To Know You – a book review

Book Description

Julia Whittaker’s rocky past yielded two daughters, both given up for adoption as infants. Now she must find them to try to save her son.

Julia and Matt Whittaker’s son has beaten the odds for thirteen years only to have the odds—and his liver—crash precipitously. The only hope for his survival is a “living liver” transplant, but the transplant list is long and Dillon’s time is short. His two older half-sisters, born eighteen months apart to two different fathers, offer his only hope for survival.

But can Julia ask a young woman—someone she surrendered to strangers long ago and has never spoken with—to make such a sacrifice to save a brother she’s never known? Can she muster the courage to journey back into a shame-filled season of her life, face her choices and their consequences, and find any hope of healing?

And what if she discovers in her own daughters’ lives that a history of foolish choices threatens to repeat itself? Julia knows she’s probably embarking on a fool’s errand—searching for the daughters she abandoned only now that she needs something from them. But love compels Julia to take this journey. Can grace and forgiveness compel her daughters to join her?

In To Know You, Shannon Ethridge and Kathryn Mackel explore how the past creates the present . . . and how even the most shattered lives can be redeemed.

My Review

When I saw this book offered for review by Booksneeze.com, I was intrigued.  I’ve read non-fiction by Shannon Ethridge and liked her work, so I figured I’d give her fiction a shot. 

I think it only took me 6 hours to read this book!  It draws you in very well, and you want to know about the characters.  There’s a lot of character development through flashbacks, which was nice.

Spoiler alert!!  The only thing I wasn’t too fond of was how the book wrapped up everything with a pretty bow in the end.  Yes, I know the book is about God redeeming our past and showing Himself faithful, but He does that when things end messy too.  This is only a minor critique though, I cared for the characters and was happy for them that everything worked out well in the end.

I do recommend this book and enjoyed it very much.