About the book:Title: The Secrets of Paper and Ink
Author: Lindsay Harrell
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Lindsay Harrel presents a powerful story of healing, forgiveness, and finding the courage to write your own story.
A year after the death of her abusive fiancé, domestic violence counselor Sophia Barrett finds returning to work too painful. She escapes to Cornwall, England--a place she's learned to love through the words of her favorite author--and finds a place to stay with the requirement that she help out in the bookstore underneath the room she's renting. Given her love of all things literary, it seems like the perfect place to find peace.
Ginny Rose is an American living in Cornwall, sure that if she saves the bookstore she co-owns with her husband then she can save her marriage as well. Fighting to keep the first place she feels like she belongs, she brainstorms with her brother-in-law, William, and Sophia to try to keep the charming bookstore afloat.
Two hundred years before, governess Emily Fairfax knew two things for certain: she wanted to be a published author, and she was in love with her childhood best friend. But he was a wealthy heir and well out of her league. Sophia discovers Emily's journals, and she and William embark on a mission to find out more about this mysterious and determined woman, all the while getting closer to each other as they get closer to the truth.
The lives of the three women intertwine as each learns the power she has over the story of her life.
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Lindsay Harrel is a lifelong book nerd with a B.A. in journalism and M.A. in English. She lives in Arizona with her young family and two golden retrievers in serious need of training. Lindsay has held a variety of jobs, including curriculum editor for two universities, medical and business writer, and copywriter for a digital marketing agency. Now she juggles stay-at-home mommyhood with working freelance jobs, teaching college English courses online, and—of course—writing novels.
When she actually has time to do other things, she loves to sing, read, and sip passion iced teas from Starbucks. She loves to watch God work in ordinary lives to create something extraordinary, and she writes to bring hope to those who may have lost it along the way.
Connect with her at www.LindsayHarrel.com and any other place she hangs out online, including Facebook and Twitter.
I had the pleasure of meeting Lindsay Harrell at Christian Fiction Reader's Retreat last weekend and she is a fun, sweet lady.
My Thoughts:
I'm beginning to think that time-slip novels are my favorites, which this one is. This is classified as Women's Fiction and it is, but it also has a mystery woven throughout.
I adored the bookstore with it's cozy C.S. Lewis feel that just makes you want to pull up a chair and enjoy all the cozy bookish feels.
I could identify with both Sophia and Ginny having personally experienced the pain that both of these women did in the book.
Healing from domestic violence is different for each person and Ms. Harrell portray's both the pain and the process realistically.
At the beginning of my healing process remarriage was the furthest thing from my mind. In fact I didn't want anything to do with men. But God had a different plan. He placed Godly men around me that made me feel safe, and I learned to trust again. He also gave me girlfriend's much like both Sophia and Ginny were to each other. Strong women friends experiencing the same pain are a balm to the broken heart when going through the healing process.
I loved how real and raw this story was. It was so real that memories of my own healing flooded my mind. I appreciate Ms. Harrell tackling a story with the theme of domestic violence and authentically showing healing and forgiveness. I can't recommend this book enough!
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