About the book:
"There’s great hope where the road meets the sky – maybe even an answer. But this road leads home. Just home. I thought I’d finished writing that story years ago, but then yesterday’s story happened – the one about the boy who cheats and the girl who leaves."
Lu Sokolowski never planned to return to her small hometown of Dunlap’s Creek, but it’s the only place she can think of to go after her boyfriend cheats on her. Moving back in with her family lets her run away from her problems, but it also means suffering their attempts to reassemble her failed life, including arranging a job as the wedding beat writer at the local paper and setting her up with Jackson, the divorced pastor of her family’s church. Unexpected success and friendships restore Lu to the family and faith she’d left behind. But when the small-town life Lu never intended shakes up, will she run again?
Lu’s story is a journey of a woman back to her family, her faith, and herself. It’s about second chances and the unchosen circumstances that press the point of who we are and what we believe. Are we the sum of our successes and failures, or does our identity rest in a greater hope?
My review:
This story was amazing! The humor was wonderful with so many laugh-out-loud moments. I loved Lu and really felt for her trying to find her place in the world after feeling like she'd failed. I was frustrated with her for some of her choices but a character I really disliked at first who somewhat grew on me was her ex, John. Jackson, the pastor, was such a wonderful character because of his personality, his faith and how he loved and cared about people. I liked see their friendship and maybe more grow throughout the story. I really admired how he stuck by his beliefs when it would have been tempting to compromise. Lu's grandmas were such characters and I loved the Polish culture and food as I'm Polish and that's not something you see much in stories. It brought me back to my childhood when I'd visit my grandma. The spiritual discussions between Jackson and Lu and Jackson's sermons on Ecclesiastes were fascinating with so much insight, such as only God can change a person and we can only find our worth in God. There were a couple swear words, a few phrases that were a little more gritty than usually seen and Lu was living with John at the beginning of the story but she wasn't a Christian and seeing her journey to faith was wonderful. There was some romance and it sounds like there will be a book two coming this summer so I'm so excited to see where it goes! I highly recommend this wonderful story!
I received a pdf of this book from JustRead Tours. I was not compensated for this review. All opinions are my own.
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