Since an accident left her father unable to work, Jennie Ward has
taken on the demanding task of inspecting the isolated seven-mile wooden
pipeline that supplies water to Cañon City, Colorado. Despite her
responsibilities, Jennie harbors dreams of going back to school and
longs for something even simpler: a friend. One day, in a moment of
impulsive and seemingly hopeless prayer, she asks God for companionship.
Her
prayer is answered almost immediately with the arrival of Leo Day, a
paleontology student searching for ancient bones buried along the ridges
of the wild Arkansas River. Despite her long workdays, Jennie agrees to
guide Leo in his quest.
As Jennie navigates her burgeoning
friendship with Leo and her unwavering loyalty to her father, she finds
herself torn. Leo, who longs for his own father’s approval, could change
all Jennie knows. It’s undeniable that God has intertwined their paths,
but to what end? With so much at stake, what does He truly intend for
the preacher’s son and the linewalker’s daughter to uncover?
About The Author
Award-winning, bestselling author Kim Vogel Sawyer is a wife, mother, gramma, chocolate-lover, cat-petter, and--most importantly--a daughter of the King! With more than 1.5 million books in print in seven different languages, Kim enjoys a full-time writing and speaking ministry. Her "gentle stories of hope" are loved by readers and reviewers alike. Kim and her retired military husband, Don, reside on the plains of Kansas, the setting for many of her novels.
My Review
I have read many books by Ms Sawyer, and really enjoy her Christian Fiction.
This is a story that deals with some tough subjects, but Jennie and her mother step up to help her dad after his accident. Things have not gotten better, and we are with Jennie as she goes about the job of walking the water wooden pipeline. We are there as the seventeen year old goes about her miles of searching for leaks, and we hear her prayer for a friend.
As she is praying Leo Day, a paleontology student, arrives on the scene, and life will never be the same for either of them.
I loved how the questions of evolution, and Christianity come up here, and the author did a great job with it.
This became a page turner for me, and I wondered how would Jennie be able to finish high school and go to college?
The answers come, some very unexpected, but do wish there was an epilogue, I wanted to know more!
I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher WaterBrook, and was not required to give a positive revie
No comments:
Post a Comment