Blue Ruin (Love Endures)

By Grace Livingston Hill

Book Overview

"Blue Ruin" is a compelling work of inspirational romance that explores the resilience of the human spirit through the eyes of its protagonist, Lynne Sheridan. When a series of unexpected events... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161626649X
• ISBN13: 9781616266493
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.4" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Blue Ruin by Grace Livingston Hill

The character Jessie Belle in this book is the villianess. Get it? Jezebel. Jessie Belle wants to lure the minister away from his almost fiancee. Shameful Hussy. All of Grace's books are clean, good reading.

Faith, romance, and pride

I'm not even a Christian, and I liked this book. How did an unorthodox person such as myself end up reading this? you may ask. I found it in a 25 cent bin at a library sale. Sometimes we get surprised.Lynette, the heroine of this book, is a deeply devout young Christian woman. She just graduated from a prestigious Bible college, where she studied Scripture, Greek, and Hebrew, in order to be the perfect preacher's wife, a complement to her sweetheart, Dana, who has just graduated from seminary. Now, Lynette starts out as the sort of sickeningly-sweet can-do-no-wrong heroine we all love to hate, but then everything changes.Dana turns out to have become a cynic while away at school; he doesn't really have any faith left, just a desire for adulation and attention. He's only becoming a minister because that's what everyone expects of him. And when Lynette comes home, he ignores her in favor of Jessie Belle, a manipulative, spoiled brat. Lynette has always done exactly what everyone expected of her--but when Dana snubs her, she drops everything and takes a trip to Europe. I think that was the moment I decided I liked Lynette--when she made the first self-nurturing decision of her life.Lynette contemplates her life and her faith on her trip, while Dana spirals deeper into trouble with Jessie Belle, all the time blaming Lynette's pride for all of his problems. In the end, both sow what they reap--Lynette finds someone who can appreciate her abilities and faith, and Dana has to grow up and deal with his mistakes. Though I am of a different religion, I rejoiced to see the intelligent and golden-hearted Lynette rewarded for her faith and spirit.

A book of love

This is a great book! It will touch your heart and show you the meaning of true love.