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Sunrise on the Battery
She wanted her husband to attend the town's society-driven church. God answered her prayer in a radical way.
An emptiness dogs Mary Lynn Scoville. But it shouldn't.
After all, she's achieved what few believed possible. Born in the rural south, she has reached the pinnacle of worldly success in Charleston, South Carolina. Married to a handsome real estate developer and mother...more
An emptiness dogs Mary Lynn Scoville. But it shouldn't.
After all, she's achieved what few believed possible. Born in the rural south, she has reached the pinnacle of worldly success in Charleston, South Carolina. Married to a handsome real estate developer and mother...more
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
October 11th 2011
by Thomas Nelson Publishers
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Slow Read with a Rushed Ending!
I know the title of my review sounds misleading, but that's how this book was for me.
Mary Lynn and her husband Jackson grew up with very little, and as a result, they feel they have to ensure their three daughters experience everything they never had: culture, college, influential friends, and social status. The pressure to measure up has a negative effect on their oldest daughter Catherine, so when Mary Lynn begins to go to church, she prays her family will come t...more
I know the title of my review sounds misleading, but that's how this book was for me.
Mary Lynn and her husband Jackson grew up with very little, and as a result, they feel they have to ensure their three daughters experience everything they never had: culture, college, influential friends, and social status. The pressure to measure up has a negative effect on their oldest daughter Catherine, so when Mary Lynn begins to go to church, she prays her family will come t...more
Mary Lynn and Jackson have worked hard to give their daughters all the culture and education they didn't have access to growing up. Sometimes, Mary Lynn worries that they're working a little too hard and pushing the girls too hard, but Jackson never does anything halfway and he won't back down. He loves his children, but they always have to do more, and better, speaking several languages, playing instruments, making the highest test scores.
One morning, during her daily run, Mary Lynn experiences...more
One morning, during her daily run, Mary Lynn experiences...more
Two kids make it good in the high society of Charleston. Mary Lynn and Jackson Scoville were kids from a small town who were at the bottom of the 'food chain' so to speak. But Jackson had the smarts to know how to make money and he was determined, his children would have more, have a better education than him. So he pushed, and he pushed them hard. Too hard Mary Lynn often worried. Where was the time for them to just be kids?
Her own feelings of emptiness leads Mary Lynn to seek out the peace sh...more
ackson and Mary Lynn Scoville planned to give their daughters Catherine, Lilla and Casey every advantage possible, to ensure that they had a successful future. Jackson and Mary Lynn grew up poor but with twenty years of marriage and some very successful land deals they felt as if they had finally arrived when they started getting invitations to join some of the elite social clubs in Charleston SC. While the family seems to have everything, God has sort of been left behind even though Mary Lynn g...more
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I was worried that the book would not stand by itself since I hadn't read the others in the series but I finished this book in one night so I would say that it held my attention! The Scoville's have moved from a small southern town to Charleston. Their family mission statement is basically to become the best educated and socially acceptable family around in order for their children to have the education and social success that they didn't when they were young. But, is it really the family missio...more
Mary Lynn Scoville and her husband Jackson has achieved the climb up the social ladder in Charleston. Everything seems to be going just the way she wants - the perfect, successful husband, beautiful and talented children, wealth a large house and invitations to the elite parties. Then it all begins to change. As Mary Lynn begins to go to church she has an encounter with Christ and begins to live the typical "good Christian-girl" life. Knowing Christ, but not completely sold out, she asks for pra...more
Sunrise on the Battery is a contemporary Christian novel. Beth Webb Hart has written this novel from different points of few inside this family. The mother Mary Lynn, the father Jackson and the oldest daughter Catherine. While this family struggles to be the best and attain the best social status all the pressure starts to cause problems. Each point of view shares with us their turning points. If you are looking for a well written novel with defined character development, christian theme and a h...more
Beth Webb Hart stars each novel’s development with a question she then works through within the novel. She writes, “For Sunrise on the Battery, here is the questions I had in mind before I ever wrote the first word of the story.:
What would it look like if we really loved each other? If we had no inhibitions about sharing our faith and our lives with a hurting world? How would we really spend our time and our money? And what impact would this have on our families, especially our children? What i...more
What would it look like if we really loved each other? If we had no inhibitions about sharing our faith and our lives with a hurting world? How would we really spend our time and our money? And what impact would this have on our families, especially our children? What i...more
This story is about the Scoville family. Mary Lynn and Jackson, and their three daughters Catherine, Lilla, and Casey have financially made it. They are all over achievers and need to be the best at what ever they do, or they keep doing it until they have it perfected.
