The Winter Rose

Starred review from December 1, 2021

Addie Hoult is widowed, pregnant, and about to lose the only father figure she has ever known. The search for a bone marrow donor for her beloved Papa C leads her to the coast of Oregon and down a rabbit hole of dusty genealogy records and decades-old secrets. Meanwhile across the ocean and the years, Quaker Grace Tonquin feels called to save Jewish children from Nazi Germany--no matter the personal cost. One little girl named Marguerite, who can see the colors of people's emotions, finds a special place in Grace's heart. Grace realizes that though she can carry the children over the Pyrenees Mountains to physical safety, but the things they have seen and done to survive still haunt their dreams even in America. VERDICT Dobson (Memories of Glass) is quickly establishing herself as a new powerhouse in dual-timeline Christian fiction. This is a potent examination of redemption after scars, and, more simply, a good story, told well. Readers of Kristy Cambron, Rachel Hauck, and Heidi Chiavaroli will welcome this historical timeslip novel.--Christine Barth, Scott Cty. Lib. Syst., IA

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