The Gifted
July 5th, 2012. Filed under: This & That.The Gifted
By Ann Gabhart
Bestselling author Ann Gabhart, most known for her critically acclaimed Shaker fiction, pours her personal experience and story-telling ability into The Gifted (July 2012). Set in 1849 Kentucky, this stand-alone novel follows Jessamine Brady who loves her Shaker brothers and sisters, but longs for life and love in the outside world.
Jessamine has been in the Shaker Village for half her life, but in spite of how she loves her sisters there, she struggles to conform to the strict rules. Instead she entertains dreams of the world outside. When Tristan Cooper seems to step out of those dreams to entice her into the forbidden realm beyond the Shaker Village, her life turns upside down. Will Jessamine be able to survive the storms of the world? Or will she retreat back to the peace of Harmony Hill?
The thousands of loyal fans of Gabhart’s Shaker novels will love this entrancing story of learning to trust the gifts God gives us and let him guide us through life.
ISLAND BREEZES
I always enjoy Ann H. Gabhart’s Shaker books , and this one is no exception. These books just seem to gt better and better.
Jessamine really tries, but she just doesn’t fit the mold. She became part of the Shaker community as a young girl, and just don’t let go of the memories of her life outside.
Her gift with words and the creating of stories just doesn’t belong as part of a Shaker’s life, but it’s part of who she is.
When she finds an injured young man in the woods, she manages to get him back to the Shakers who tend his injuries. At the same time she becomes drawn to him and through him, the outside world.
Through a quirk of fate, Jessamine is thrown into that outside world. She encounters difficulties conforming to that world. In the end she must decide to remain or return to the Shakers as she watches the man she loves commit himself to another.
Get those tissues ready.
***A special thanks to Donna Hausler for providing a review copy.***
Ann H. Gabhart?is the bestselling author of several novels, including?Angel Sister,?The Outsider,?The Believer,?The Seeker and?The Blessed. She lives with her husband a mile from where she was born in Kentucky.
Available July 2012 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.
July 6th, 2012 at 00:20
thanks Nancy for the lovely comment that means a lot to me.
The Gifted book looks very interesting story. I love to buy them online.
July 7th, 2012 at 18:15
Do you buy books for an ereader or do you buy the physical books? I’ve grown to really love my Kindle.