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How the Light Gets In
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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Publisher's Summary
From the highly acclaimed author of The Outcast and The Alliance comes an engrossing novel about marriage and motherhood, loss, and moving on.
When Ruth Neufeld's husband and father-in-law are killed working for a relief organization overseas, she travels to Wisconsin with her young daughters and mother-in-law, Mabel, to bury her husband. She hopes the Mennonite community will be a quiet place to grieve and piece together next steps.
Ruth and her family are welcomed by Elam, her husband's cousin, who invites them to stay at his cranberry farm through the harvest. Sifting through fields of berries and memories of a marriage that was broken long before her husband died, Ruth finds solace in the beauty of the land and healing through hard work and budding friendship. She also encounters the possibility of new love with Elam, whose gentle encouragement awakens hopes and dreams she thought she'd lost forever.
But an unexpected twist threatens to unseat the happy ending Ruth is about to write for herself. On the precipice of a fresh start and a new marriage, Ruth must make an impossible decision: which path to choose if her husband isn't dead after all.
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- Lucinda
- 06-05-2019
Ripped my heart out, then mended it again!
When deciding on my next listen, I sought out a book that I could really feel, that got me emotional. And this book did not disappoint!
From the very first chapter it was jam packed with grief, frustration, and questioning why life turns out the way it sometimes does. Ruth was dealt emotional blows in her short life that many of us would consider our worst nightmares, all while having to raise two young children and provide them with some form of stability. Along the way her life changed in even more unexpected ways, and despite never having been through her situation, I related so much with her internal dialog through the book. Her frustrations and conflicts, her fears and hopes, and her overwhelming sense of inadequacy as a mother - all emotions that I think many women can relate to on some level.
For majority of the book I wondered how on earth the author would bring the story to a close in a way that brought me peace, and felt like justice for all my favourite characters. Many times I thought for sure I'd leave this book feeling somewhat unsatisfied. But right at the end she somehow ripped my heart out and mended it all in one go, and made everything feel right. It ended exactly how it needed to, and for that I'm in awe of Jolina's authorship.
Highly recommend this book, but don't expect a lighthearted love story. Be prepared to feel real, deep, and raw emotions till the very last word!
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- samantha bryant
- 14-01-2022
HORRENDOUS Irish accent
When the narrator's voice was her own it was easy to listen to...but the Irish accent and that of the small child...sooo painful! The book was ok for the most part but became very tiring...the last 2/3 chapters were exhausting and the end was just ridiculous. Overall, I would not recommend this book.
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