Reviewer: Amy Lignor
Title: The Passion of Mary-Margaret
Author: Lisa Samson
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-1-59554-2113
Release Date: March 2009
Genre/Sub-genre: Inspirational Fiction
Year/Setting: Present, Chesapeake Bay
Overall Rating: 4.5
Sexual Content Rating: None/Subtle
Language (Profanity/Slang) Content Rating: None
Violent Content Rating: None
Lisa's Website: www.lisasamson.com
Dear Readers:
I always am a little shy when it comes to Christian fiction. Although a huge seller at the moment, I have found that some of these offerings are too preachy and very often so far away from real life, that it’s astounding that there are people who still believe that everything can be solved with one prayer. Now, don’t get huffy. You know what I mean. I am a Christian who loves her God and I love uplifting and heartwarming stories of faith. But this is no longer the 1930’s and there are way more dangers in this world than there used to be. I believe discussion is a fantastic thing and, pulling our heads out from the sand, can be very illuminating.
Ms. Samson skirts the edge of preachy and centers her gifts more on love and history than on sermons. I, for one, am very happy about that. Her award-winning Novel of the Year, Quaker Summer, was an excellent book and, although she is pigeon-holed or classified as a Christian author, to me she is simply a darn good writer.
Mary-Margaret is our friend for this journey through time. She meets a light keepers’ son by the name of Jude Keller when she is studying at a convent/school that is located on the beautiful and ‘well-written’ island located in the Chesapeake Bay - a truly stunning area. Now Mary-Margaret is certain to her core that she wants to follow the path of a sister, until she finds herself pulled by a strong, yet unidentifiable force toward the bad-boy, Jude. (Their conversations and attraction are really felt because of the well-thought-out prose of Ms. Samson.)
Mary becomes a teacher in the South at a time when this country was just on the verge of the Civil Rights Movement. Mary returns to the island of her youth to take her final vows after some, let’s call it, disillusionment, with the real world. She finds herself being told by the one Spirit she believes in more than life itself, to marry the boy she’d been friends with so long ago and help Jude. But how can she leave a life of religion to be a housewife, living with a man she can never love? How? Pick up this book and read how - you won’t be sorry.
Until Next Time, Amy
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