Author: Lindsay Harrel
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Genre: Christian Fiction,
Source: Own
My Review:
The Joy of Falling by Lindsay Harrel is set mostly in New Zealand. I loved hearing about their location and everything they were seeing and experiencing.
I have never run a marathon, nor will I ever, but this was fascinating to me as Eva, Angela, and Marc trained for the ultra-marathon in New Zealand.
This book deals with loss of spouses (past), grief, unmet expectations, and healing. While the book was somewhat heavy, it also has hope, healing, and unexpected new love. I found myself resonating with the characters and their emotions.
★★★★/5
Synopsis (Goodreads):
Eva and Angela must learn to live again. One step at a time.
It
has been fifteen months since Eva and Angela lost their thrill-seeking
husbands in a scuba diving accident. Both women are trying to navigate
their way through the grief, but neither one is making much progress.
Angela is barely making ends meet, angry at her husband for leaving her
to raise three children on her own. Meanwhile, Eva is stuck, unable to
move forward after losing the love of her life and her source of
inspiration.
But then Eva gets a life-changing phone call. Before
Brent and Wes died, they had signed up for a race of a lifetime—an
ultra-marathon in beautiful New Zealand. Eva begs Angela to run the race
with her in their husbands’ place, and Angela finally agrees, hoping to
finally understand her husband's choices.
Training is
exhausting, and the race is even more demanding. Their journey grows
more complicated by the presence of two men—Marc is Brent’s best friend
who is running the race with Eva and Angela, and Simon King is a writer
who is covering their inspiring story. With every step, Eva and Angela
must ask themselves questions that they haven’t had the courage to ask
before. As the women literally put one foot in front of the other, they
wonder: Is it possible to find their way forward in hope?
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