The Promise of Dawn, by Lauraine Snelling. An uncle in America sent a letter to his family in Norway requesting help on his farm to fell trees and to run the farmland in exchange he promises after the repayment of the passage to give them a portion of land. Rune decides that his families will be the ones to go to America to help and to start a new life. They are unprepared for the hard life that awaits for them and the hardness of the family they're going to join. Yet we also find the chipping away of that hardness as they build a family relationship. I love books to give you a historic picture of what life was like years ago. There seems to be a simplicity of the time yet the work was so hard and demanding. Lorraine Snelling does a great job with drawing us into the story and drawing us into a time so much more different than where we are today. I often struggle with Christian fiction novels because so many of them are about romance. But this book isn't, it's about family. It was such an enjoyable read. I loved getting to know every character and following their story, I can't wait until the other books in the series come out. This is a fiction book that just leaves you full. I highly recommend this book it is a great read.
"Book provided courtesy of baker publishing group and graf-martin communications Inc."
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