Here Burns My Candle Giveaway aka Doesn't anyone want this book??

I was sure I was a literary criticism marvel, oh yes I did. Early on in Here Burns My Candle I was able to detect the Biblical theme of Naomi and Ruth. That beautiful story of love, loyalty, and God's provision offers something new every time I study it. I felt vindicated when I learned that the Naomi/Ruth theme was indeed something Liz Curtis Higgs intended. I felt slightly less superior when I learned that every review published to date about the novel also cites that theme. So much for my profound insight.

Here Burns My Candle was provided to me for review by the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group and I was thrilled to receive it because I love historical fiction and I love Liz Curtis Higgs.

Lady Elisabeth Kerr is one of three women in a 1745 Edinburgh household run by her mother-in-law, the Dowager Lady Marjory Kerr. They enjoy a life of privilege and leisure until bonny Prince Charlie makes a claim to retake his father's throne. From the moment loyalties are chosen and revealed and, at times, hearts and lives broken, the Kerrs will be forever changed.

What makes this novel different from most of similar genre, is that the neat, happy ending simply doesn't materialize as the reader might hope. This novel is one of imperfections, spiritual awakening and is a love story far deeper and broader than we might expect.

The novel begins very slowly and I might not have continued with it if I hadn't needed to write this review. But somewhere around page 144, the book found its rhythm and by the end I looked forward to 2011 when the sequel will be published.




Would you like to read it? Leave a comment today. Okay, I mean please comment whether or not you want the book, but if you really want it, let me know. How's that for lack of clarity? We'll choose a name out of the hat, and if my giveaway history prevails, the book should be in the mail to the winner in a month or so, give or take a year.