Happy Monday! The purpose of memorable Monday is to showcase a book that you’ve read in the past and share how/why it has stuck with you.
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So far anything that I’ve read by Cathy Gohlke has been amazing. This was my first read by the author and it’s no exception. I snagged a copy of it before I even knew who she was simply because I saw it involved the Titanic and I’ve always been fascinated by it. It was such a good story and was one that I couldn’t put down. If you haven’t given it a read yet I highly recommend it!
About the Book:
Michael Dunnagan was never supposed to sail on the “Titanic,” nor would he have survived if not for the courage of Owen Allen. Determined to carry out his promise to care for Owen’s relatives in America and his younger sister, Annie, in England, Michael works hard to strengthen the family’s New Jersey garden and landscaping business. Annie Allen doesn’t care what Michael promised Owen. She only knows that her brother is gone–like their mother and father–and the grief is enough to swallow her whole. As Annie struggles to navigate life without Owen, Michael reaches out to her through letters. In time, as Annie begins to lay aside her anger that Michael lived when Owen did not, a tentative friendship takes root and blossoms into something neither expected. Just as Michael saves enough money to bring Annie to America, WWI erupts in Europe. When Annie’s letters mysteriously stop, Michael risks everything to fulfill his promise–and find the woman he’s grown to love–before she’s lost forever.
About the Author:
athy Gohlke is the three-time Christy Award–winning author of the best selling and critically acclaimed novels The Medallion, Until We Find Home, Secrets She Kept (Christy Award; INSPY Award); Saving Amelie (INSPY AWARD); Band of Sisters; Promise Me This (listed by Library Journal as one of the Best Books of 2012); I Have Seen Him in the Watchfires (Christy Award, American Christian Fiction Writers Book of the Year Award and listed by Library Journal as one of the Best Books of 2008) and William Henry Is a Fine Name (Christy Award).
Cathy writes novels steeped with inspirational lessons from history. Her stories reveal how people break the chains that bind them and triumph over adversity through faith.
Cathy has worked as a school librarian, drama director, and director of children’s and education ministries. When not traveling to historic sites for research, she, her husband, and their dog, Reilly, divide their time between Northern Virginia and the Jersey Shore, enjoying time with their children and grandchildren. Visit her website at www.cathygohlke.com and find her on Facebook at CathyGohlkeBooks
I need to get to her books. I want to so badly, but every time I turn around a publisher has sent me another book. I’m starting to feel like I’m drowning! I have a full-time teaching job, a husband, a daughter, and a best friend fighting cancer. People, I’m full!!! It’s a great problem to have, and I feel blessed, but I don’t ever have time to read from my TBR pile. 🤦♀️🤷♀️
I told myself I was going to slow down to give myself more time to catch up on old TBR and such. I look at my calendar from this time last year and I have no idea how I did it. But then there’s so many good books coming out I find myself signing up for more again. I’m sorry life has been so crazy for you. I’ve been praying for you! Hopefully you can get to a point soon where you don’t feel like you’re drowning anymore
Thank you for your prayers. I appreciate them! I hope things calm down too.