About the Book: (from Kregel)
Ruth Henderson has moved back in with her parents--something she swore she would never do, especially not at the age of thirty-three. But in the face of the mountain of debt left by her late partner, and the fact that her teenage daughter, Maggie, is expressing her grief through acts of delinquency, there was really only one option. Returning to a house Ruth swore never to set foot in again is...
My Thoughts:
“Thanks for friends who see us differently than to how we see ourselves
and aren’t afraid to tell us when we’re
being pitiful. Thanks for love in dark places, for hope …” (p. 311)
These words, uttered from Ruth
Henderson’s heart to God’s ears in prayer, represent some difficult battles
that have been won….some foundational truths that have been learned…and a faith
community composed of everyday people whose mess had been redeemed by God
alone! I have to say that I Hope You Dance has been a rare gem in
my book discovery! I don’t know what I really
expected to find, but what I did find was a cast of characters that were fully
fleshed out into an accurate picture of how I’m sure we look to God….broken
people, stumbling through our messes in search of redemption. And what does our Heavenly Father do? He sets us among others who point the way to
our redemption!
Ruth has come through so much
when we meet her! She and her daughter
Maggie are reeling from loss, and then have to face being uprooted and set down
in a place that they never wanted to be.
As they meet the folks in their new hometown, they begin to realize that
all is not well within the relationship between Ruth’s mom and dad. (the only
folks able to give them a home at the time) Add to that a church family that is
busy meeting the needs of those in their community, a school setting that
Maggie is resistant to and an old flame from Ruth’s past and you have an
intriguing, heart tugging story that will keep you r imagination
completely entranced!! Oh, and did I mention
that there is a very unsettling character that inserts an insidious danger into
the plot as well!!
Honestly, this is one of the best
written, most tender, realistic love stories – but it’s so much more!! It is
friendship, and fellowship and family and just plain ‘ole life!! I LOVE
IT!!! I am excited to recommend this to
readers one and all!! And I hope you
dance!!!
About the Author:
Following some deep soul searching, Beth embarked on her next adventure. By the time she’d tapped out the first chapter she knew she’d found what she was born to do, and suddenly all those hours spent daydreaming made sense.
When not writing novels, Beth works as a bid writer, and is part a church leadership team, running a youth club and the annual ladies’ night where she gets to dig out her dancing shoes.
Having overcome childhood selective mutism, Beth regularly speaks at conferences and on BBC Radio Nottingham’s Pause for Thought. She is a trustee of Free Range Chicks, a women’s network, and I still living in Nottinghamshire with her husband and three children.
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