Allie and Joseph
were childhood sweethearts, but when he came home from his first tour
in Vietnam he found her marrying his brother, Bobby. This is one of
the many hurts that kept Joseph apart from people. For many years
he’s lived alone with his dog Roscoe in a cabin in the mountains of
North Carolina.
Things start to
change for Joseph when he rescues Catalina and her two children from
a Mexican drug lord. She’s an illegal immigrant, but she has a
brother living in the Florida Panhandle not far from where Allie and
Joseph grew up. When Joseph takes her and the children to her brother
he hears about a terrible crash. A tractor trailer went out of
control, hit the rocks, and exploded. Allie was married to the truck
driver. Now she can’t forgive herself,, and Joseph senses she needs
him.
This is the story of
the difficult choices people make and how their lives are shaped by
them. I found the early chapters hard to read. Allie seemed unable to
find happiness and the scene of the death of her husband was
devastating. The book is filled with difficult stories: Joseph’s,
Allie’s and Bobby’s. At first the long ago relationships were
unclear, but the author weaves them together for a satisfying ending.
The book is not
strictly Christian fiction, but the story has an underlying message
about faith that makes the book special. If you enjoy characters who
grab your attention and won’t let go, you like this book.
I received this book
from BookLook Bloggers fro this review.
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