A Sky Without Stars by Linda S. Clare #bookreview #CFBA

Linda S. Clare is an
award-winning author and coauthor of several books and has also
published many essays, stories, and poems in publications, including The
Christian Reader, The Denver Post, and The
Philadelphia Inquirer. Her most recent book is A
Sky without Stars, the newest release in Abingdon’s Quilts of
Love line. Born in Arizona, Linda and her husband now make their home
in Eugene, Oregon, where Linda has taught college-level creative
writing classes, and writes, edits, and mentors other writers. She also
is a frequent writing conference presenter, a church retreat leader,
and mom to four grown children and five wayward cats.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Frankie Chasing Bear is caught between cultures. She wants to raise her son Harold to revere his Lakota heritage, but she also thinks he will need to learn the white man’s ways to succeed. After the untimely death of her husband, Frankie joins the U.S. Government’s Relocation Program and moves to Arizona. There she begins sewing a Lakota Star pattern quilt for Harold with tribal wisdom sung, sewn, and prayed into it.
A bed without a quilt is like a sky without stars, but neither the quilt—nor her new life—comes easily to Frankie. Nick Vandergriff, for instance, is the last man Frankie wants to trust. He’s half-Lakota but Christian, and Frankie can see no good coming from that faith after her own parents were forced to convert at an Indian school. Can Nick convince Frankie that white men and Christians aren’t all bad? And will Frankie learn that love is the most important ingredient—for her son’s quilt and life itself?

If you would like to read the first chapter of A Sky Without Stars, go HERE.

My thoughts:  This is another new author for me.  I had never heard of her or read any of her works.  I really d enjoy this book.  Her writing style is unique.  I have not read a lot of fiction is this type where we are bringing in different native Tribes and learning about their cultures along with Christianity.  I enjoyed learning some of their unique things and how they differ amongst themselves.  The quilt in this book sounds gorgeous and the one on the cover is definitely gorgeous.  I now want to go back into history books and try to find a picture of such a quilt and make one myself.  Oh?  What was that?  You wanted to hear about the book too?  Oh okay.  Well.. . . . Nick sounds like he is gorgeous.  Frankie definitely thinks he is but she has problems with trust and problems with men(both understandable).  And then you have Harold(what a name, poor kid) who only wants to get back to their old Reservation to be closer to his dad’s spirit.  When Harold disappears, what will Frankie do?   And who has been stealing from the Indian School?  Great read.  Get yourself a copy and get to reading! A Sky Without Stars is a great book and will definitely give you a bit of a history lesson as well as a glimpse of romance and what it’s like to parent a boy.