This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Fields Of Grace
Bethany House (October 2009)
by
Kim Vogel Sawyer
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Best-selling, award-winning author Kim Vogel Sawyer is a wife, mother, grandmother, author, speaker, singer of songs and lover of chocolate… but most importantly, she’s a born-again child of the King!
A former elementary school teacher, Kim closed her classroom door in 2005 to follow God’s call on her heart to write and speak. Now blessed with multiple writing contracts with Bethany House, Barbour, and Zondervan Publishing, Kim enjoys sharing her journey to publication as well as the miraculous story of her healing from a life-long burden of pain and shame.
Kim’s gentle yet forthright testimony lends credence to the promise of Ps. 117:2–“Great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.”
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Will their Mennonite faith be shaken or strengthened by the journey to a new land?
With their eldest son nearly to the age when he will be drafted into military service, Reinhardt and Lillian Vogt decide to immigrate to America, the land of liberty, with their three sons and Reinhardt’s adopted brother, Eli. But when tragedy strikes during the voyage, Lillian and Eli are forced into an agreement neither desires.
Determined to fulfill his obligation to Reinhardt, Eli plans to see Lillian and her sons safely settled on their Kansas homestead–and he’s equally determined that the boys will be reared in the Mennonite faith. What he doesn’t expect is his growing affection for Lillian–and the deep desire to be part of a family.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Fields Of Grace, go HERE
Learn more about Kim and her books on her Website.
MY REVIEW:
Fields Of Grace is one of those books that slowly draws you in even if you are not sure you will even like it. A story of an extended family of Mennonite immigrants who flee to the U. S. to escape the tyranny of the new Russian government, their journey is beset with multiple tragedies and complications. With no choice but to continue, decisions are made with survival in mind.
Fields Of Grace is a story of the courage and faith that helped to make this country strong. It is a story of men and women who did what they had to do no matter what came against them – they didn’t give up. It is a story of an honorable man who chose to do what he felt was right for his adopted brother’s family and a woman who chose what she thought was best for her children. In the face of overwhelming odds and tribulations, misunderstandings and opposition, they stood fast and eventually found the love and family all of them needed.
