An Awakened Heart (Orphan Train, #0.5) by Jody Hedlund Published by Bethany House Publishers on April 4th 2017
Genres: Christian, Clean & Wholesome, Historical
Pages: 157
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Trying to heal the ache she feels in her empty life, wealthy Christine Pendleton decides to volunteer at Centre Street Chapel. Ministering to one of the most deprived parts of New York City, the chapel aims at making a difference in the lives of the impoverished immigrants flooding the city. After seeing firsthand the hopelessness of the poor women and orphans, Christine is convinced more can be done to help them.
Guy Bedell has been serving at the chapel and pouring his heart out for the people he's grown to care about. When Christine begins to challenge his methods and offers a new vision for reaching out to the community, can he trust that perhaps God has bigger plans in store for him--plans that may include this feisty socialite?
This was a good and quick read, Its the prequel to the Orphan train series!
I enjoyed Christine and how her ideas stirred things and made Guy think and rethink how he was doing things. I felt some things moved to fast but hey it was a novella so things have to move a bit quicker I guess. I liked the girls I really did but their parts were harder to read for me just because of all the hardship they were going through. I cant wait for With you Always and Elise’s story, shes the oldest of the girls introduced in this story
About Jody Hedlund
Winner of the 2016 Christian Book Award for fiction and Christy Award for historical romance, best-selling author Jody Hedlund writes inspirational historical romances for both youth and adults.
Jody lives in central Michigan with her husband, five busy children, and five spoiled cats. Although Jody prefers to experience daring and dangerous adventures through her characters rather than in real life, she’s learned that a calm existence is simply not meant to be (at least in this phase of her life!).
When she’s not penning another of her page-turning stories, she loves to spend her time reading, especially when it also involves consuming coffee and chocolate.
I liked this book. Novellas always seem slightly rushed though.