Our lives.… They can humiliate us and dehumanize us. “They can take our homes, our possessions. Angelo makes it is life’s mission to keep Eva alive, despite the danger and obvious risks. However, Angelo has been prepped and pressured from a young age to enter the priesthood, which means a romantic relationship with Eva is off the table, even though his feelings match hers.īut, with the outbreak of World War Two, when fascism take hold and then reigns, as Jews, Eva and her family become targets and are placed in extreme danger.
He and Eva grew up together like siblings, but Eva has known in her heart, right from the start that her love for Angelo goes much deeper, is much stronger. And sometimes we have to fight in order to live."Īngelo is sent from the United States to Italy, where he is taken in by the Rosselli family. God wants us to receive everything that life was meant to teach Then we take what we’ve learned, and it becomes our offering to God, and to mankind.
“My father told me once that we are on earth to learn. I knew it was a book I’d want to digest slowly and take my time with, so despite the delay, I think this was the best time to absorb such a rich, engrossing tale. It’s been languishing on my Kindle as first one obstacle, then another got in the way of my reading it. I’ve been meaning to read this book for several years- yes- years. Gritty, heart wrenching, tragic, but so very beautiful and passionate. From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon is a 2016 Lake Union publication.
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