Review: Stunning debut!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 22, 2013
This story, Heaven Is Not Far, is a stunning debut by author Marian Baay. A romance filled with joy, pain, heartache, tragedy, and true love, this story engaged my complete attention from the very first sentence. It is the tale of two young lovers, Albert and Michelle. Though his parents did not approve, Albert has immigrated from the Netherlands to begin a new, more prosperous life. He prays that he also might find a wife. Along with him came Jessie, his Irish setter. Michelle, living in Detroit, offers the beauty, wit, whimsy, and kind heart that capture Albert's attention from the first meeting. Albert and Michelle fall almost immediately in love and have a romantic and precious courtship before they marry.But when he receives news that war has broken out in the States, Albert leaves his new bride to go to war. Will they ever meet again?This is a remarkable story of these two young lovers and the trials they face. Laced throughout the novel is a spiritual thread that sustains the two in their darkest, most fearful hours.Congratulations to Marian Baay on this first--and quite charming--debut!