The power of fiction, the beauty of words, and the God who made us to wield them for His glory.

First Line Friday – 14 September 2018 – My Hands Came Away Red (Lisa McKay)

Welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books! The book I’m featuring today actually released around ten years ago, but it’s just been released with a brand new cover (which I LOVE) in honour of an exciting announcement! You can read my full review here, but just let me say, this was an absolutely RIVETING read. I really, truly couldn’t put it down. As in, my brain would be reciting “This is the last chapter for now” like a mantra, but somehow the message didn’t filter to either my hands or my eyes.

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My Hands Came Away Red (Lisa McKay) – Review

~ About the Book ~ Right up until the day they burned the church, I thought I understood things. You know… God, people, myself. Life. Then, suddenly, I understood nothing except that we had to run. And that we might never make it home. When eighteen-year-old Cori signed up for a mission trip to Indonesia she was mostly thinking about escaping her complicated love life, making new friends, and having fun on the beach. She never expected a civil war to flare up on the nearby island of Ambon. She never expected violence to find them. And she never expected

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