#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Abigail Cowen, Tom Lewis, Nina Dobrev, with Logan Marshall Green and Eric Dane, special appearance by Famke Janssen. Distributed by Universal Pictures with a screenplay by Francine Rivers and D.J. Caruso. California’s gold country, 1850. A time when men sold their souls for a bag of gold and women sold their bodies for a place to sleep. Angel expects nothing from men but betrayal. Sold into prostitution as a child, she survives by keeping her hatred alive. And what she hates most are the men who use her, leaving her empty and dead inside. Then she meets Michael Hosea, a man who seeks his Father’s heart in everything. Michael obeys God’s call to marry Angel and to love her unconditionally. Slowly, day by day, he defies Angel’s every bitter expectation, until despite her resistance, her frozen heart begins to thaw. But with her unexpected softening comes overwhelming feelings of unworthiness and fear. And so Angel runs. Back to the darkness, away from her husband’s pursuing love, terrified of the truth she no longer can deny: her final healing must come from the One who loves her even more than Michael does . . . the One who will never let her go. A powerful retelling of the story of Gomer and Hosea, Redeeming Love is a life-changing story of God’s unconditional, redemptive, all-consuming love. Includes a six-part reading group guide!
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I'm in a significant reading slump this year. More so than I've been in a very long time.
I'm going to try to read some books that I normally wouldn't have at the top of my list, see if that sparks something. Perhaps taking a break from the routine will reignite my passion for reading.
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Meh. Took eight months to read this book. I thought it actually started out pretty well, but it got preachier and more absurd as it went on. There were some definite surprises in how the characters dealt with some heavy topics (regarding victim blaming, shame, forgiveness), and there were other times they fell into line with the more conservative thoughts of the time (ie, gender roles, duty to husband, etc.) Some things I really liked about the story and the writing, and some things that made me just want to throw the book.