Twenty-year-old Gisela Cramer, an American, is living in a nightmare. In 1945, as the Third Reich is crumbling, Prussian Germans are fleeing west, always west, to escape the cruelty of the invading Russians. Gisela is among them, taking along her cousin’s two daughters, her Opa’s best friend, two senile sisters, a disguised British POW, and her own anguished memories of a […]
52 Books in 52 Weeks
Review: Candle Bible Handbook
Any person, Christian or not, who aims to understand Western literature, art, thought, and science must have a working knowledge of the Bible. After all, it is the most read and most influential book in Western culture over the last two millennia. In terms of homeschooling, this means that the Bible should be a foundational […]
Review: The Pelican Bride by Beth White
It is 1704 and Genevieve Gaillain, fleeing horrors in France, steps out of the frigate Pelican at the new Louisiana colony and straight into the arms of Tristan Lanier. Actually, she steps into water over her head and Tristan, a widower, rescues her from drowning by carrying her to shore like a sack of potatoes. […]
Review: Pure Love by George van Popta
One of the world’s greatest love poems, Solomon’s Song of Songs, celebrates the love between a man and a woman in moving, intimate terms. It pictures longing, love, and absolute fascination with each other. In Pure Love: Solomon’s Song of Songs, George van Popta has captured both the story and its emotions in sonnet form. […]
Review: Say Good Bye to Survival Mode by Crystal Paine
Having been a mom for over two decades, I have experienced survival mode intimately several times. Everyone is susceptible to becoming overwhelmed—too busy and too tired to have any hope that things can ever improve—but there’s something about being a mom that seems to invite this condition. One mom who has overcome survival mode is […]