The Tryst (Grace Livingston Hill #40)

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Summary: A terrific read for a night beside the fire
Review: This is one of Grace Livingston Hill's best books. Patricia accidentally overhears the venomous words of her sister and mother, discovering that she may be adopted and that the confusing coolness she has felt from them stems from this. With her father gone on an overseas business trip, she has no one to turn to, and runs away from their spiteful, hateful words and behavior. Determined to hide until her father can return to help her, she finds herself alone in the city, only to have God miraculously provide a job and a new identity as a companion to an old woman who turns into her closest friend. Travelling with her employer to a far-off resort, Patricia suddenly comes across a man she knew and loved one summer long ago, but must pretend she doesn't know him in order to protect her identity. But her young man has a tryst of his own, as he fulfills his promise to his mother to try to once again earnestly seek the God he has forsaken, while balancing the demands of his rich, selfish uncle, who wants to use him for his own ends. A complex, thoughtful book... An especially good story for those who may have grown up in the church but turned away because of the influence of college professors or the secular world, who want to earnestly understand the God they once knew...and to know Him again, just as He has always known you, yet not forsaken you.

Rating:
Summary: A terrific read for a night beside the fire
Review: This is one of Grace Livingston Hill's best books. Patricia accidentally overhears the venomous words of her sister and mother, discovering that she may be adopted and that the confusing coolness she has felt from them stems from this. With her father gone on an overseas business trip, she has no one to turn to, and runs away from their spiteful, hateful words and behavior. Determined to hide until her father can return to help her, she finds herself alone in the city, only to have God miraculously provide a job and a new identity as a companion to an old woman who turns into her closest friend. Travelling with her employer to a far-off resort, Patricia suddenly comes across a man she knew and loved one summer long ago, but must pretend she doesn't know him in order to protect her identity. But her young man has a tryst of his own, as he fulfills his promise to his mother to try to once again earnestly seek the God he has forsaken, while balancing the demands of his rich, selfish uncle, who wants to use him for his own ends. A complex, thoughtful book... An especially good story for those who may have grown up in the church but turned away because of the influence of college professors or the secular world, who want to earnestly understand the God they once knew...and to know Him again, just as He has always known you, yet not forsaken you.