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By Glendy Vanderah\n\u00a9 2019, Lake Union Publishing
\nASIN: B07CWSPSMX
\nKindle version; file size 5390 KB
\nPaperback, 333 pages.\n
<\/p>By Glendy Vanderah
\n\u00a9 2019, Lake Union Publishing
\nASIN: B07CWSPSMX
\nKindle version; file size 5390 KB
\nPaperback, 333 pages.\n
Grad student and cancer survivor Jo is isolated in a remote cabin, working on her thesis, when a young girl shows up at her place barefoot and covered in bruises. The girl calls herself Ursa, claims to have been sent from the stars to learn about humans, and can\u2019t go home until she witnesses five miracles. Jo\u2019s elusive neighbor Gabe soon gets involved, and Ursa\u2019s presence throws both their lives into chaos in short order while bonding the three of them in ways they could never have foreseen.<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t remember the last time I read a book so good it made me put everything else aside so I could just finish the story. This was just that good. I quickly got invested in Jo\u2019s, Ursa\u2019s, and Gabe\u2019s tale and couldn\u2019t wait to find out how everything turned out. All three of them were wounded, for differing reasons, and together, they brought healing to one another. I also loved Ursa\u2019s quick intelligence, her vivid imagination, and the joy she brought to every little thing. Her spark (I loved that she called them \u201cquarks\u201d) was contagious enough to light Gabe\u2019s way out of his suffering, as well as Jo\u2019s road to Gabe.<\/p>\n
I can certainly see why Forest is classified as Women\u2019s Fiction; with Jo as the main character and Ursa the main focus, and both of them being exceptionally strong females in harsh circumstances, the story is sometimes suspenseful, sometimes heartbreaking, but hopeful throughout. It\u2019s a real \u201cfeel-good\u201d book that warmed me to my core.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s nothing not to love about this story. Very highly recommended.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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