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The Bright Unknown (Elizabeth Byler Younts) – Review

This poignant and heartbreaking novel explores the power of resilience, the gift of friendship, and the divine beauty to be found in the big, bright world—if only we’re willing to look.

Pennsylvania, 1940s. The only life Brighton Friedrich has ever known is the one she has endured within the dreary walls of Riverside Home—the rural asylum where she was born. A nurse, Joann, has educated and raised Brighton, whose mother is a patient at the hospital.

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First Line Friday – The Bright Unknown (Elizabeth Byler Younts)

Happy Friday, book lovers, and welcome to First Line Friday hosted by Hoarding Books. My pick this week is definitely not for the reader looking for a light read, but it’s already grabbed my attention. It’s The Bright Unknown by Elizabeth Byler Younts, and I’ll have my review for you on Monday, so keep an eye out for it!

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Author Chat with Elizabeth Byler Younts

  This interview is posted as part of a tour for TLC Book Tours.   Welcome, reader friends! I’m very pleased to have Elizabeth Byler Younts on my blog today to talk about her recent release The Solace of Water. It’s a wonderful read, and you can check our my review here if you want to know my thoughts.

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Top Ten Tuesday – Best of 2018 So Far

Happy Tuesday, readers! Today’s topic at That Artsy Reader Girl is Series I’ve Given Up On/Don’t Plan to Finish. Since I found that to be an uninspiring topic, I’m going rogue again, and a couple of events have conspired to convince me that there is no better time to post my ‘best of’ list for January to June: Today is the last Top Ten Tuesday post for the first half of 2018. (I’ll pause for a moment to give you the chance to process that last sentence!) My hubby is going away at the end of the week for a little

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The Solace of Water (Elizabeth Byler Younts) – Review

~ About the Book ~ In a time of grief and heartache, an unlikely friendship provides strength and solace. After leaving her son’s grave behind in Montgomery, Alabama, Delilah Evans has little faith that moving to her husband’s hometown in Pennsylvania will bring a fresh start. Enveloped by grief and doubt, the last thing Delilah imagines is becoming friends with her reclusive Amish neighbor, Emma Mullet—yet the secrets that keep Emma isolated from her own community bond her to Delilah in delicate and unexpected ways.

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First Line Friday – 1 June 2018 – The Solace of Water (Elizabeth Byler Younts)

Welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books! I have been looking forward to the book I’m featuring today since I first saw the cover for it months ago. Just have a look at the cover and tell me it doesn’t catch your eye. It’s called The Solace of Water by Elizabeth Byler Younts, and it’s one of many fantastic new releases that will be available from next Tuesday, 5 June 2018. Even better, you can pre-order it on Kindle for just $4.99!

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