Friday, April 7, 2017

Home by Ginny L. Yttrup Reviewed

About the book:

Melanie runs away. From conflict. From pain. From reality.  
When novelist Melanie Vander faces a looming deadline, she decides it’s time for an escape to an inspiring, novel-worthy locale. She’s not running away. Really. She just needs time to focus. But as she disappears into her writing, she encounters a man whose tenderness leaves her reeling. Engaging and wise, psychologist Elliot Hammond tempts Melanie to question everything, including her marriage.
But that’s ridiculous. Dr. Hammond isn’t even…real.
Melanie’s husband, Craig, has his own problems, including a recession that’s threatening his business. Waning finances, a looming home foreclosure, and a wife who’s checked out emotionally, has Craig feeling as though he’s carrying his burdens alone. When his client, the beautiful and single Serena Buchanan, offers him a solution to his financial woes, he’s tempted by more than her offer of a business solution.
At a crossroads, Melanie and Craig seem headed in opposite directions.

As Melanie runs away from her problems by escaping into her own fictional world, Craig dives into his struggles, seeking God for strength and healing for his marriage. Ultimately, Melanie must choose whether she’ll check out completely, or allow her characters to lead her home.

My Thoughts:
Ms.Yttrup's new book evoked all kinds of emotions, not only as I read, but after I finished the book. I am not a first person type of reader, however Ms.Yttrup wrote it so skillfully that I was captivated after the first chapter. Each chapter alternates between, Melanie, Craig, and Jill. I felt like I was experiencing everything they were, and my emotions were riding the roller coaster each of them were experiencing. I have only one place I want drama and that is between the pages of a good book or movie, and Ms. Yttrup places it perfectly between those pages.
This is a must read!

About Ginny L. Yttrup
 Ginny L. Yttrup is the award-winning author of Words, Lost and Found, Invisible, Flames, and Home which released April 1, 2017. She writes contemporary women's fiction and enjoys exploring the issues everyday women face. Publishers Weekly dubbed Ginny's work "as inspiring as it is entertaining." When not writing, Ginny coaches writers, critiques manuscripts, and makes vintage-style jewelry for her Esty shop, Storied Jewelry. She loves dining with friends, hanging out with her adult sons, or spending a day in her pajamas reading a great novel. Ginny lives in northern California with Bear, The Entitled Pomeranian. To learn more about Ginny and her work, visit www.ginnyyttrup.com.



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