Before our current home, my husband and I lived in the same house for twenty years. We went from 4000 square feet to 2000. When we decided to move, we still had our daughter’s stroller. It was a mammoth job to give away, throw away, store away. I believed I was done until retirement. Apparently […]
Over thirty years ago, I was still married to my first husband and Brian, our son, was teeny tiny. One Saturday night, we decided to invite his parents over for dinner. We went all out considering our miniscule income: steaks and potatoes with all the trimmings, cheesecake. Thirty minutes before the scheduled arrival, we were […]
Today you are reading my 175th post. Eight years! Who knew I had so much to say? Whether it was interesting or valuable is questionable, but 175! Yikes! Each post is approximately 900 words. I’ve posted 157,500 words. Double Yikes! As I try to decide what next to do with this blog – I mean, […]
The questions that this book poses, through the lens of the characters, translates into deep questions for the reader to evaluate as well.
I found myself very emotionally connected to each and every character. The author does such a good job with describing them, so much so that you truly begin to understand them, down to knowing what they will choose to wear that day. I was rooting for Kathleen and Matt the whole way and I found myself liking Ian and Lisa a whole lot as well and can't wait to learn more about them (hopefully they will make an appearance in Book #3!)
The book got difficult as it touched on darker themes, but I knew as I turned the pages (as fast as I could because I HAD to know what happened next) that there was HOPE on the other side.
I loved it and I cannot wait for June's next book!
Amazon won't let me give this six stars, so five will have to do for today. 🙂
A great read that has it all. A beautiful beach, a mysterious women, a horrific crime, and the capacity of the human heart to love despite tragedy.
How does one survive a tragedy beyond imagination? How do we recover from guilt? How do we rebuilt our life after trauma? How can we best help our loved ones heal? What binds two people together no matter what? June Converse deals expertly with each of these questions in her second novel Journey to Hope.
Her characters work their way through an emotional terrain that most of us never enter. Yet as a trauma survivor myself, I found comfort in the gentle way Converse deals with them and us, her readers. I felt myself in Kathleen and my partner in Matt.
Journey to Hope is raw and real and helps us to see that regardless of our past, there is always hope for our future. Thank you for the reminder.
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