Mother of twins Neva Shilling is running home and business while waiting for the return of her husband Warren from another long sales trip. She is shocked to learn of his double life when a sheriff arrives with three children in need of a home. Despite the pain of Warren's...
Mother of twins Neva Shilling is running home and business while waiting for the return of her husband Warren from another long sales trip. She is shocked to learn of his double life when a sheriff arrives with three children in need of a home. Despite the pain of Warren's betrayal, can Neva embrace God's plan?
Neva Shilling is accustomed to bearing full responsibility for home, business, and children, but she still anticipates her husband's return from his month-long sales route. Times are hard in 1931 Glen Hill, Kansas and Warren's work is all he can do. When a wagon pulls up after supper, the family rushes to greet their head of house. But instead of Warren's wagon, a sheriff has arrived with a wagon of belongings and three small children. He asks for Warren's sister, Neva. Sending her twins inside, Neva introduces herself as Warren's wife. The sheriff hesitantly informs her Warren Shilling and his wife have died, leaving three orphans. Before his death, Warren instructed the children to go to "Aunt Neva."
Neva is shocked to learn Warren and his wife Violet, ran a large dry goods store in Beloit. Instead of traveling, as she'd always believed, he'd been setting up housekeeping with another family and selling their extra goods in the Beloit store. The sheriff asks Neva if she wants the trio sent to an orphanage, but despite the pain of Warren's betrayal, she takes in her husband's children. Facing extreme financial burdens and the weight of unresolved questions, can Neva still find the joy in choosing God's plan?
"1930's Kansas, and the family Neva Shilling never expected to raise: her husband's other family"--
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Mother of twins Neva Shilling is running home and business while waiting for the return of her husband Warren from another long sales trip. She is shocked to learn of his double life when a sheriff arrives with three children in need of a home. Despite the pain of Warren's...
Mother of twins Neva Shilling is running home and business while waiting for the return of her husband Warren from another long sales trip. She is shocked to learn of his double life when a sheriff arrives with three children in need of a home. Despite the pain of Warren's betrayal, can Neva embrace God's plan?
Neva Shilling is accustomed to bearing full responsibility for home, business, and children, but she still anticipates her husband's return from his month-long sales route. Times are hard in 1931 Glen Hill, Kansas and Warren's work is all he can do. When a wagon pulls up after supper, the family rushes to greet their head of house. But instead of Warren's wagon, a sheriff has arrived with a wagon of belongings and three small children. He asks for Warren's sister, Neva. Sending her twins inside, Neva introduces herself as Warren's wife. The sheriff hesitantly informs her Warren Shilling and his wife have died, leaving three orphans. Before his death, Warren instructed the children to go to "Aunt Neva."
Neva is shocked to learn Warren and his wife Violet, ran a large dry goods store in Beloit. Instead of traveling, as she'd always believed, he'd been setting up housekeeping with another family and selling their extra goods in the Beloit store. The sheriff asks Neva if she wants the trio sent to an orphanage, but despite the pain of Warren's betrayal, she takes in her husband's children. Facing extreme financial burdens and the weight of unresolved questions, can Neva still find the joy in choosing God's plan?
"1930's Kansas, and the family Neva Shilling never expected to raise: her husband's other family"--
Room For Hope$30.99
Koorong code432989
ISBN9780307731371
Pages352
PublisherPenguin Random House
Publication date16 February 2016
Dimensions23 x 139 x 207mm
Weight0.333kg
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This is the first of Kim Vogel Sawyer's books that my husband and I have read and found it to have a plot that drew one back to continue reading, time and again. Towards the end of the book one of the characters made this quote to the main character in the story,""""Living your faith in the face of hardship"""". This sums up the story line, even when it is so hard due to how others may treat you. Bible truths are woven very tastefully through this book, encouraging readers to examine their own lives and be challenged to become more obedient to God's word.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
9 years ago
Moving story
This story is not a fun romantic one but rather one where each of the characters is wrestling with their response to the situation they find themselves facing. I found it encouraging as I walked the journey with them as they discovered what love, grace, hope and forgiveness really mean and how they apply to them personally. Kim Vogel Sawyer has headed each section with the person who is thinking and speaking name, making it easier to follow the flow as she does switch backwards and forwards to the various characters. Not a book to choose for a fun afternoon of reading but definitely one to read to be inspired and grow from.
