Review: Is Julie who she thinks she is?!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 12, 2014
Meet Julie Pearl Stiles (27) who lives and works with her grandpa at Otto Stiles Swap and Shop flea market. Julie's mother died when she was little but where is her dad?Into the shop one day, walks the snobbish Renata Pearl Channing. Who is she and why on earth is she visiting a flea market? Grandpa knows something but isn't telling. The local newspaper mentions the 25th anniversary of the local tragic drowning.Julie's best friend, Sandy, has just got a new job working for Micah Hobart. Micah is a property developer who has just purchased an old abandoned resort, Pearls Along the Lake, from Renata, planning on tearing it all down and building a new resort.How were Micah and Renata linked in the past? Will Renata interfere when Micah and Julie start seeing each other?As Julie looks through her photo album again which starts when Julie was 3 1/2, the age she came to live with Grandpa, she knows she has to try and find out who she really is.I really enjoyed reading this book. It is a clean book, based on Christian principles. Julie and Grandpa are involved with their local church and although we see Micah really struggle with forgiveness, Julie, when she realizes, does not give up telling Micah that God is the only answer.My only negative comment about the book would be that in some ways the ending leaves you guessing. I don't want to give anything away but in a way, you have to decide yourself what the ending is. It is not made clear by the author - very subtle. Enjoyable read though and a book I would recommend. 4.5 stars