Wonderful, simply wonderful. A story of love, healing, and forgiveness sure to grip the heart of every reader. --Debbie Macomber, New York Times #1 bestselling author In a Drought, It's the Darkest Cloud That Brings Hope It's 1954 and Perla Long's arrival in the sleepy town of Wise, West Virginia, was supposed to go unnoticed. She just wants a quiet, safe place for her and her daughter, Sadie, where the mistakes of her past can stay hidden. But then drought comes to Wise, and Perla is pulled into the turmoil of a town desperately in need of a miracle. Casewell Phillips has resigned himself to life as a bachelor...until he meets Perla. She's everything he's sought in a woman, but he can't get past the sense that she's hiding something. As the drought worsens, Perla's unique gift divides the town in two, bringing both gratitude and condemnation, and placing the pair in the middle of a storm of anger and forgiveness, fear and faith. -- This debut novel is splendid. The story is genuine and heartfelt, with just a touch of the Divine. A story of forgiveness and reckoning, and realizing love does cover a multitude of sins. Thomas will be a go-to author after you read Miracle in a Dry Season. --Rachel Hauck, bestselling author of The Wedding Dress and Once Upon a Prince Charming, whimsical, and intelligently written, Miracle in a Dry Season is a beautiful debut novel! --Ann Tatlock, Christy-award winning author of Promises to Keep
Reviews with the most likes.
Overall, I had a hard time with the narrative style, especially the POV. The author has a penchant for using the characters' proper names much more often than the appropriate pronoun, which made it awkward to know who the POV was from sometimes. Also, names change a lot between “Emily” and “Mom” in the same scene, but the “Ma” in the last third of the book. I also didn't appreciate Frank's penchant for profanity. Another thing that disturbed the feeling of reality was Perla's inexplicable “special talent” where she routinely cooked for 4-6 and fed 40 after cooking...that was just weird.
That said, I'm adding an extra star because the message of the story was just so good and really resonated with me. The message about leaving sin behind and walking forward together was very good.
Content: several instances of a profanity; crude term; someone accused of witchcraft; attempted rape by a preacher; someone has had a child out of wedlock and faces repercussions of that in society.
