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Cast a Road Before Me: Book One of the Bradleyville Series
Written by Brandilyn Collins
Narrated by Laural Merlington
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A course-changing event in one's life can happen in minutes. Or it can form slowly, a primitive webbing splaying into fingers of discontent, a minuscule trail hardening into the sinewed spine of resentment. So it was with the mill workers as the heat-soaked days of summer marched on.
City girl Jessie, orphaned at sixteen, struggles to adjust to life with her barely known aunt and uncle in the tiny town of Bradleyville, Kentucky. Eight years later (1968), she plans on leaving---to follow in her revered mother's footsteps of serving the homeless. But the peaceful town she's come to love is about to be tragically shattered. Threats of a labor strike rumble through the streets, and Jessie's new love and her uncle are swept into the maelstrom. Caught between the pacifist teachings of her mother and these two men, Jessie desperately tries to deny that Bradleyville is rolling toward violence and destruction.
City girl Jessie, orphaned at sixteen, struggles to adjust to life with her barely known aunt and uncle in the tiny town of Bradleyville, Kentucky. Eight years later (1968), she plans on leaving---to follow in her revered mother's footsteps of serving the homeless. But the peaceful town she's come to love is about to be tragically shattered. Threats of a labor strike rumble through the streets, and Jessie's new love and her uncle are swept into the maelstrom. Caught between the pacifist teachings of her mother and these two men, Jessie desperately tries to deny that Bradleyville is rolling toward violence and destruction.
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Brandilyn Collins
Brandilyn Collins, known for her trademark Seatbelt Suspense™, is the bestselling author of Violet Dawn, Coral Moon, Crimson Eve, Eyes of Elisha, and other novels. She and her family live in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Visit her website at www.brandilyncollins.com and her blog at www.forensicsandfaith.blogspot.com
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Reviews for Cast a Road Before Me
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I was very pleased with this book. The characters were very well developed, the story flowed smoothly. It was a good, Christian fiction. No sexual content. Nice and clean. The story kept me riveted to the book. It is a real page turner. You really don't know what she will choose to do. The one thing I did not like was the ending. I felt it should have gone just a little further. I can't say much about this as it will give away the ending, but it stopped short for my taste. But, other than that, it was very well worth the read. You won't be disappointed. One thing that makes or breaks a book for me is the editing. This book is very well edited also. This book was given to me in exchange for my honest review.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is an excellent book! I had almost given up on finding good Christian fiction before reading Cast a Road Before Me. Set in a small, charming Kentucky town, Bradleyville, in the 1960s, this is the story of a young woman named Jessie who has her life planned out and yet begins to feel the call of God in her life pointing her in the opposite direction. The author creates compelling tension as we watch Jessie resist God's wooing through the people and circumstances of her life. I really appreciated the depth of thought and Biblical insight that the author incorporated into the story. Although it includes romance (as most Christian fiction does), the story of God's work in lives definitely supersedes the romantic elements, which is much appreciated!I listened to the audio book version and I must say that the reader was probably the best I have ever heard. She really made the story come alive!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jessie’s mother did everything right, but never felt good enough. She loved God, but never felt she measured up. And now Jessie, orphaned, graduated from college, and determined, plans to continue her mother’s job, to honor or mend her memory.In a small American 1960s mill town, lives and jobs are depended on salaries paid by the owner. But a new owner, with a big house to maintain, might not have enough left over to offer a raise. When livelihoods are threatened, tempers begin to boil over and trouble brews.“We don’t want a union,” the townspeople say, determined that no one but they should give orders, yet afraid that neighboring people might take their jobs. They do want change, and they do want action. And Jessie does want to get away. But she’s the niece of one worker, and falling in love with another, and time’s running out.Author Brandilyn Collins contrasts small town poverty with large-world questions of peace, war and violence, bringing characters on all sides of the divide to life, and offering a convincing view of Christian faith in a very real world – faith that’s frequently flawed, but powerful just the same. With a blend of first and third-person narration, honest dialog, and fascinating relationships, she offers a story of genuine emotion, real scares, and honest Christianity. It’s a really good read.Disclosure: I bought a copy after hearing the author speak, and I offer my honest review.