When Mary Ellen receives a miracle after she is injured while jogging, she wants to give back to God. She goes to Christmas Eve Services and prays for Jackson to receive the Holy Spirit.
This is so enjoyable on how God answers pra...more
When Mary Ellen receives a miracle after she is injured while jogging, she wants to give back to God. She goes to Christmas Eve Services and prays for Jackson to receive the Holy Spirit.
This is so enjoyable on how God answers pra...more
SUNRISE ON THE BATTERY
By Beth Webb Hart
Mary Lynn Scoville seems to have it all, and is on the verge of being invited into the last club that polite Charleston society has to offer. But when Mary Lynn experiences a miracle on Christmas Eve, she prays that her husband and three daughters will experience God’s touch as well. But when her prayer is answered in a way she never expected can Mary Lynn every truly be happy and what will her happiness cost? And will Charleston, South Carolina ever be t...more
By Beth Webb Hart
Mary Lynn Scoville seems to have it all, and is on the verge of being invited into the last club that polite Charleston society has to offer. But when Mary Lynn experiences a miracle on Christmas Eve, she prays that her husband and three daughters will experience God’s touch as well. But when her prayer is answered in a way she never expected can Mary Lynn every truly be happy and what will her happiness cost? And will Charleston, South Carolina ever be t...more
If you love the historical Charleston SC then you will love this book. I live in SC and know everywhere the author talks about except Meggett, SC where Mary Lynn had grown up as an illegitimate child as was always talked about and made fun of in her school.
Mary Lynn met and married a very handsome young man whom had not had an easy life himself. They had three daughter and wanted more for them than they had grown up with. Jackson get in with a young man that he knew and begin to learn how to mak...more
Mary Lynn met and married a very handsome young man whom had not had an easy life himself. They had three daughter and wanted more for them than they had grown up with. Jackson get in with a young man that he knew and begin to learn how to mak...more
What is the difference in a Christian and a non-Christian who is a good person? What difference should someone be able to see in our lives after we become Christian? Can we be too religious? Should we be "Jesus Freaks"? I think most committed Christians have considered those questions and I guess in reality, they should make us a little uncomfortable. We all know the person at church who can't hold a conversation that doesn't invoke His name, and we also know people that it seems have little rea...more
Wow, I really liked this book. First of all, it has a beautiful cover; it really promotes a reflective feel--don't you think? Secondly, and more importantly, the content makes you think. There is a theme of surrender and giving God your all.
In the book, the Scovilles have finally made it in Charleston high society, after living there and playing by the rules for years. Jackson has teamed up with Mary Jo's old family friend in some shrewd business which has enabled them to pay for and give their...more
In the book, the Scovilles have finally made it in Charleston high society, after living there and playing by the rules for years. Jackson has teamed up with Mary Jo's old family friend in some shrewd business which has enabled them to pay for and give their...more
Title: SUNRISE ON THE BATTERY
Author: Beth Webb Hart
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
October 2011
ISBN: 978-1-59554-200-7
Genre: Inspirational/contemporary/women’s fiction
Mary Lynn Scoville is dogged by emptiness. Really, it shouldn’t. She has three accomplished, beautiful daughters, a financially successful husband, and has reached the pinnacle of financial success. Yet, the emptiness won’t go away. And it couldn’t be filled by shopping, a European vacation, or a full social calendar.
