By Kelly Bridgewater
In the wake of WWII, a grieving fisherman submits a poem to
a local newspaper: a rallying cry for hope, purpose . . . and rocks. Send me
a rock for the person you lost, and I will build something life-giving. When
the poem spreads farther than he ever intended, Robert Bliss's humble words
change the tide of a nation. Boxes of rocks inundate the tiny, coastal Maine
town, and he sets his calloused hands to work, but the building halts when
tragedy strikes.
Decades later, Annie Bliss is summoned back to Ansel-by-the-Sea when she learns her Great-Uncle Robert, the man who became her refuge during the hardest summer of her youth, is now the one in need of help. What she didn't anticipate was finding a wall of heavy boxes hiding in his home. Long-ago memories of stone ruins on a nearby island trigger her curiosity, igniting a fire in her anthropologist soul to uncover answers.
She joins forces with the handsome and mysterious harbor postman, and all her hopes of mending the decades-old chasm in her family seem to point back to the ruins. But with Robert failing fast, her search for answers battles against time, a foe as relentless as the ever-crashing waves upon the sea.
Decades later, Annie Bliss is summoned back to Ansel-by-the-Sea when she learns her Great-Uncle Robert, the man who became her refuge during the hardest summer of her youth, is now the one in need of help. What she didn't anticipate was finding a wall of heavy boxes hiding in his home. Long-ago memories of stone ruins on a nearby island trigger her curiosity, igniting a fire in her anthropologist soul to uncover answers.
She joins forces with the handsome and mysterious harbor postman, and all her hopes of mending the decades-old chasm in her family seem to point back to the ruins. But with Robert failing fast, her search for answers battles against time, a foe as relentless as the ever-crashing waves upon the sea.
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| From Goodreads |
My Thoughts:
Amanda Dykes debut novel Whose
Waves These Are is a time-slip novel taking place during and after World
War II and the present era. Dykes novel really doesn't focus on the horrors of
World War II, which most novels written about World War II, instead she focuses
on the destruction of the war on the people left behind after someone dies
during the war. Bob is quite a character and wants to remember his brother by
building a lighthouse. The present time storyline is Annie's story. She is looking
for home and comes back to see her sick great-uncle. Usually in time-slip
novels, either the present or the historical strike me as better written than
the other, but Dykes actually wrote both of them really well. I enjoyed reading
both sections. The story is unique and filled with fascinating characters. I
really enjoyed this story, and I can't wait to see what comes next for Dykes. I
think she might be around for a while.
I received a complimentary copy of Whose Waves These Are by Amanda Dykes from Bethany House
Publishing, but the opinions stated are all my own.
My Rating:
4.5 out of 5 stars
Purchase Whose Waves These Are
About the Author:
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| From Amazon |
Amanda Dykes is the author of Bespoke: A Tiny Christmas
Tale, the critically-acclaimed bicycle story that invited readers together to
fund bicycles for missionaries in Asia. A former English teacher, she has a
soft spot for classic literature and happy endings. She is a drinker of tea, a
dweller of Truth, and a spinner of hope-filled tales, grateful for the grace of
a God who loves extravagantly. (Taken from Amazon.)
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