By Kelly Bridgewater
A story about the price of fame, the truth
sacrificed on its altar, and the love that brings a prodigal daughter home.
As the Great Depression hits the Midwest, Minerva Sinclaire
runs away to Hollywood, determined to make it big and save the family farm. But
beauty and moxie don’t pay the bills in Tinseltown, and she’s caught in a
downward spiral of poverty, desperation, and compromise. Finally, she’s about
to sign with a major studio and make up for it all. Instead, she wakes up next
to a dead film star and is on the run for a murder she didn’t commit.
Only two unwilling men—Oscar, a Mexican gardener in danger of
deportation, and Max, a too-handsome agent battling his own demons—can help
Mina escape corrupt police on the take and the studio big shots trying to frame
her. But even her quick thinking and grit can't protect her from herself.
Alone, penniless, and carrying a shameful secret, Mina faces the consequences
of the heartbreaking choices that brought her to ruin . . . and just might
bring her back to where she belongs.
My
Thoughts:
In
a Far-Off Land by Stephanie Landsem is a prodigal daughter and the trials she has
to face while she roams to Hollywood during the 1930's. First a word of
warning, there is hints of lots of drinking and intimate relationships between
Minerva and many men, so I would be a little nervous at allowing a young lady
reading this story. Not that Landsem actually shows what happens, but she does
have moments that are close to the action and leading up to it that might be
not suitable for younger ladies. Other than this, the story was realistic and
haunting. Of course, it was not hard to draw the connections between this story
and the Prodigal story in the Bible. The story was well-written and definitely
captures my attention. I loved reading about this time period, and it was a
unique twist on the Gilded age storyline. It was nicely done. Overall, In a Far-Off Land by Stephanie Landsem is a gritty, realistic view of the underbelly of
the 1930's Hollywood.
I received a complimentary copy of In a Far-Off Land by Stephanie Landsem
from Tyndale Publishing, but the opinions stated are all my own.
My
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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