The Silver Star: 1905

The House of Winslow #20

by Gilbert Morris

House of Winslow Book 20 - Andrew Winslow relocates to Los Angeles as a successful young pastor. New and exciting, the Hollywood movie business draws Priscilla. Can they handle the challenges of this new world?

Genres: Historical Fiction, Christian Fiction, Christian, Fiction, Romance, Historical, Inspirational

336 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1997

About the author

also published under the name Gilbert L. Morris

Gilbert Morris was one of today's best-known Christian novelists. He lived in Gulf Shores, Alabama, with his wife, Johnnie. He is the father to Lynn Morris and Alan Morris

Series:
* Adventures of Kerrigan Kids
* American Century
* Appomattox Saga
* Barney Buck
* Bonnets and Bugles
* Cheney Duvall, M.D. (with Lynn Morris)
* Cheney and Shiloh: The Inheritance (with Lynn Morris)
* Chronicles of the Golden Frontier
* The Creole (with Lynn Morris)
* Danielle Ross Mystery
* Daystar Voyages
* Dixie Morris Animal Adventures
* Far Fields (with Robert Funderburk)
* House of Winslow
* Jacques and Cleo: Cat Detectives
* Katy Steele Adventures (with Alan Morris)
* Lady Trent Mystery
* Liberty Bell
* Lions of Judah
* Lone Star Legacy
* Omega (with Lynn Morris and Alan Morris)
* The Price of Liberty (with Robert Funderburk)
* Reno Western Saga
* Seven Sleepers
* Seven Sleepers: The Lost Chronicles
* Singing River
* Spirit of Appalachia (with Aaron McCarver)
* Too Smart Jones
*

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Give the book a 5 maybe - but enjoyed the ending. It was a Christian ending where forgiveness and turning your life over to Christ was talked about. Everybody has a path that God wants them to be on and sometimes it is challenging to find your way. But when you do, great things happen in your life. It was very thought provoking at the end.

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent author

[Diane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Priscilla becomes a star in LA in Western movies, and finds new life. Andrew becomes a pastor there.

[Emily Cofer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Forgiveness

Such an incredibly emotional story of forgiveness. I think this is my new favorite of the series! I bawled the last 30 pages!

[Wendi (_readingismylovelanguage_) · Rating 5 out of 5]

 
This is an author I picked up out of my mom’s book pile after she passed and just fell in love with the Winslow family.  No stranger to drama the family moves forward through time so beautifully.  And I love a book that starts with a family tree.  I am all in.  I am now on Book 20.  My mom didn’t get to read as far into the series as I have, but I love to know that she enjoyed the story of the same family. 
 
Old Western movies growing in popularity in the early 1900s and Priscilla Winslow has a love for acting, but the theatre drama in New York has jaded her a bit.   Jason Ballard is the one from home who really loves her, but she just won’t let herself fall again. 
At the same time, her cousin Andrew Winslow comes to CA to pastor a growing church.  And as a pastor’s kid, I can attest to the drama that surrounds church staff.
All this with God at the center just warmed my heart.

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series by Gilbert Morris is one of my absolute favorites. Each book follows at least one member of a generation in the Winslow family tree and the member(s) gets saved and finds true love. There's also some commentary on the social conditions of the time frame. Truly interesting.

[Arnetta · Rating 5 out of 5]

wonderful as always...this time we went to CA as movies were just starting to be made. Learned a bit about life 'riding the rails' also.

[Jencey/ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book takes place in during the early Hollywood period.

[Conni · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book 20

[Carol Lang · Rating 1 out of 5]

Never read it can't delete it...added by accident

[Carol]

The Silver Star refers to Priscilla Winslow, who has become a famous movie actress! She's in California, with her brother, Peter, who really wants to become a race car driver, but has a job working on cars on for Imperial Pictures, where Priscilla works. Jason Ballard, who had worked for Dan Winslow, Peter & Priscilla's dad, as overseer on Dan's ranch, has joined them overseeing the care of the animals used to film the Westerns. Jason is in love with Priscilla! Priscilla & Peter's brother, Cassidy Winslow & his wife, Serena, with their children, have also decided to move to California, where they bought an orange grove near Los Angeles. Their Cousin, Andrew Winslow & his wife, Dorothy, with their children have also moved to Los Angles to pastor Faith Temple.

With all these Winslows in one place, there are at least three story lines! It makes interesting reading!