Title: Jubilee’s
Journey (Wyattsville Series #2)
Author: Bette Lee Crosby
Pages: 300
Year: 2013
Publisher: Bent Pine Publishing
My rating is 4-1/2 stars.
When you look up the novel to purchase and read, you might
notice that there is a prior book titled, Spare
Change. According to the author, if
you’re going to read Passing through
Perfect, which is the 3rd book in the series, it is important to
read the 2nd book first. I
was reminded when I started Spare Change
that some novels just aren’t conducive to a reader. However, that doesn’t mean all books by that
author aren’t worth reading as I discovered.
If you remember Loretta Lynn along with the movie that gave
fans a glimpse into her life, A Coal Miner’s Daughter released in 1988,
you’re going to enjoy Jubilee’s Journey. I did because it starts with the opening
scene of two people falling in love (Benjamin & Ruth) and then due to life
events beyond their control the father works in a coal mine. Benjamin promised his father he wouldn’t
follow in his steps, but events forced on him brought about doing the exact
opposite.
First the children, Paul and Jubilee, lose their mom but not
before she extracts a promise from Paul.
Then, years later their father is killed in a mining accident and years
before that Paul’s father made him promise not to go into the mine. Now Paul is faced with either breaking his
promise or having to leave the cabin because it belongs to the mining company. Paul packs up some precious items and holding
his sister’s hand begins a journey with nothing being certain.
The author then throws in a life-changing event that sets
both Paul and Jubilee on a difficult journey.
The tale is a very heart-gripping one along with a suspenseful thread
woven in the book. If you look at the
picture of the little girl on cover, I wouldn’t be surprised if you found her
to be just a cutie like I did! Then,
reading the tale with that picture of her in your mind really draws you further
into the happenings that bring both joy and sorrow but overall hope. Out of the disasters in life or even setbacks
we don’t always know or see how God can bring forth good, but He does as you’ll
read Jubilee’s Journey.
While there are no sexual descriptions or innuendoes
anywhere in the book, there are sprinkled in the pages a cuss word here or
there. However, I didn’t let that
distract me from the story as a whole. I
hope authors continue to understand and perhaps write books that are free from
these words because the story stands brightly without them!
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