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Texas Angel
by
Judith Pella
When Angela Hearne's slave past comes back to haunt her, she is disowned and given over to a cruel slave owner. Taken to the frontier of Texas with her young daughter, Angela's fledgling faith becomes an, inspiration to a struggling pastor.
Paperback, 352 pages
Published
August 1st 1999
by Bethany House Publishers
(first published 1999)
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This is not the first time I have read Texas Angel - I bought the book many years ago when it was first released and loved it them. I always find the test of a good title is how long the story stays with you and the esecially good ones never truly leave and you can usually recall them pretty quickly once the title is mentioned.
Such is the case with Elise and Benjamins story. Two poles-apart characters drawn together through common adversity and need. Elise is a woman cast out from her husband an...more
Such is the case with Elise and Benjamins story. Two poles-apart characters drawn together through common adversity and need. Elise is a woman cast out from her husband an...more
I really struggled to get through Texas Angel. I was completely unprepared for a story with so much detail about the life of a prostitute in the 1830's. It was heartbreaking. I felt like there was a little too much about that part of the story.
The part of the story about Benjamin was interesting, though hard to get into because he started out (and stayed) pious for a very long time.
For me the best part of the story was the last third of the book. Most of everything leading up to the romance pa...more
The part of the story about Benjamin was interesting, though hard to get into because he started out (and stayed) pious for a very long time.
For me the best part of the story was the last third of the book. Most of everything leading up to the romance pa...more
I really liked this novel. Pella's characters are a bit stereotypical at first, but develop into real people. The plot is very engaging. A young girl, married to a southern plantation owner's son, discovers she is 1/8 black. She is cast aside and recovered as a slave by her mothers former owner. It's very heart wrenching, but fascinating.
in my opinion this was a very good book because it gives you insight to how one lived back in the praire and discriminatory ages when if you were a mulatto child/adult you were ridiculed and hated by the rich people..but it also has a flavor of compassion and kindness from an individual that no one would of guessed..
I liked the beginning of this book a lot. It started out really interesting however, I didn't love the rest of it because it felt too preachy. It is Christian fiction so it shouldn't be surprising, but for me it seemed forced, much more so than the other book I read by this author. If the main character hadn't been a holier than thou preacher through most of the book I might have liked it better.
Aug 26, 2011
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For some strange reason I really enjoyed this book. I finished this a whie bac ago but wen i close my eyes i cud see the slave girl in the hut tryna make a living n escape the life that she has come to accept was her faith...Its definitely a good read.
A truly GOOD novel; keeps you interested the whole way through, and I loved the romance between the heroine and the preacher towards the end...two wounded souls finding each other.
Set in the 1800's, trials, death and of course a love story. I enjoyed the story, it was easy to read and captured my attention from the beginning.
This was a great book , it shows the strength you can have even when you don't know it . It's an inspirationl book which I usually don't like , but this one is worth reading . It made me cry and cheer at the same time for all that she went through and how she handled it all . Like I said inspirational . (:
Serve God, not yourself. Self-righteousness is an act of unbelief.
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my first judith pella book to read
Aug 05, 2011
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Excellent story.
I didn't care for either character in this book. Elise forced into prostitution, escapes to the doorstep of Benjamin whose wife had died and he was now a single father in the western time frame. He hired Elise to take care of his children, they develop a relationship, and the bad people come looking for Elise to return her to her "owner."
Very dull.
Very dull.
An influential book for me, at a very young age! A real blessing and amazing story! One I love to re-read from time to time.
I read this during the summer. I nice, light read!
So far its sad but its getting better.
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Judith Pella is a bestselling, award-winning author whose writing career spans two decades. Her in-depth historical and geographical research combines with her skillful storytelling to provide readers with dramatic, thought-provoking novels. She and her husband make their home in Scapoose, Oregon.
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