This was a wonderful read and I enjoyed reading it. It flowed so much better than the first one. I was thrilled to see that Elisabeth and Marjory would both have happy endings and marry again for love. Both ladies had a lot happen to them in the first book, "Here Burns My Candle", and their future was uncertain when this book started. Neither lady knew how they would be welcome in Marjory's hometown or how they would make a living. But don't despair, Elisabeth starts working as a dressmaker and Marjory quickly adapts to cooking, etc. I also loved at the end how Elisabeth and Jack are blessed with a son. I was unable to put this book down, once starting it. I highly recommend it to others, who love to read about Scottish history, love, and happy endings.
Read this series and you'll be blessed!! The characters are believable and fascinating. You won't want to put it down!! Anything written by Liz Curtis Higgs will touch your heart. Promise!
Mine is the Night is the newest novel by Liz Curtiz Higgs.
This novel is set in the 1740′s in Selkirk. The main characters, Elisabeth Kerr and her mother-in-law Marjory, are much like Naomi and Ruth in the Bible. Both recently widowed and without home or income, come to Selkirk to find refuge with a long removed relative.
They endure and thrive while learning much about themselves and others around the kirk. There is a lot of history somewhat implied that I could not remember from my days of sitting in history class, so I could not always connect the dots of the story. Also, there were many Scottish words sprinkled throughout the novel. While these added some interesting dialect to the story, it was sometimes hard to guess what the English word was. I got tired of flipping to the back of the book to look at the 2 page dictionary.
Inspiring story of Gods provision when we think we are just on our own.
Disclaimer: I received this book free of charge from Waterbrook press as a member of their Blog for books program. All opinions are my own.
This novel is set in the 1740′s in Selkirk. The main characters, Elisabeth Kerr and her mother-in-law Marjory, are much like Naomi and Ruth in the Bible. Both recently widowed and without home or income, come to Selkirk to find refuge with a long removed relative.
They endure and thrive while learning much about themselves and others around the kirk. There is a lot of history somewhat implied that I could not remember from my days of sitting in history class, so I could not always connect the dots of the story. Also, there were many Scottish words sprinkled throughout the novel. While these added some interesting dialect to the story, it was sometimes hard to guess what the English word was. I got tired of flipping to the back of the book to look at the 2 page dictionary.
Inspiring story of Gods provision when we think we are just on our own.
Disclaimer: I received this book free of charge from Waterbrook press as a member of their Blog for books program. All opinions are my own.
