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The Sleeping Night (2012)

by Barbara Samuel(Favorite Author)

4.17 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Belle Bridge Books

review 1: I delayed in reading this book, expecting another story of the blacks' plight and the sympathetic whites. Not so. This is a tender story of friendship. Yes, love comes into it, but the relationship between Isaiah and Angel is tender with years of understanding each other and the racial climate saturating their world. They are not fools in thinking they can change their world, not even trying to find ways to shift the mindset of Gideon, Texas. They know they cannot pursue a relationship and find happy-ever-after and I wondered if there was even a sprig of hope for them. With courage and humility, Isaiah and Angel find their way and there I was cheering them on.
review 2: So many intense themes - race, segregation, war, faith, PTSD, the Holocaust - all dealt wit... moreh while still leaving room for a beautiful love story. It took me a while to understand/adjust to the structure of the book - the flashbacks, the letters, and the blending epilogue - but I came to really appreciate it by the end. It wasn't a cheap gimmick and really enriched the telling of the story. I loved how some events reminded them of letters and other events were recalled within letters. The inclusion of letters written and never sent added another layer without explicitly telling us everything. The depth and restraint of their love was so beautifully crafted that you never once doubted it's strength. less

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