Many Sparrows, Lori Benton
Many Sparrows, Lori Benton
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Many Sparrows

Author: Lori Benton

Narrator: Kate Forbes

Unabridged: 14 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/19/2017


Synopsis

With stirring storytelling evocative of Diana Gabaldon and Francine Rivers, this epic eighteenth-century novel transports readers to the Ohio-Kentucky frontier and a monumental encounter over a stolen child. When settler Clare Inglesby is widowed on a mountain crossing and her young son, Jacob, captured by Shawnees, she'll do everything in her power to get him back, including cross the Ohio River and march straight into the presence of her enemies deep in Indian country. Frontiersman and adopted Shawnee, Jeremiah Ring, promises to guide Clare through the wilderness and help her recover Jacob. Once they reach the Shawnees and discover his own sister, Rain Crow, has taken custody of Jacob-renaming him Many Sparrows-keeping his promise becomes far more complicated, the consequences more wrenching, than Jeremiah could have foreseen. Fearing the sacrifice required is beyond what he's willing to make, Clare devises her own plan to free her son-one that could lead to the disasters Jeremiah is trying to prevent. As feelings for Clare begin to stir his long-guarded heart, he must convince her that they will have to do the hardest thing of all if she hopes to see her son restored to her: be still, wait, and let God fight this battle for them.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Melissa

Aaaaand I'm pretty sure I just read my very favorite book of 2017! If Lori Benton wasn't already sitting firmly atop my "favorite authors forever and ever" list (hint: she definitely was), she (still) is after this one. ^^Okay that was my initial reaction to this book and it literally took me weeks t......more

Let me tell you about my keeper shelf. It's sparse. There are very few books gracing that hallowed hall of fame because I am a jaded reader. It's got to be one spectacular wingding of a read that kills my inner editor and transports me to another time and place to earn a spot on that coveted shelf. A......more

Goodreads review by Vanessa

Just amazing. Few books leave me walking away this flabbergasted, but this book was stunning. Characters: Okay. Clare was so strong, so realistic, and so very heart-breakingly raw. She was no one-sided, shallow character that didn't seem like an actual person, but she could've been one of the brave s......more