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Sarah SundinRevell / 2011 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$15.994.8 out of 5 stars for Blue Skies Tomorrow, Wings of Glory Series #3. View reviews of this product. 44 Reviews
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pencildancero fallon, ILAge: 45-54Gender: female4 Stars Out Of 5Good ReadAugust 30, 2011pencildancero fallon, ILAge: 45-54Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5Blue Skies Tomorrow by Sarah Sudin continues her WW11-era settings with Ray Novack and young war widow, Helen Carlisle.
Sudin pokes into an ignored area at the time, spousal abuse. You feel for Helen as she tries to embrace the expectations of grief from her in-laws and the community. Ray Novack comes back into her life and makes pretending to be grief-stricken much harder.You'll be cheering for the couple by the end of the book. It's a good romance set in an era that is just beginning to emerge in the historical publishing world. -
ibjoy1953VirginiaAge: 55-65Gender: female4 Stars Out Of 5Blue Skies TomorrowAugust 27, 2011ibjoy1953VirginiaAge: 55-65Gender: femaleQuality: 4Value: 4Meets Expectations: 4My Review
Helen Carlisle is now a widow, after her husband was killed in the military. But she wasn't the grieving widow everyone thought she was. In fact, she was glad her husband was gone, because of his abuse, which no one would ever believe. That is until Ray came upon the scene, and he figured it out, to which Helen denied that anything bad happened between she and Jim. No one could find out about the abuse, because Jim was so nice and sweet around everyone else, not one would believe Helen. She was just a cripple after all, and the way she stumbled around caused all of her accidents, so Jim told everyone.
This is my first book by Sarah Sundin, I haven't read the other books in this series, but I still enjoyed this one! I like that the author deals with spousal abuse in this book, something that truly needs to be dealt with. And just like in the book, the abuser blames the one he's abusing. Helen was blessed that Ray found out, but then he left her for a while, not helping. And it was a double blessing when she found a way to leave her in-laws house and the abuse from Jim's father. I hope anyone reading this book that is dealing with an abusive situation will realize that there is help, and go find it!
I also liked Ray and Helen. Ray was so gracious and kind, wanting to help Helen, even if she didn't want his help at first. He loved the Lord, which was evident in the way he lived. Helen was so sweet, and she wanted to raise her son the right way, not abusing the women in his life. Her self confidence was trampled on more than once by jerks that call themselves men. But I am glad there was a happy ending, and Helen was able to have a happy life, away from abuse and critical, hateful things said about her handicap condition.
This book was provided by Revell Publishers in exchange for an honest review. I was not required or expected to write a positive review. The opinions in this review are mine only. -
kickiInyokern, CAAge: 55-65Gender: female4 Stars Out Of 5August 16, 2011kickiInyokern, CAAge: 55-65Gender: femaleQuality: 4Value: 4Meets Expectations: 4Though the domestic abuse in this book is hard to read, it is authentic. I appreciated the compassion with which it was delivered. My only issue was the repetitive see-saw between Ray and Helen; which could have been edited down. Ray's capture was a nice twist.
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sally894 Stars Out Of 5August 6, 2011sally89Quality: 4Value: 4Meets Expectations: 4I have read all 3 books in this series. They are all very good. Very interesting read.
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Sherri3 Stars Out Of 5I was disappointedSeptember 24, 2012SherriQuality: 3Value: 3Meets Expectations: 2This review was written for Blue Skies Tomorrow, Wings of Glory Series #3 - eBook.I loved the first two books in this series, the second being my favorite. So I was really looking forward to Ray's story. While I can't say there was anything wrong with the story, and Sundin is a very good writer, there was one thing that was lacking in this story that wasn't in the other two - romance. I just didn't feel any connection between Ray and Helen. While I thought Ray was a great hero, Helen left much to be desired. She was an absolutely weak character. Even though this was not my favorite book, I think Sarah Sundin has a gift with this time period. I look forward to reading her next series.
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