{"id":8754,"date":"2011-07-25T23:15:55","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T04:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/\/?p=8754"},"modified":"2011-07-25T23:15:55","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T04:15:55","slug":"canary-island-song-by-robin-jones-gunn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=8754","title":{"rendered":"Canary Island Song by Robin Jones Gunn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week, the<\/span><\/center>
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance<\/span><\/a><\/center>
is introducing<\/span><\/center>
Canary Island Song<\/a><\/span><\/center>
Howard Books; Original edition (July 5, 2011)<\/center>
by<\/center>
Robin Jones Gunn<\/a><\/span><\/center>
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Robin Jones Gunn was born in Wisconsin and lived on a dairy farm until her family moved to southern California when she was five years old. She grew up in Orange County and spent her summers at Newport Beach with friends from her church youth group. After attending Biola University and Capernwray Bible School in Austria, Robin and Ross were married and spent the next two decades working together in youth ministry.<\/p>\n

It was the young teens at Robin\u2019s church who challenged her to write stories for them. She hadn\u2019t thought much about being a writer, but took their request to heart and set her alarm for 3am, three days a week. With two small children it was the only time she could find to write the first story about Christy Miller. After two years and ten rejections the novel Summer Promise was accepted for publication in 1988. Robin hasn\u2019t stopped writing since. Over 4 million copies of her 75 books have sold and can be found in a dozen translations all over the world.<\/p>\n

Robin and her husband now live in Hawai\u2019i where Ross is a counselor and Robin continues to write to the sound of tropical birds chattering in the palm trees outside her window. Their children are grown but manage to come to the islands with their families every chance they get. Robin’s awards include: three Christy awards for excellence in fiction, a Gold Medallion finalist, Mt. Hermon Pacesetter and the Mt. Hermon Writer of the Year award. Robin travels extensively and is a frequent key-note speaker at various events around the world. She serves on the Board of Directors for Media Associates International and Jerry Jenkin\u2019s Christian Writer\u2019s Guild.
\nABOUT THE BOOK:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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When Carolyn\u2019s grown daughter tells her she needs to \u201cget a life,\u201d Carolyn decides it\u2019s time to step out of her familiar routine as a single woman in San Francisco and escape to her mother\u2019s home in the Canary Islands. Since Carolyn\u2019s mother is celebrating her seventieth birthday, the timing of Carolyn\u2019s visit makes for a perfect surprise.<\/p>\n

The surprise, however, is on Carolyn when she sees Bryan Spencer, her high school summer love. It\u2019s been seven years since Carolyn lost her husband, but ever since that tragic day, her life has grown smaller and closed in. The time has come for Carolyn to get her heart back. It takes the gentle affection of her mother and aunts, as well as the ministering beauty and song of the islands to draw Carolyn into the fullness of life. She is nudged along by a Flamenco dance lesson, a defining camel ride and the steady gaze of Bryan\u2019s intense blue-gray eyes.<\/p>\n

Is it too late for Carolyn to trust Bryan? Can Carolyn believe that Bryan has turned into something more than the wild beach boy who stole her kisses so many years ago on a balmy Canary night?<\/p>\n

Carolyn is reminded that Christopher Columbus set sail from the Canary Islands in 1492 on his voyage to discover the New World. Is she ready to set sail from these same islands to discover her new life?<\/p>\n

If you would like to read the first chapter of Canary Island Song<\/a>, go HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>MY REVIEW:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I always enjoy a book by Robin Jones Gunn because I can usually expect a sweet romance in a somewhat exotic location and a liberal dose of practical spiritual wisdom. Canary Island Song<\/a> did not disappoint.<\/p>\n

Gunn is a master of description and made me feel like I was along for the ride with Carolyn as she returned to the Canary Islands for the first time in years. Historical and local details enhanced the story while I painlessly gained a bit of education.<\/p>\n

Canary Island Song<\/a> is a story about family, especially the strong bond between mothers and daughters. It is also a story about second chances and allowing God to heal your wounds.<\/p>\n

I purposely am not giving details about the story because to add to what has already been said in the book description above would be taking a chance on spoiling the book for another reader. If you have not read anything by Robin Jones Gunn before, Canary Island Song<\/a> would be a great place to start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week, theChristian Fiction Blog Allianceis introducingCanary Island SongHoward Books; Original edition (July 5, 2011)byRobin Jones Gunn ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Robin Jones Gunn was born in Wisconsin and lived on a dairy farm until her family moved to southern California when she was five years old. She grew up in Orange County and spent her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,39,60,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-chick-lit","category-contemporary-fiction","category-romance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8754"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8754"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8763,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8754\/revisions\/8763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}