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BOOK REVIEW: Homeward My Heart
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by: Laura V. Hilton Dancing Word Reviewer
Title: Homeward My Heart Author: Judith Pella Publisher: Bethany House Publishers ISBN: 0-7642-2424-7 Genre: Inspirational/Historical/Women/Fiction
World War II is finally over, but the “Cold War” is just beginning. Cameron Hayes continues working as a foreign correspondent for her father’s newspaper while she desperately tries to obtain a Soviet visa to join her husband, Alex, who is not permitted to leave Russia.
Cameron’s sister, Blaire, is in Washington D.C. where her husband works for the State Department. She is trying to get over war-induced prejudices, especially in regards to family members, but it is proving harder than she thinks. Blair would love to have her own children, but fears that she never will.
Jackie is still in California, still struggling to cope with the death of her husband. She is thankful for her mother-in-law’s presence in her life, and for her little girl, Emi. Jackie would like to marry again, but is finding that men walk away when they discover she was married to a Japanese/American.
When Cameron learns that her beloved Alex has been arrested and placed in a Soviet prison, she is desperate to get to the man she loves and rescue him. Her father helps get her Soviet visa approved, and Cameron and her two sisters head to Russia to rescue Alex. With no fool-proof stategy and their only contact unwilling to help them, are their plans doomed to fail?
Readers of Homeward My Heart will want to read the first three books in the series first, Written on the Wind, Somewhere a Song, and Toward the Sunrise as Homeward My Heart is a continuation of previous events. Out of the four books, Homeward My Heart is my favorite, maybe because spending so much time with these characters has made them special to me. They certainly are well-developed.
Danger and intrigue lurk on the streets of Russia and no one is safe—the scenes are very well-written, making the reader feel as if they’re trying to dodge the Soviet police just like the characters. Pick up Homeward My Heart for an exciting read you won’t be able to put down. | |
