This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
The Passion of Mary Margaret
Thomas Nelson (March 10, 2009)
by
Lisa Samson
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Lisa Samson is a Christy Award-winning author of 19 books, including the Women of the Faith Novel of the Year, Quaker Summer. Lisa has been hailed by Publishers Weekly as “a talented novelist who isn’t afraid to take risks.”
Her novel Embrace Me has been named as one of Library Journal’s books of the year.
She lives in Lexinton, Kentucky, with her husband and three kids.
She stays busy by writing, volunteering at Kentucky Refugee Ministries, raising children and trying to be supportive of a husband in seminary. (Trying…some days she’s downright awful. It’s a good thing he’s such a fabulous cook!) She can tell you one thing, it’s never dull around there.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Mary-Margaret accepts a calling that surpasses her wildest dreams . . . and challenges her deep faith.
When Mary-Margaret Danaher met Jude Keller, the lightkeeper’s son, she was studying at convent school on a small island in the Chesapeake Bay. Destined for a life as a religious sister, she nevertheless felt a pull toward Jude-rough and tumble, promiscuous Jude.
After sojourning as a medical missions sister in Swaziland, Mary-Margaret returns to the island to prepare for her final vows. Jude, too, returns to the island, dissolute and hardened. Mary-Margaret can hardly believe it when the Spirit tells her she must marry the troubled boy who befriended her all those years ago, forsaking the only life she ever wanted for a man she knows she’ll never love.
MY REVIEW:
Lisa Samson has to be one of the most versatile authors I have had the opportunity to read. From the Hollywood Nobody series to Embrace Me, Club Sandwich, and now The Passion of Mary Margaret, Lisa has written about a wide range of personalities, situations, and stages of life. She seems to have a knack for getting down to the core of what makes each person unique and what drives them.
Written as a journal in which the aging sister Mary Margaret expounds on the events of her lifetime, the reader is give a precious glimpse of Mary Margaret’s close relationship with Jesus which guides her entire life’s journey. Through her eyes is seen the depths of depravity that humans can reach and some understanding of the pain that pushes them there. At the same time, Samson illustrates the absolute love of the Lord for each of his children and His marvelous mercy and redemption if only they will receive it.
I would definitely recommend The Passion of Mary Margaret. It is well worth the time invested in reading it.
If you would like to read the first chapter of The Passion of Mary Margaret , go HERE.
Learn more about Lisa and her books on her Website.
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