Book recommendation - Dreams of Savannah

 

Roseanna M. White is one of my go-to authors for Christian historical fiction. Her latest novel, Dreams of Savannah, takes place in Savannah, Georgia during the Civil War. Writing from the perspective of slave owners in a Christian fiction novel was a bold move, but it was a story that needed to be told, and as a white woman who has always lived in the north, it's a story I've not been told before. I was grateful that the author went to a fellow Christian author, who happens to be black, for a unique perspective. While there may be parts some find offensive, the author has told this tale as one true to history and with grace. I'd recommend powering through as the characters learn and grow, and change their perspective some.

Here's a blurb about the book.

Cordelia Owens can weave a dream around anything and is well used to winning the hearts of everyone in Savannah with her whimsy. Even when she receives word that her sweetheart has been lost during a raid on a Yankee vessel, she clings to hope and comes up with many a romantic tale of his eventual homecoming to reassure his mother and sister.

But Phineas Dunn finds nothing redemptive in the first horrors of war. Struggling for months to make it home alive, he returns to Savannah injured and cynical, and all too sure that he is not the hero Cordelia seems determined to make him.

As the War Between the States rages ever nearer and Savannah’s slaves start sneaking away to the islands off the coast to join the Yankees, both Phin and Cordelia get caught up in questions they never thought they’d have to ask–questions that threaten the very dreams of a future they’d cherished.

This book releases on January 5, 2021 and is available for pre-order now! Check out the links below for additional information:

Roseanna M. White's website: https://www.roseannamwhite.com/

Roseanna M. White's facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RoseannaMWhite

My full 5-star review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3446443392