They seemed kind of surface-y, not quite real.
The concept for this story is brilliant and worthy of literary exploration.įor all it had going for it, I didn’t find myself connecting to the characters as strongly as I’d hoped. I’m also drawn to slip-time stories that peel back the years to reveal a previously unknown slice of history, weaving it into a contemporary context. My take: I appreciate women’s fiction that’s not afraid to be real, addressing serious issues head-on, yet with hope.
Genre: Fiction/Christian Fiction/Women’s Fiction/Contemporary She loves good conversations, mischievous students, Marvel movies and paths to healing.Ĭonnect with the author: Website | Twitter She taught for 20 years at Black Forest Academy (Germany) before launching her own advocacy venture under Global Outreach Mission. Michèle travels globally to consult and teach on topics related to this unique people group. “I write for our descendants, for those who will not understand the cost of our survival.”ĭetermined to learn the Baillard family’s fate, Jessica retraces their flight from France to England, spurred on by a need she doesn’t understand.Ĭould this stranger who lived three hundred years before hold the key to Jessica’s survival?Ībout the author: Born in France to a Canadian father and an American mother, Michèle Phoenix is a consultant, writer and speaker with a heart for Third Culture Kids. As new friends help her to translate the archaic French, they uncover the story of Adeline Baillard, a young woman who lived centuries before-her faith condemned, her life endangered, her community decimated by the Huguenot persecution. “Now you need to figure out what they’re trying to say.”ĭuring a stop at a country flea market, Jessica finds a faded document concealed in an antique.
“The pages found you,” Patrick whispered. Worn down by his insistence, she reluctantly agrees to follow through with the trip they’d planned before the tragedy. But Patrick, the steadfast friend who hasn’t left her side, urges her to reconsider her decision. When Jessica regains consciousness in a French hospital on the day after the Paris attacks, all she can think of is fleeing the site of the horror she survived. The Space Between Words by Michèle PhoenixĪbout the book: (from the publisher) “There were seconds, when I woke, when the world felt unshrouded. Then memory returned.”
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