open her heart to love? It's been four years since Jennie's husband died in a farming accident. Long enough that the elders in her Amish community think it's time to marry again for the sake of her seven children. What they don't know is that grief isn't holding her back from a new relationship. Fear is. A terrible secret in her past keeps her from moving forward. Mennonite book salesman Nathan Walker stops by Jennie's farm whenever he's in the area. Despite years of conversation and dinners together, she never seems to relax around him. He knows he should move on, but something about her keeps drawing him back. Meanwhile, Leo Graber nurtures a decades-long love for Jennie,but guilt plagues him--guilt for letting Jennie marry someone else and guilt for his father's death on a hunting trip many years ago. How could anyone love him again--and how could he ever take a chance to love in return? In this second book in the EveryAmish Season series, three hearts try to discern God's plan for the future--and find peace beneath the summer sun.
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In Places Hidden
by Tracie Peterson
Teaming up with two women in turn-of-the-20th-century San Francisco to search for her missing attorney brother, Camri bonds with a handsome Irishman her brother once saved from a false murder charge before she is targeted by the dangerous forces behind her brother's disappearance.
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| The Masterpiece by Francine RiversFeaturing: successful artist Roman Velasco (who secretly indulges in the street graffiti that gave him solace as a troubled foster kid), and cash-strapped unwed mother Grace Moore (who had her own troubled childhood).
What it's about: In this character-driven story, Grace becomes Roman's personal assistant, enabling her to support her infant son and put some distance between them and the family that almost adopted him...but she finds Roman's worldly ways as challenging as he finds her faith. |
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| The Shunning by Beverly LewisWhat it's about: Katie Lapp, a 22-year-old Amish woman from Hickory Hollow, Pennsylvania, stumbles across a satin infant gown in her parents' attic, leading to a devastating confession from her parents that completely changes her life.
Series alert: To continue Katie's story, read the next two books in the Heritage of Lancaster County trilogy, The Confession and The Reckoning.
The movie: Beverly Lewis' The Shunning, a 2011 Hallmark movie directed by Michael Landon Jr., stars Danielle Panabaker and Sherry Stringfield. |
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| The Mountain Between Us by Charles MartinWhat it's about: When their plane crashes in snow-covered mountains, a gifted surgeon and a young magazine writer grow close as they try to survive weeks in the wilderness and confront painful truths about their personal lives.
The movie: Originally published in 2011, The Mountain Between Us was adapted as a film in 2017 starring acclaimed actors Idris Elba and Kate Winslet. Fans of the book will find some details have been changed, including the introduction of a steamy romantic scene and some swearing. |
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| The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity by William Paul YoungWhat it's about: Four years after evidence of his kidnapped daughter's murder is found in an abandoned shack, Mackenzie Allen Philips finds a note from "Papa" (his wife's name for God), asking him to return to the cabin. When he does, he meets three people -- an African American woman, a Middle Eastern man, and an Asian woman -- who change his life.
The movie: Starring Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, and Tim McGraw, the 2017 film based on William Paul Young's controversial bestseller boasts a soundtrack including several Christian musicians. |
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