When Mary Lynn disco...more
Author: Beth Webb Hart
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
October 2011
ISBN: 978-1-59554-200-7
Genre: Inspirational/contemporary/women’s fiction
Mary Lynn Scoville is dogged by emptiness. Really, it shouldn’t. She has three accomplished, beautiful daughters, a financially successful husband, and has reached the pinnacle of financial success. Yet, the emptiness won’t go away. And it couldn’t be filled by shopping, a European vacation, or a full social calendar.
When Mary Lynn disco...more
Sunrise on the Battery by Beth Webb Hart is the sequel to Love, Charleston and follows the story of the Scoville family. Mary Lynn and Jackson were high school sweethearts who married right out of school with a shared dream: to raise their children with the opportunities they were denied growing up poor in a small town. After living for a decade in Charleston and carefully working their way up in society, they are finally about to reap the rewards of full acceptance. But Mary Lynn is starting to...more
Sunrise On The Battery discusses what I feel that many families today face when it comes to faith. often one parent accept the faith and the other parent does not , leaving the children often in the middle not wanting to disappoint either mom or dad.
Beth Webb Hart does a great job sharing both sides of this dilemma with her readers. Sometimes to Mary Lynn that has all the faith and then other times it is Jackson. Then there is their three daughters that are trying just to have their own lives. N...more
The main reason I wanted to read this book is the reason why Beth wrote it. I was reading the info for this book tour and after Beth read David Platt's book Radical, she was inspired to write about it. I've also read Radical and was excited at the idea of characters tackling the challenge David gives in his book. I enjoyed the story of Mary Lynn and Jackson. They had reached a place that they'd spent the last ten years trying to attain but then they realized, it wasn't really where they wanted t...more
I really enjoyed this book! A book for those who enjoy Contempory Fiction, like myself, it focuses on Mary Lynn Scoville and her family. Mary Lynn is a "Socialite" from the south who is married to a Real Estate Developer and has 3 daughters. She has lots of "riches" of the world, and then encounters the "riches" of God. Mary Lynn is consistently praying for her husband to come to God, and he when he finally does it "wrecks havoc" on their life both socially and finacially. I love this story beca...more
I've been dragging my feet getting some books read, but when I started SUNRISE ON THE BATTERY by Beth Webb Hart, it was one that hooked me from the beginning. Maybe it's the descriptive setting in Charleston, SC, or the 'rags to riches' storyline, but this is truly a gem of a book. I'm not a runner but admire those with the tenacity and love of running, and our lead character, Mary Lynn, has a painful incident happen while on her morning run. But just a few minutes later, she experiences what ca...more
When I first read the summary of this book, my first impressions were that this book seemed interesting. After downloading the E-book file, I made several attempts to begin reading it but never was able to get past the opening paragraphs of that book did not catch my attention therefore I was bored of the book from the very start. Once I realized the deadline I had to reach – to finish reading the book and write the review, it really pushed me to get through the book. As I read through the chapt...more
Rich, privileged, on the verge of being accepted into Charleston's elite social clubs, Jackson and Mary Lynn Scoville have worked hard to provide the kind of life for their three daughters that they never had. But does having everything really make you happy? Jackson is distant and domineering, Mary Lynn has become the kind of wife that has to bite her tongue, and the daughters have issues with insecurity, drugs and sneaking out. That is until two miracles happen.
Sunrise on the Battery is a mode...more
Sunrise on the Battery is a mode...more
Mary Lynn and Jackson Scoville have worked hard to make their way into the company and approval of Charleston's elite, as well as give their three a girls a life filled with opportunities and privilege. Mary Lynn has recently returned to the faith of her childhood, and she now longs for her husband to know God. When she asks for prayer for her husband during a church service, she has no idea that her hard-work towards social status is about to get rearranged! When Jackson embraces his new found...more
My Review:
Alright, the only thing that I did not care for from this book was the fact for me it was too slow. I had a hard time getting into it and through it because of it. A Slow Read for me.
The author Beth Webb Hart has a great story line. The characters were good. It was a clean read.
