“I know that. And I want you to have a wonderful time.” She sighed. “I just want your life to be easy.”
I opened both my eyes to see her digging through her makeup case, her lips pushed together tightly.
“Who said that life was supposed to be easy?” I asked.
“All Manner of Things” by Susie Finkbeiner
About the book…
Annie Jacobson’s father left years ago, and now duty calls her brother Mike to leave as well, but the circumstances are entirely different, she keeps reminding herself. Her Dad chose to leave. Her brother was called to leave. One did it for himself. The other did it for everyone else. When tragedy hits the Jacobson home during Vietnam, Annie, her mother, and younger brother Joel, are forced to face the tragedies and hurt of the past in order to unite their family in the face of suffering. They learn that their own strength is not enough, they need the strength of the One true Healer.
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