Debut Author Delivers Sweet Heartwarming Historical Fiction
Rebekah Hendricks dreams of a life far beyond her family’s farm in Oklahoma, and when dashing aviator Arthur Samson promised adventure in the big city, she is quick to believe he’s the man she’s meant to marry. While she waits for the Great War to end and Arthur to return to her so they can pursue all their plans, her mother’s sister … sister falls ill. Rebekah seizes the opportunity to travel to Texas to care for Aunt Adabelle, seeing this chance to be closer to Arthur’s training camp as God’s approval of her plans.
But the Spanish flu epidemic changes everything. Faced with her aunt’s death, Arthur’s indecisiveness, and four children who have no one else to care for them, Rebeka is torn between the desire to escape the type of life she’s always led and the unexpected love that just might change the dream of her heart.
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Rebekah is a young lady gets more than she bargained for when her mother sends her to Texas, to care for her mother’s estranged sister who has the devastating Spanish Flu. I enjoyed learning about the effects of the pandemic, up close and personally. I also appreciated that several of the characters, as well as some aspects of the story, were …
This one stays on my re-read list.
I very much enjoyed reading Wings of a Dream by Anne Mateer. It’s her first book, but her writing style flows nicely and isn’t choppy at all. I was so happy that it was a first person “I” book. It was refreshing to read just from the female’s point of view with no male or sub-character viewpoints. I felt like I learned a lot about the Spanish …
I ‘met’ the author on Twitter and decided I should read one of her books, just to see if she was any good (smile), you know? Some day, I hope, you will be able to say the same of me.
I was a little nervous, although this is the second author to go through this process under my scrutiny (another smile). I’m pretty sure God knows what He is doing …