Enduring

The Andersens #17

by Jacie Middlemann

Livia Andersen was a woman who held her family together with a quiet smile and an iron will. It’s been months since her death and her children and grandchildren she leaves behind continue to grapple with the shifting changes in their lives now that she’s gone.

Chris Andersen is searching for answers. He and Ethan Gilchrist are looking for the cause that killed almost an entire family who lived on a small homestead almost two hundred years ago. Until recently the site of the tragedy was part of his aunt’s property. Now it belong to Ethan. The family they were looking for answers about were his as well. But for all the effort they were putting into finding out what killed them Chris knew that some questions had no easy answers. Sometimes none at all. No matter how hard you looked.

The Andersen Saga is a story of family. It is a story about joy and loss, hope and sorrow, betrayal and regrets, unconditional forgiveness, high expectations, and unwavering loyalty. It reminds that at the heart of who we are is the family we come from, the family who stands behind and beside us and at times against us. And who we become isn’t just a result of those still with us but those too that we’ve lost along the way. It is about the twist and turns every family deals with, the conflicts from within, and the never ending desire for acceptance and respect.

Enduring is the seventeenth book in the ongoing Andersen Family Saga. Other books in the Andersen Family Saga include Betrayal, Resolute, Broken, Found, Choices, Regrets, Remember, Forgiven, Truths, Always, Expectations, Decisions, Disillusioned, Believe, Relentless, and Everlasting.

The Andersen Family Saga is a series of novellas, classified by Amazon as Short Reads. If you love sitting down with a novella style book you will enjoy the Andersen Family Saga series. These books fall between the forty-five minute to two hours reading time category of Amazon “Short Reads.”

57 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 28, 2017

About the author

I fell in love with books when I was in the 4th grade and my free period was spent volunteering in the school library. I read every Nancy Drew book there was to check out, discovered collections of myths and fairy tales from around the world, Louisa May Alcott and C.S. Lewis, and decided I wanted my own library. By the end of that summer with the supplies our school librarian graciously provided me my books had due date slips, card pockets, book cards, and black electrical tape on the spine with the first three letters of the author's last name. I still have most of those books.
In the hope she could get me involved in something else my mother gave me a camera. Right around the same time my father told me I could use his typewriter when he wasn't using it. The typewriter won. We shared his typewriter but I also filled notebooks with stories scribbled before school, after school, and often when I was supposed to be asleep. Thanks to my mother, who saved just about every single one of those notebooks, I still have them as well.
Several years ago my father gave me his typewriter…the same one we shared all those summers ago. Every time I look at it I remember the young 4th grade girl who was quietly encouraged to do what she loved…and years later reminded with a box filled with notebooks crammed full of handwritten stories and dreams.
And it’s still not unheard of that I stay up way later than I should with a good book that’s just impossible to put down.

Reviews

[Richard Goodrum · Rating 4 out of 5]

Warm and fuzzy, this episode focuses on the foundation Chris wants established to honor Kelsey. More importantly, it focuses on the potential that it won't be enough for Chris. Along the way, more research goes into the history of the family grave site on the property. Other important, but otherwise unrelated, issues are discussed as well. A comfortable read.

Easy-to-read. Entertaining. Romantic. Whimsical. Wonderful characters.

[Sandra Adams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Growing knowledge

Chris and Ethan continue to unravel the Gilchrist family history. With each question answered another question appears. Chris
is starting a foundation that Kelsey intended to do before her untimely death. Chris's father and aunt worry because he is so enthralled with this and what might happen when it is finished.
Scott is making hie feeling for Claire known

[juanita yackell · Rating 5 out of 5]

The entire series is a must read

I'm hooked could we have book 18 real soon please. Waiting for book 4 from another series. Love your writings!