![]() ![]() Her desire to be a journalist was so inspiring it reminds us to never give up on our dreams. Julie is the heart beat of this story and will forever have a place of prominence in my heart of the true meaning of faith and perseverance. I was transported back to 1935 and met a young woman so full of life, that I wanted to be friends with her. I found it quite difficult to put down toward the end, although in the early pages the writing was a bit long-winded, even ponderous at a times. The earlier parts of the book foreshadow a terrible tragedy that takes place in the final chapters, providing high drama and heartbreak. There’s a a good vs evil theme, which shows as a clash of morality vs ambitious greed some of the wealthy and ambitious people are unpleasant in a way that seems scarcely credible at times. It’s a Christian book but without being preachy or mushy. ![]() Julie, who narrates the story, is very believable and three-dimensional, perhaps because her personality and some of her experiences are based from the author’s own background, although the story itself is fictional, albeit based in the Depression era, and focussing on some important historical topics. ![]() ![]() There are lots of characters in the book and I found it a bit confusing at times, trying to remember who was whom, although I managed to keep track of the most important ones. Show More is a free-thinking and confident young woman in her last year at high school. ![]()
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