WHEN THE SKY BURNED by LIZ TOLSMA is the sixth book in the A Day to Remember series and tells the story of the fire that destroyed the little town of Peshtigo on the eighth October 1871, shortly before the Great Fire in Chicago. As the author makes us feel the characters’ shock, pain and and heartache and their struggle to reconcile the total desruction of their homes and businesses and the loss of family members, we feel it too. Some like artist, Mariah Randolf, who is blinded in the fire and loses her parents and best friend, find it hard to trust a Heavenly Father who would allow such a thing to happen. Some people even wonder if the town and its inhabitants are being judged …….
There definitely is wickedness being perpetrated in the saloons, and Jay Franklin, the bookkeeper at the Stanford sawmill and woodenware company finds discrepency in the books. What he does with his suspicions puts his own life in danger and changes others’ lives……..
I like the strong message of the faithfulness and all encompassing presence of God even in the midst of horrific tragedy.
That is all I am going to tell you for fear of spoiling your read.
I was given a free copy of the book by NetGalley from Barbour Publishing. The opinions in this review are completely my own.
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