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BOOK REVIEW: In Search of Eden
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by: Laura V. Hilton Dancing Word Reviewer
Title: In Search of Eden Author: Linda Nichols Publisher: Bethany House ISBN: 978-0-7642-0167-7 Genre: Inspirational/Women/Fiction
Fifteen year old Dorrie has just given birth to a beautiful little baby—a baby she hasn’t been allowed to hold. She doesn’t even know if it’s a boy or a girl. Her mother has forbidden Dorrie to even see the baby, saying it would be easier that way, since the baby would be given up for adoption. Dorrie is heartbroken, and finally, a nurse breaks the rules and slips the baby into her arms. Just for a second—a moment of bliss—then the baby is removed as the adoptive parents were on their way.
Now, eleven years later, Dorrie is still wandering from place-to-place, job-to-job. Plagued with wanderlust, she left her Nashville, Tennessee, home, working until she earns enough money to go someplace else. And every year, on December 14th, she sits down and writes a letter to a child, that somewhere is celebrating a birthday.
Joseph North is the chief of police in Abingdon, Virginia. Years earlier he faced disappointment when the love of his life dumped him for his brother. He hasn’t spoken to them since. But now his brother has been in an accident in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and might not even live. It’s time to make things right. A mysterious woman, new in town, seemingly has no past—but there is a picture of his niece as a baby in her possession. Who is she, and why does she carry a picture of Eden?
In Search of Eden is a wonderful new story of redemption and forgiveness in a broken world—a heartwarming story of hope. I’ve read other books by Linda Nichols, and true to form, she’s taken a broken world and welded it back together, with the help of the Lord.
Dorrie is a realistic heroine, acting just how I imagine I would if I’d been forced to give a child up. And Joseph, true to form is suspicious of the woman carrying his niece’s photo. I found the whole story line believable, and the story was entertaining, though not a quick read. It’s a book you have to find the time for, a book you have to devote yourself to, this is not a fluff-book. If you want a story with some substance, you will want to pick up a copy of In Search of Eden. Discussion questions are included at the end. $13.99. 444 pages.
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