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Candle in the Darkness, Lynn Austin, 2002, Bethany House Publishers
“The decision isn’t who you gonna help and who you gonna betray. The decision is whether or not you gonna listen for God’s voice and do what God telling you to do. Might be something as silly as marching around Jericho in circles. Or it might be as hard and as dangerous as helping the enemy, like Rahab did.”
“As the Civil War rages, Caroline Fletcher is torn between two worlds. [She was] raised on a Southern plantation where slavery is a way of life, [but] her heart and conscience are awakened to its injustice when she sees the young son of her maid torn from his mother’s arms and sold away.
"As she devotes herself to the abolitionist cause, Caroline’s love and respect for the slaves who raised her give impetus to her mission. Then, forced to make some painful decisions, she finds herself separated from her family and the man she loves.
”Nevertheless, Caroline continues to stand up for what she believes is right, encountering more and more opposition...and the wrong side of the law."
-- from the book jacket
Lynn Austin’s thorough research, natural writing style, and insights into human character contribute to an engaging story, alive with historical and cultural details. This novel is the first of three books in the Refiner’s Fire series about the American Civil War. All three are in the Cornerstone Library.
November 2006
Lynn Austin won the 2003 Christy Award for this novel. She was also the 2002 Christy Award winner for her historical novel Hidden Places, which was made into a movie for the Hallmark Channel. Lynn and her husband have three children.
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