Siri Mitchell has a tremendous talent for spinning a great yarn. This one takes the reader back to the Revolutionary War to view it from the Quakers' point of view. I have long believed the belief to not take up arms was something ill considered not to mention completely unbiblical. However, Mitchell takes a close look at this belief, along with the passions of that era. I have learned that the history we studied in school wasn't quite the complete history. Some of the brutality was shielded from us, and I'm not so sure that was a good thing. How else can one learn the reasons why our forefathers were so deeply passionate about freedom?
Mitchell always does a fabulous job with weaving history and story together seamlessly without long descriptive passages. Anyone familiar with history will pick up instantly on the things hinted at and will be intrigued, like me, to check out some fact or another. It's a keeper, for sure.
I give it 4 stars out of 5 stars.
ABOUT THE BOOK
...until her twin brother ran off and joined the army and ended up captured and in jail. Suddenly Hannah's world turns on end. She longs to bring her brother some measure of comfort in the squalid, frigid prison where he remains. But the Quakers believe they are not to take sides, not to take up arms. Can she sit by and do nothing while he suffers?
Jeremiah Jones has an enormous task before him. Responsibility for a spy ring is now his, and he desperately needs access to the men in prison, whom they are seeking to free. A possible solution is to garner a pass for Hannah. But while she is fine to the eye, she holds only disdain for him--and agreeing would mean disobeying those she loves and abandoning a bedrock of her faith.
With skill and sensitivity, Mitchell tells a story of two unlikely heroes seeking God's voice, finding the courage to act, and discovering the powerful embrace of love.
If you would like to read the first chapter of The Messenger, go HERE.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
But she is also a member of a strange breed of people called novelists. When they’re listening to a speaker and taking notes, chances are, they’ve just had a great idea for a plot or a dialogue. If they nod in response to a really profound statement, they’re probably thinking, “Yes. Right. That’s exactly what my character needs to hear.” When they edit their manuscripts, they laugh at the funny parts. And cry at the sad parts. Sometimes they even talk to their characters.
Siri wrote 4 books and accumulated 153 rejections before signing with a publisher. In the process, she saw the bottoms of more pints of Ben & Jerry’s than she cares to admit. At various times she has vowed never to write another word again. Ever. She has gone on writing strikes and even stooped to threatening her manuscripts with the shredder.
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