Christian Historical Romance set in the 1950's. This is best
as a Young Adult selection. It covers issues like waiting until you're married
for sex, dementia, parental disobedience, poverty of miners in a mining town, and wealth
of the mine owner and his family, bettering yourself with education, as well as
basic Christian values.
This is a wonderful, sweet story of a young couple who are
from the same town, but different social classes. Because of her mother's views,
Julie, the daughter of the mine owner, is expected to attend school but not
socialize or interact with the other children. Of course this rarely works. Told
in first person, the tale is about Julie and how her life unfolds within this
restricted life frame, then after she goes away to college. It's also about a
young man from her town whom she loves, and revelations about her father and
how he feels about the miners he employs. It's written in a format for younger
readers.
Thank you to Cheri and Fred at The Book Club Network, the
author Jo Huddleston and the publisher Forget Me Not Romances, a division of
Winged Publications, for the opportunity to read this book. I was given a free
E-book in exchange for an honest review, which you found here.
I would definitely suggest this book to my family or friends
who have young adult children. I see
it's the first in a series. I'd be interested to know how Robby and Julie do as
time goes by! Great cover too.