Room for Hope

Name: Room for Hope
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Kim Vogel Sawyer
ISBN: 9781501911316

Author: Kim Vogel Sawyer

Narrator: Kate Forbes

Unabridged: 13 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/16/2016

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Christian Fiction

Synopsis

Neva Shilling has a heavy load of responsibility while her husband travels to neighboring communities and sells items from his wagon. In his absence, she faithfully runs the Shilling Mercantile, working to keep their business strong as the Depression takes its toll, and caring for their twins. When a wagon pulls up after supper, Neva and her children rush out-and into the presence of the deputy driving a wagon carrying three young children. The deputy shocks her with the news that Warren and his wife have died, insisting it was their last request that the three children go live with "Aunt Neva." Neva's heart is shattered as she realizes that Warren's month-long travels were excuses for visits with his secret family. She wants nothing more than to forget Warren, but can she abandon these innocent children to an orphanage? Yet if she takes them in, will she ever be able to see them as more than evidence of her husband's betrayal and love them the way God does?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Deanne on March 09, 2016

One of the absolute best books I've read this year. Twists and turns , highs and lows this book has it all. It's rounded out with redemption,forgiveness and understanding. I recommend this to all my goodreads friends!......more

Goodreads review by Jerry on January 05, 2018

A very inspiring story of triumph over adversity. It really took me back in time, too.......more

Goodreads review by Kate on January 26, 2022

Oh! What a beautiful, BEAUTIFUL book! I absolutely loved Neva . . . how she learned to find God's strength to love her husband's children as if they were her own . . . how she sought to be a blessing to everyone around her, even those who would harm her. I loved Jesse too, and Bud . . . and Arthur. I......more

Goodreads review by Chautona on September 23, 2023

If the Depression wasn't bad enough, discovering your husband's unfaithfulness and the ensuing fallout would break most women, and it nearly breaks Neva, but faith, grit, and a personal past that just won't let her fall so deep into self-pity that she loses her grace, Neva is forced to buck up and "......more

Goodreads review by Hallie on June 10, 2019

Pick up Kim Vogel Sawyer’s Room for Hope for an authentic and emotional trip to Depression-era Kansas. Fans of historical fiction will not regret it. Neva Shilling discovers, in one conversation, her husband’s death, infidelity, and three orphaned children, and her life changes dramatically. The afte......more