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Vliegen Zonder Vleugels (2012)

by Meg Moseley(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 4

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English

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Romance

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VCL/West-Friesland

review 1: With more layers than a wedding cake, When Sparrows Fall is a complex story of a mother's devotion that will not leave you untouched. Meg Moseley's characters will climb out of the pages and into your heart. Besides the rebellious Miranda, her children include Timothy, two adorable girls, and Jack dubs her youngest boys "the archangels." As unlikely as the pairing seems, I found myself hoping for romance to bloom between Jack and Miranda, but it seems Timothy had a different idea. Thoroughly enjoyable, Novel Journey and I give it a high recommendation.
review 2: When Sparrows Fall is a unique, beautifully written story that was a pleasure to read and difficult to close after the last page. Meg Moseley is a gifted writer, but even more, a well-rounded, word-weav... moreing storyteller. Miranda Hanford is a widow with six children when an accident nearly takes her life. Her late husband's step-brother, Jack Hanford, comes into their lives afterward, offering help and healing from wounds both physical and emotional, though Jack shoulders his own set of heavy past burdens. Adding to the story's potent plot is the pastor of Miranda's church, a man who has decided to move the church to another town and is determined to uproot Miranda and her family along with the rest of the church. Secrets from both Miranda and her pastor's past threaten to surface amidst the tension after her accident, leading the reader on an emotional chase through Miranda's bumpy early adulthood and Jack's determined quest to be a stable force for the struggling family. Both Miranda and Jack are intriguing characters whom readers get to know layer by layer. Light-hearted Jack offers skittish Miranda humor and support as she slowly stretches outside the constricting boundaries created by her late husband and the dogmatic church of which they're members. Miranda's six children are sweet, realistic, humorous additions to the book's cast of characters. I appreciated the way the author pulls no punches with the imperfect characters - Jack's as flawed as he is likeable, spouting Shakespeare (he's a professor), tricking Miranda in order to get her to take pain pills, and introducing his highly sheltered nieces and nephews to Dr. Seuss and Wal-mart shopping excursions. Miranda hordes her secrets and isolates herself out of frustrating self-preservation. Ultimately, When Sparrows Fall reminds me of the human tendency to buckle ourselves in with legalistic lifestyles, thinking we're creating a safety net around our lives, when instead we should be reveling in a God who's big enough to save us and merciful enough to drown us in His grace. I highly recommend Meg Moseley's When Sparrows Fall, and I'm looking forward to reading more from this gifted author. less

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