Come Forth As Gold in Clearly Christian Readathon

Jun 13, 2022 Heather Wood rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

"We’ve never been promised a life without darkness, but we have been given hope that one day all darkness will be replaced with light."

Another reviewer said this book was like if Peace Like a River and The Notebook had a baby, and that's EXACTLY IT.
EXCEPT Come Forth As Gold is also Christian, and that makes all the difference (seeing as I didn't like either of those books because they weren't and were therefore depressing😆).

Erica Dansereau's writing is superb, and should be getting widespread at ...more

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Apr 05, 2022 Charity rated it it was amazing

WOW.

That's my reaction to this entire novel by Erica Dansereau. Wow.

My goal is to keep my reviews short from now on, so I'll try. I won't mention that the dedication had me in tears, and that the opening verse was just perfect.

I won't mention that I was IN this story. I was right there, listening to Kitty and Fly talk. I was crying with and for Kitty. And that was only after chapter 1!

I loved watching the characters grow up. You watch them grow from kids to teens to adults to grandparents. Yo ...more

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Jul 30, 2022 Sarafina marked it as to-read · review of another edition

DNF- This is just too sad for me right now. I’m sure it’s a lovely book but I need something a little lighter at this time in my life.

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Jan 07, 2024 Laura Bradley rated it it was amazing

Set in 1940's, post second world war Nevada, Claude and Kitty are inseparable, childhood best friends but when Kitty's father ends up in prison, neither of them could predict the events that were to follow.

Claude's journey to faith is just beautiful, and the Christian aspect of the story is what makes it so profound.

A heartbreakingly beautiful story that overtakes every other book I have read, it genuinely blew me away! ...more

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