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Clinton, Cathryn
2 Reviews
(4)
YA
After a lifetime of moving, Jude thinks that when she and her mother unpack in her mother's hometown, they'll finally be home. However, the situation isn't what she'd hoped for. Jude, an artist, links her disappointment to painter Van Gogh's troubled life, which becomes the book's central but weakest theme. The story is most moving when describing Jude's troubled relationship with her mother.
Reviewer: Lauren Maggio
(4)
4-6
After she is "called of the Lord" and receives the gift of healing, Esta Lea goes on a healing crusade with her newly saved uncle, Peter Earl, whom she suspects of embezzling from the offering plate. Though the novel's tone is uneven, the irreverent portrait of a rowdy Southern family is funny, and Esta Lea's earnest faith and miracles of healing are respectfully portrayed.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
2 reviews
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