Castles in the Sand by E.M. Tippetts
“Madison Lukas knows her
place in the world. She's not pretty, not interesting, and therefore easy to
forget.
John Britton has been praying for fifteen years to find the sister he lost in his parents' divorce. She is beautiful, talented, and makes kindness a fine art.
When John and Madison cross paths, he recognizes her at once, but Madison is certain that he's got it all wrong. Even if she is his long-lost sister, she can't possibly be the exceptional, amazing girl he thinks she is, can she?” (summary from Amazon)
John Britton has been praying for fifteen years to find the sister he lost in his parents' divorce. She is beautiful, talented, and makes kindness a fine art.
When John and Madison cross paths, he recognizes her at once, but Madison is certain that he's got it all wrong. Even if she is his long-lost sister, she can't possibly be the exceptional, amazing girl he thinks she is, can she?” (summary from Amazon)
I found the premise of
this book so interesting at first glance. A missionary finds his long lost
sister while on his mission. Madison doesn’t even know she has family other
than her mother who is so obsessed with her pottery that she doesn’t have time
for Madison at all.
Yet, her mother confirms
it. John Britton is indeed her long lost brother and now that he has found her
he is not going to let her go. Though Madison is annoyed at first by his emails
and messages she comes to rely on his encouraging words and in them she finds
the strength to make better decisions for herself. As Madison is not Mormon she
makes decisions that aren’t really all that pretty, especially when she doesn’t
consider herself worth all that much, but I was happy to read about how she
finds the strength to stand up for herself.
Once again I loved the
way E.M. Tippets gives each character in her novel such honest weaknesses. Even
her picture perfect Mormon characters feel like real people with such human
flaws. Yet, her characters are not evil or bad people--just real. It is so
refreshing to read about real, complex, and deep characters in any genre this
days and Tippets does it with real skill.
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