As the Lily Grows

Prairie Rose #2

by Susan Kirby

Able to let go of some of her responsibilities for the first time, small-town newspaper writer Libby Watson is swept up in the lives of her friends and family members before she comes into her own in the arms of a special man.

Genres: Christian Fiction, Adult, Historical Fiction, Fiction

284 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1997

Reviews

[Lili]

I was pleased with the story telling in this book. It's set in the early 20th century and the characters are written well for the time period. The progression of time felt natural and even though I started at the second book in the series, I didn't feel as though I was out of place. There was a religious reference every 3 pages (which I didn't much enjoy) but it was palatable. Overall a good read.

[Anisha Horst]

Mixed feelings good book cute romance.

[Shantelle]

I loved it! ❤ At last I got to continue this series and watch Libby's story unfold! And it was so worth it. As the Lily Grows is book two in the PRAIRIE ROSE series by Susan E. Kirby, and is set in the late 1800s/early 1900s. It follows Elizabeth Watson as she has moved to a new town and works at a post office. Her father and brother join her. And she continues to deepen relationships with the townspeople, grow in her faith, and figure out romance! Speaking of romance, I was delighted to realize a certain young man is a POV character, along with Libby, in this book!

Some things I loved about this book were Libby's loving father and his godly wisdom and advice; Libby's friendship with a certain young man *winks*; delving deeper into the backstories of some characters, and seeing new angles and figuring out secrets; truth being displayed in a gentle, raw, admonishing way; the fair(!); and just meeting and growing to love so many endearing characters!
There were so many lovely things about As the Lily Grows and it definitely kept me turning pages. I felt a little lost within the pages of these by-gone days!

It is definitely an exciting, adventurous, old-fashioned tale that will tug at your heartstrings. If you enjoy Christy, the ANNE OF GREEN GABLES series, or any of Janette Oke's books, you'll probably love this series by Susan E. Kirby. Do check it out!

[Natalie]

Ahhhh I love this series. <3

[Cindy]

It was a slow start and several times I thought of not pursuing it further. Thankfully I stuck with it and it ended up having a great love story ending!

[Jjean]

I almost didn't finish this book - very slow reading - a love story with many characters but had more descriptions than a story......

[Katy Lovejoy]

nice garage sale find! it was worth 50 cents

[Lora]

It was hard to keep all the characters and details straight in the beginning because it is such a detail-heavy book (esp. at first), but once I got those down I liked the book a lot. By about 1/2 way through it started to be more of a 4-star book. It is an inspirational sort of book-- the cover even says it's written in the style/tradition of Christy by Catherine Marshall-- and so there are a lot of religious themes in it. But I enjoyed those aspects of the story and even found quite a bit of food for thought. The author's thoughts on forgiveness, change, and looking at someone's true worth (regardless of the choices they've made) were very uplifting. I may look for the next book in the series later on.

[Partridge Public]

Kirby, Susan