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Title of Book: A Woman’s Place By Lynn Austin BACK COVER: They watched their sons, their brothers, and their husbands enlist to fight a growing menace across the seas. And when their nation asked, they answered the call as well… Virginia longs to find a purpose beyond others’ expectations. Under the storm clouds of destruction that threaten American during the early 1940’s, this unlikely gathering of women will experience life in sometimes startling new ways as their beliefs are challenged and they struggle toward a new understanding of what love and sacrifice truly mean. REVIEWER’S COMMENTS: A woman’s place—how women in western society have struggled over this concept in the last 50 years! Lynn Austin’s story is a charming look at the role of a Godly woman through the eyes of 4 different characters. All 4 women are struggling with loss in some way during the difficult days as American becomes involved in WWII. Virginia is a housewife with 2 growing sons. She struggles with feeling useless in her traditional role at home, spending her days cleaning, ironing, and fixing meals. She longs for a change, and a feeling that the work of her hands is of great value. She longs for someone to tell her she matters. Helen, a spinster school teacher, is the only surviving child of a wealthy family. Her circumstances have left her bitter toward everyone, and especially toward God. Her loneliness drives her to step outside her social class and try to find a place where she can make a difference. Rosa is a street-wise young woman from New York, recently married to a young soldier. Running from possible harm and without a penny to her name, she turns to the in-laws she has never met. When she arrives on their doorstep, she is welcomed but expected to live according to house rules. Having grown up with no father, an absent mother, and a need to care for herself, Rosa is overwhelmed by the stoic and stifling atmosphere in the home. Rosa seeks work outside the home to escape the stern watchful eye of her father-in-law. Jean, a young woman who has been looking forward to attending college with her twin brother, is shattered when her brother enlists and heads off to war. The small farming town has nothing to offer, and Jean heads to the city to stay with her sister and 3 nephews. She takes a job to earn some money for college, longing for the day when she can be reunited with her twin, her boyfriend, and head off to college. What an unlikely foursome this is to develop a lasting friendship. Each one is wrapped in her own troubles, each longing for her own dreams to come true. When they are unexpectedly thrown together in factory work, they begin to share with each other. It is through the difficulties and dark days that they learn to love and comfort one another and to share something much deeper, a love for Christ. This multi-layered story is beautifully written, each character having something the reader can easily relate to. Lynn Austin wonderfully shows the reader how such different women can bond together, focusing on the strengths of each one, encouraging and teaching one another. This book is a wonderful example of how believers should love one another, seeking out the best in each other, encouraging growth where there is weakness, and building each other up continually. I highly recommend A Woman’s Place. It may be written against the backdrop of the 1940’s, but it is applicable to every woman today! |