Things We Didn't Say

Ah hah! Success! My quest to locate contemporary books worth reading that are written by Christians has finally got a winner! My method for searching for material is to read whatever falls in the middle of the Venn diagram between book bloggers recommendations and what my library stocks. Out of my last batch of five tries, this is the only keeper.

This novel was witty, touching, real, intriguing, well-crafted, charming, thought-provoking. I liked it a lot! I tend to avoid novels of WWII–really, I only have maybe 2 Nazi books in me per decade–but the home-front setting of this didn't trigger my sensitivities around the holocaust and war violence. It was realistic about the conflicts in individuals and society in America during the war, but had ultimately a hopeful arc for most characters.

This is an author to watch.