{"id":9014,"date":"2011-08-24T22:13:15","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T03:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/\/?p=9014"},"modified":"2011-08-24T22:13:15","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T03:13:15","slug":"a-sound-among-the-trees-by-susan-meissner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=9014","title":{"rendered":"A Sound Among the Trees by Susan Meissner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MY REVIEW:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although I enjoyed A Sound Among the Trees<\/strong><\/em>, I find it a bit difficult to review. It is not really a love story because the story begins with the wedding of Carson and Marielle. Once the wedding is over, Carson is not a prominent character. At first the story seems to be about a haunted house and\/or a ghost but there are no supernatural events that particularly point in that direction either.<\/p>\n

Marielle has agreed to live with Carson in the antebellum home of his dead wife’s grandmother Mimi for the sake of his children. She soon learns that Mimi has suffered tremendous loss during her lifetime, much like earlier women who lived at Holly Oak. Marielle also begins to hear rumors about the curse on the women of Holly Oak that is blamed on actions during the Civil War of former resident Susannah Page. Although skeptical at first, she finds herself beginning to believe the rumors after awhile. It is only when she has the opportunity to read long lost letters from Susannah herself that she learns the true story.<\/p>\n

The reader is treated to a story within as story for approximately one hundred pages of Susannah’s letters. The details of life during the Civil War are interesting and seem to be well researched. The book itself is filled with a few surprises and at least one scenario was treated in a manner other than some authors would have written it. Personally, I preferred Meissner’s version – every novel doesn’t have to have a villain. I will restrain from other details in order to avoid spoilers.<\/p>\n

This story is not filled with action, suspense, or romance but examines relationships and how a person’s life can be controlled by the lies they believe. I liked that it ended with the revelation of the lies and the restoration that took place as a result.<\/p>\n

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This book was provided for review by the Amazon Vine Program.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/strong>
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A house shrouded in time.<\/strong><\/em>
\n A line of women with a heritage of loss.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

As a young bride, Susannah Page was rumored to be a Civil War spy for the North, a traitor to her Virginian roots. Her great-granddaughter Adelaide, the current matriarch of Holly Oak, doesn\u2019t believe that Susannah\u2019s ghost haunts the antebellum mansion looking for a pardon, but rather the house itself bears a grudge toward its tragic past.<\/p>\n

When Marielle Bishop marries into the family and is transplanted from the arid west to her husband\u2019s home, it isn\u2019t long before she is led to believe that the house she just settled into brings misfortune to the women who live there.<\/p>\n

With Adelaide\u2019s richly peppered superstitions and deep family roots at stake, Marielle must sort out the truth about Susannah Page and Holly Oak\u2014 and make peace with the sacrifices she has made for love.<\/p>\n

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Award-winning writer Susan Meissner<\/strong> is a multi-published author, speaker and workshop leader with a background in community journalism. Her novels include The Shape of Mercy<\/em>, named by Publishers Weekly<\/em> as one of the Best Books of 2008. She is a pastor\u2019s wife and a mother of four. When she’s not writing, Susan directs the Small Groups and Connection Ministries program at her San Diego church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MY REVIEW: Although I enjoyed A Sound Among the Trees, I find it a bit difficult to review. It is not really a love story because the story begins with the wedding of Carson and Marielle. Once the wedding is over, Carson is not a prominent character. At first the story seems to be about […]<\/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":[8,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-contemporary-fiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"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=9014"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9024,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9014\/revisions\/9024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}