Lynn N. Austin
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Bestselling author Lynn Austin has sold more than one million copies of her books worldwide. She is an eight-time Christy Award winner for her historical novels, as well as a popular speaker at retreats and conventions. Lynn and her husband have raised three children and live near Chicago.
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Verk av Lynn N. Austin
Füll du mich mit Kraft 3 exemplar
Among the Gods (Chronicles of the Kings Book #5): (A Biblical Ancient World Novel about Joshua) 2 exemplar
Servants Behind the Scenes 1 exemplar
While We’re Far Apart 1 exemplar
Strength of His Hands #3 1 exemplar
Watch Out for the Lion 1 exemplar
The Restoration Chronicles (3 Set): Return to Me, Keeper of the Covenant, On This Foundation by Lynn Austin (2013) 1 exemplar
But Lilies Don't Wear Shoes 1 exemplar
Don't Get Caught 1 exemplar
Teaching Brotherly Kindness 1 exemplar
Mentoring to Maturity 1 exemplar
Baby Jesus Is Missing 1 exemplar
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Födelsedag
- 1949
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Bostadsorter
- Anderson, Indiana
Bogota, Colombia
Anderson, Indiana
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Illinois - Utbildning
- Southern Connecticut State University (BA)
- Yrken
- Lerares, schrijfster
- Relationer
- Austin, Ken (husband)
- Priser och utmärkelser
- Christy Awards in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, and 2009
- Kort biografi
- Lynn Austin koesterde altijd al een diep verlangen om te schrijven, maar jarenlang kwam het er niet van. Toen ze naar Canada verhuisde vanwege het werk van haar man, gebruikte ze de lange winters om te gaan schrijven. Tegenwoordig is ze full-time auteur en houdt ze regelmatig lezingen.
Austin is een echt familiemens. Een levendig gesprek tussen Lynn, haar moeder en haar 98-jarige oma over de veranderde rol van de vrouw in de loop der jaren, inspireerde haar tot het schrijven van haar eerste grote roman: Eva’s dochters. Ze is blij verrast met het succes van haar boeken in Nederland, waar al 120.000 exemplaren hun weg naar de lezer vonden.
Lynn Austin woont met haar man Ken in de buurt van Chicago. In haar vrije tijd geniet ze van lezen, wandelen, de concerten van haar man bezoeken en zo veel mogelijk oude ruïnes bekijken.
Lynn Austin is een van de belangrijkste fictie-auteurs van dit moment. Naast contemporain en historisch werk schrijft zij ook bijbelse romans. Haar trilogie over Hizkia wordt nu gevolgd door een tweedelige serie over Manasse. Lynn Austin schreef diverse succesvolle romans en is een veelgevraagd spreekster op conferenties, bezinnings bijeenkomsten en andere manifestaties van kerken en onderwijsinstellingen. Zij woont met haar man en drie kinderen in Illinois.
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This book was so close to being a five star read for me. The only reason I knocked off one star was due to the timeline. This book is set over six years, but after the first year or two, the character growth became stagnant.
Tropes: Resistance in WWII, Coming back to God
Content: characters sent to concentration camp (conditions described in detail), death of family members, bombing, kissing
Tropes: Resistance in WWII, Coming back to God
Content: characters sent to concentration camp (conditions described in detail), death of family members, bombing, kissing
The whole time I was reading this, I kept on thinking, "This feels like a second book." As it turns out, it is.
You can read this as a standalone like I did, but I do wish that I had read the first in order to know the characters better.
Tropes: friends-to-more, widowed single parent
Content: mentions a child born out of an affair
4 Stars
*I receieved a copy of this book from the publisher. All thoughts are my own and a positive review was not required.
You can read this as a standalone like I did, but I do wish that I had read the first in order to know the characters better.
Tropes: friends-to-more, widowed single parent
Content: mentions a child born out of an affair
4 Stars
*I receieved a copy of this book from the publisher. All thoughts are my own and a positive review was not required.
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Statistik
- Verk
- 59
- Medlemmar
- 11,713
- Popularitet
- #2,009
- Betyg
- 4.2
- Recensioner
- 390
- ISBN
- 403
- Språk
- 7
- Favoritmärkt
- 11
All My Secrets is a generational historical romance (of sorts). The stories of a daughter, mother, and grandmother are interwoven. The story unfolds in a series of storytelling flashbacks--a revealing of past secrets. The three women are at a crossroads (of sorts). Difficult choices remain to be made. Will they fight to keep their mansion and their lifestyle even if it comes at great personal cost? Sylvia wants her daughter, Adelaide, to marry for money--and quickly--before the rumors start to spread of their change of fortune. Junietta wants her granddaughter, Adelaide, to choose a different path, a different life, to hold out on marrying until she falls head over heels in love. Junietta sees the dangers of wealth. It comes with great responsibility, but it corrupts and taints. Adelaide spends time listening to her mother AND listening to her grandmother. What will she decide? And how will she feel about the secrets of her mother and grandmother?
I don't always love stories told from multiple points of view. But I found all three narrators (and their stories) compelling--for the most part. The setting is New York in the nineteenth century. The "present" day is 1898/1899. The past occurs many decades before--also in New York.
Faith does play a role in the story but not in a stuffy way.… (mer)