About
this book:
“When an early 1900s love story makes its way from revolutionary Russia to a small town in America, a young girl’s life begins to change.
Clara Bradley moves from the city to a remote farming town in Eastern Washington—with nothing to offer a young cheerleader but miles of snow-covered wheat fields. She now has no cheer team and nothing to cheer about. But that move brings her an unusual neighbor: an elderly Russian woman who has a love story she is translating into English. Clara’s love of books draws the two together and she becomes immersed in the lives of Nina and Pasha.”
Series: As of now, no.
Spiritual Content- Scriptures are mentioned & quoted; Prayers; Going to a chapel to pray and light candles; Going to confessions; Being blessed by & talking to a priest; Celebrating a saint’s day; Talks about God; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Mentions of God; Mentions of prayers, praying, blessings over food, & thanking Christ; Mentions of those & pictures of those in the Bible; Mentions of churches/chapels, church going, priests, nuns, lighting candles, & confessions; Mentions of crosses in a cemetery; Mentions of Christmas & the Nativity; Mentions of Resurrection Sunday; Mentions of crosses in a cemetery; Mentions of crossing; Mentions of saints & baptism; A few mentions of Heaven; A few mentions of sins & sinners; A couple mentions of missionaries.
“When an early 1900s love story makes its way from revolutionary Russia to a small town in America, a young girl’s life begins to change.
Clara Bradley moves from the city to a remote farming town in Eastern Washington—with nothing to offer a young cheerleader but miles of snow-covered wheat fields. She now has no cheer team and nothing to cheer about. But that move brings her an unusual neighbor: an elderly Russian woman who has a love story she is translating into English. Clara’s love of books draws the two together and she becomes immersed in the lives of Nina and Pasha.”
Series: As of now, no.
Spiritual Content- Scriptures are mentioned & quoted; Prayers; Going to a chapel to pray and light candles; Going to confessions; Being blessed by & talking to a priest; Celebrating a saint’s day; Talks about God; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Mentions of God; Mentions of prayers, praying, blessings over food, & thanking Christ; Mentions of those & pictures of those in the Bible; Mentions of churches/chapels, church going, priests, nuns, lighting candles, & confessions; Mentions of crosses in a cemetery; Mentions of Christmas & the Nativity; Mentions of Resurrection Sunday; Mentions of crosses in a cemetery; Mentions of crossing; Mentions of saints & baptism; A few mentions of Heaven; A few mentions of sins & sinners; A couple mentions of missionaries.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘darn’, an ‘oh my gosh’, two forms of ‘idiot’, and two ‘stupid’s; A bit of eye rolling; Mentions of a car accident, deaths of a set of parents, & injuries; Mentions of deaths from a fever; Mentions of wars, fighting, rebellions, people trampled, & deaths (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of injuries/wounds, blood, & grenades (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of a cemetery & “creepy old bodies”; Mentions of stealing; Mentions of hatred; A couple mentions of wine & drinking; A couple mentions of jealousy;
*Note: Mentions of singers &
songs.
Sexual
Content- a palm kiss, and a semi-detailed kiss; A bit of touches & hand
holding; Blushes; A bit of noticing; Mentions of romance & falling in love;
A few mentions of blushes; A few mentions of jealousy; A couple mentions of
kisses & kissing; A very small amount of love, falling in love, & the
emotions.
-Clara
Bradley, age 12
-Nina,
age 9-15
P.O.V. switches between them
P.O.V. switches between them
Set in 1908-1909, 1911, 1914-1916, & 1979
134 pages
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134 pages
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My personal Rating-
What an
interesting book!
We first start out in 1979 with Clara who’s family just moved to a house across from a cemetery. She’s not overly happy about that, as you can probably imagine. She soon meets a neighbor who tells her a story about a young girl in Russian in the early 1900s. We then mainly follow Nina’s story, but do see Clara again a few times.
We first start out in 1979 with Clara who’s family just moved to a house across from a cemetery. She’s not overly happy about that, as you can probably imagine. She soon meets a neighbor who tells her a story about a young girl in Russian in the early 1900s. We then mainly follow Nina’s story, but do see Clara again a few times.
I found
the history to be interesting and the light romance to be sweet. There also was
quite a bit of faith content for such a small book, so that was nice to see. :)
See y’all
on Friday with a new review!
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
*I received this book for free
from the Author for this honest review.
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