This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Things Left Unspoken
Revell (June 1, 2009)
by
Eva Marie Everson
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Eva Marie Everson taught Old Testament theology for six years at Life Training Center in Longwood, Florida and has written numerous articles for Crosswalk.com (including the acclaimed Falling Into The Bible series), and has had articles featured in numerous publications, including Christianity Today, Evangel, Christian Bride, Christian Retailing, The Godly BusinessWoman and Marriage Partnership magazines. Eva Marie has been interviewed by radio, television, newspaper, and Internet media outlets. In 2002Eva Marie was one of six Christian journalists sent to Israel for a special ten-day press tour.
Eva Marie’s work includes the award-winning titles Reflections of God’s Holy Land; A Personal Journey Through Israel, Shadow of Dreams, Sex, Lies and the Media, and The Potluck Club series.
She is married, has four children and five grandchildren, and lives in Central Florida.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Every family–and every house–has its secrets. Jo-Lynn Hunter is at a crossroads in life when her great-aunt Stella insists that she return home to restore the old family manse in sleepy Cottonwood, Georgia. Jo-Lynn longs to get her teeth into a noteworthy and satisfying project. And it’s the perfect excuse for some therapeutic time away from her self-absorbed husband and his snobby Atlanta friends.
Beneath the dust and the peeling wallpaper, things are not what they seem, and what Jo-Lynn doesn’t know about her family holds just as many surprises. Was her great-grandfather the pillar of the community she thought he was? What is Aunt Stella hiding? And will her own marriage survive the renovation? Jo-Lynn isn’t sure she wants to know the truth–but sometimes the truth has a way of making itself known.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Things Left Unspoken, go HERE
MY REVIEW:
In Things Left Unspoken the author masterfully sets the tone of small town Georgia with deep secrets from the Old South. As a Southerner myself, I could readily identify with both the setting and its inhabitants. It brought back the feelings and memories of my childhood – an atmosphere that has largely disappeared in my own piece of the South that is so quickly being devoured by the big city. Things Left Unspoken speaks of family and secrets, choices and their consequences, and a yearning for a place to call home and to make a difference with one’s life.
Returning to Cottonwood, Georgia for her great-uncle’s funeral, Jo-Lynn remains in the dying small town when asked to restore the “Big House”, once the central point of her family’s life. Although both her husband and mother oppose her decision, Jo-Lynn is convinced she has made the right decision – even when it becomes evident that someone is trying to frighten her away. As more threatening incidents occur and more family secrets are revealed, suspense builds toward a dramatic conclusion.