But as I said it was just a slow read for me. So I will leave it up to you to read for yourself and make your own decision.
So for the reasons above I am giving Sunrise ON THE Battery a Breath of Life rating o...more
Alright, the only thing that I did not care for from this book was the fact for me it was too slow. I had a hard time getting into it and through it because of it. A Slow Read for me.
The author Beth Webb Hart has a great story line. The characters were good. It was a clean read.
But as I said it was just a slow read for me. So I will leave it up to you to read for yourself and make your own decision.
So for the reasons above I am giving Sunrise ON THE Battery a Breath of Life rating o...more
What a great read! It was author Beth Webb Hart's last release, Charleston, Love, that I fell in love with the cover and wanted to know who this author was, but this was my first opportunity to read her work and I am so glad that I did. Charleston, South Carolina has a special place in my heart. My mother's sister lived on the Isle of Palms just outside of Mount Pleasant and Charleston and thus Charleston was what vacation meant. She's now moved inland a bit to a great area called Awendaw, but s...more
Nov 11, 2011
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Mary Lynn prays for her husband to believe, but when he does and starts to implement changes in their lives she wished she never had prayed for it.
Jackson, Mary Lynn's husband, at first rules the family with a firm hand with no give. He very much cares what everyone thinks about the family and tries to keep up with the Joneses. However, when he starts to believe he goes to the other extreme of not caring and being too lenient with his children. There didn't seem to be any balance.
Catherine is th...more
Jackson, Mary Lynn's husband, at first rules the family with a firm hand with no give. He very much cares what everyone thinks about the family and tries to keep up with the Joneses. However, when he starts to believe he goes to the other extreme of not caring and being too lenient with his children. There didn't seem to be any balance.
Catherine is th...more
First off let me say I loved this book. Ms. Hart has a way of writing that makes each character easy to relate to. Even when their actions are not always what you think they should be and their desires are opposite to each other I found myself pulling for them. Ms. Hart gives you a view of what radical faith would look like today and how a society based on social status and appearance would respond to it, while also asking readers to consider where faith fits into their life. It's an absorbing s...more
"Sunrise on the Battery" by Beth Webb Hart centers on socialite, Mary Lynn, who finds her comfortable life in North Carolina, turned upside down as she grapples balancing a renew faith and her husband new found faith in God.
A contemporary fiction, "Sunrise on the Battery" is a good book for those who are not into historical fictions, but find themselves more oriented toward more modern day stories of balancing life in today's world and learning about what God desires for us.
A contemporary fiction, "Sunrise on the Battery" is a good book for those who are not into historical fictions, but find themselves more oriented toward more modern day stories of balancing life in today's world and learning about what God desires for us.
This is a family that really came from a hard working stock. Ones father did not encourage education, the other made her feel like she could accomplish anything. They have made it, their children go to the best schools, take ballet, music lessons, they entertain and belong to the best clubs. Only thing missing in their lives is going to church together as a family. My the twists and turns that are taken once Heavenly Father enters the picture.
Thank you GOODREADS for the advanced copy! I loved this book!!! Thought provoking and inspirational. Meet Mary Lynn, whose faith will be tested, whose life will be turned upside down, who never be the same. This book brings to light the struggle many believers have on just how and when to proselytize. Beth Webb has take an every day circumstance shown how differently people respond to the question of faith.
I started reading this, and have to say it started off sort of slow. It didn't really draw me into the book. I have to say out of 5 stars this one gets a 3. It does make tells of thing that does happen in real life. One parent has faith in god and the other doesn't.
Mary Lynn tries to help her husband love god. He does eventually but not till way close to the end.
Mary Lynn tries to help her husband love god. He does eventually but not till way close to the end.
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Beth Webb Hart holds a B.A. in English Literature from Hollins College and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Her first novel, Grace at Low Tide, was one of three finalists for the 2006 Christy Awards in the general/contemporary fiction category. She lectures on a variety of topics and has taught creative writing on the college and high school level. She serves as a writer-...more
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