Welcome to First Line Friday hosted by Hoarding Books! The book I’m sharing with you today is one of the most emotionally draining books I’ve read, and it’s absolutely amazing. Jolina Petersheim’s How the Light Gets In released last Tuesday, and if you’d like to read my full review you can find it here. Otherwise, here’s a small taste to whet your appetite.
About the Book
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.
First Line
I’d love it if you’d share the first line of whatever you’re currently reading in the comments. And don’t forget, you can find out what other bloggers are sharing for First Line Friday by going over to Hoarding Books blog and finding all the links. If you’ve got your own blog, why not join in and add your link over there. 🙂
I loved, loved this book! On my blog I am sharing from Daughters of Northern Shores by Joanne Bischof. But here I will share from the top book on the stack on my desk — Almost Home by Valerie Fraser Luesse. Chapter One — “Anna Williams leaned out the truck window and let the wind blow her damp auburn hair away from her face.”
Hope you have a great weekend!
I still need to read one of Valerie’s books. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for spreading the word about Ruth’s story! What a beautiful meme! 🙂
❤️ Glad you like it!
Happy Friday and Weekend! My first line is from “Castle on the Rise” by Kristy Cambron:
“Fairy-tale weddings never included rain on the guest list. Or snow – and they had both.”
That’s a great read. Enjoy!
Happy reading Katie!
You too!
Thank you for sharing; Jolina is a new author to me!
My first line is from On Magnolia Lane by Denise Hunter; Jack McReady had fallen in loe with Daisy in one-hour increments.
Have a great weekend!
Blessings~💖
I’ve heard so much buzz about that book! My first line is from Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan:
“From the very beginning it was the Great Lion who brought us together.”
Happy reading!
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2019/03/first-line-fridays-becoming-mrs-lewis.html
I loved Becoming Mrs. Lewis! And yes, plenty of buzz. It’s one of those books you can’t help buzzing about!
Happy Friday evening!
I’m sharing the first line from Tomorrow’s First Light by Naomi Rawlings over on my blog: https://christianfictiongirl.blog/2019/03/07/first-line-friday-78/.
I’m just getting into the book, so I’ll share the first line from chapter 2 here:
“You’re really planning to get married?”
Hope you have a great weekend. Happy reading! 🙂❤📚
Well, that seems like a loaded question!
I’m so looking forward to this book! I’m sharing from Katherine Wentworth by D.E. Stevenson on my blog today. Here’s a semi-random sentence from the e-book page I’m on:
“All around us were the rolling hills, one behind the other as far as eye could see; they were like huge green billows in a rough Atlantic gale, which had suddenly frozen into a state of immobility. Later they would be clad in heather, purple as the robes of a king.”
Happy reading and have a wonderful Friday and Weekend !
What a lovely description! Hope you enjoyed your weekend 🙂
I’ve seen so many people talking about this one recently and I hope to get the chance to read it soon!
Sorry I didn’t make it around earlier this weekend! This week on my blog I featured Night Road by Kristin Hannah but I’m currently reading Finally Accepted by Toni Shiloh. I’ll share the first line from my current chapter (6) here: “Chloe sat out on her apartment deck with a cup of herbal tea and her Bible.” Hope you had a great weekend!
It’s definitely worth talking about! Hope you enjoy your reads 🙂