Almost Home by Valerie Fraser Luesse - A Book Review

    

Readers will absolutely fall in love with the characters in Luesse's Almost Home. These are people that you will want to be friends with. The setting is a close knit community in the country not far from Birmingham, Alabama in the mid 1940s. Josiah (Si) and Dolly Chandler have opened their home to borders in an effort to pay their taxes and save the home that had been in Dolly's family for years. Never ones to pass up an opportunity to minister to people (not to be confused with preaching to them), Si and Dolly touch the hearts of many who become as family. As a result these people begin to heal and to care for those around them as well. This most especially includes the young couple whose marriage is faltering, a war widow, and a wounded soldier. The story is made even more fun by a backstory involving a mystery including a Robin Hood like river pirate.

Not only will historical fiction fans enjoy this story, but so will those who love someone who is serving or has served in our modern military. The visible scars of these warriors may not be the ones that impact them or their families the most.

I am grateful to have received a copy of Almost Home from Revell via NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion. I was under no obligation to write a positive review, and received no monetary compensation.