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BOOK REVIEW: Waiting For Summer
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by: Laura V. Hilton Dancing Word Reviewer
Title: Waiting For Summer’s Return Author: Kim Vogel Sawyer Publisher: Bethany House ISBN 0-7642-0182-4 Genre: Inspirational/Historical/Romance
Summer Steadman and her family planned to move to Oklahoma to start life over. Rodney was a successful banker in Boston, and they had four children. Summer dreams of spending more time with her family, away from the demands of the city. But then the unthinkable happens. In Kansas, Summer’s whole family dies, leaving just her, alone, ill, and mourning.
Widower Peter Ollenberger owns a gristmill. He needs someone to tutor his young son, since Thomas has an accident and is unable to attend school. He offers to let Summer stay in a small shanty at the back of his property, and promises that his wife’s grandmother would be a chaperone.
But the townspeople’s tongues wag, and Peter is faced with possibly going before Council for inappropriate behavior. What will happen with Peter and his young son start thinking of Summer as more than a tutor? Is Summer even capable of loving again?
Waiting For Summer’s Return is the first book I’ve had the opportunity of reading by Ms. Sawyer. I can’t really say I was impressed by this book. It is supposed to be written in the style of Jannette Oke, but this book is so much more heartbreaking than Ms. Oke’s.
As a rule, I don’t like to read books that start with the characters mourning a death and Waiting For Summer’s Return starts that way. Not only that, but she mourns all through the book. It is quite sad. If you like Jannette Oke, and miss new releases by this popular author, you might want to give Waiting For Summer’s Return a try. Otherwise, you can better spend your dollars on different historical books. $12.99. 270 pages.
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