The Silent Gift

The most amazing, moving, beautiful novel I've ever had the guidance to read. Such a heart wrenching story taking place during the Great Depression Era in the 1930s, of how a mother would do anything to get her son back from the clutches of a monster. A story of undeniable love and incredible sacrif......more

OH MY HEAD THAT FELT LIKE AN ETERNITY. Like, I liked it... but then I didn't, but then French fries? Like dude. My minds a mushy slushy of idk. So confuzzled man. Idek if I can write a coherent review right now... I'll probably just write one later, if y'all don't mind.......more

This book was wonderful on so many levels. I couldn't put it down once I got to about Chapter 10, and I was sad when it ended. This was the best book I have read in months. (On par with some of my favorite Kristin Hannah novels.) It was also pretty interesting that it was written by Michael Landon,......more

It is almost 3:00 in the morning as I write this review. Why? Because I just finished the last page of a book that gripped my heart from the first paragraph and didn't let go until the last sentence had me in tears. I was swept away into the life and times of the 1930's with such abandon that I wou......more

Mary finds out her husband is having an affair and flees with her deaf-mute son, Jack to Chicago. She learns her son has a the gift of prophecy and uses it to secure her son's future. Mary's husband returns to claim his son and Mary is imprisoned for kidnapping her own child. Jack slips away and is......more