Review: Shall We Dance?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 11, 2013
I was privileged to read Murray Pura's short story, The Last Waltz, a Civil War Christian romance whose main characters, Mitchell and Charity Davis have been separated by the war. During their separation, Charity has tended their home and land alone, having lost all of her farm hands and workers. She has been blessed with plenty of wood for winter and plenty of food. Though war times have been difficult, Charity has managed well on her own, but she misses her husband terribly. When soldiers ride up with a wounded Mitchell, Charity is both terrified that his wounds might be fatal and elated that he is home with her. Mitchell recovers almost immediately, and he and Charity spend a joyous day and night together reliving with youth and vigor the times they had when they first married twenty years earlier. Mitchell longs to remain with Charity but knows he must return to his regiment.The Last Waltz is a heart-warming, touching story of faith in God and abiding love, a story that captured me from the first word and held me long after I'd finished reading.