| A Family’s History Is Lost to the Ravages of WWII in Southwest France 1942 Noémie Treves, a young, pregnant Jewish woman, had her entire world shattered when she is arrested and taken to the Camp de Rivesaltes transit camp in Southwest France. No sooner does she arrive, though, than she assists in helping two young girls scheduled for transport escape to a nearby maternity hospital. The matron there befriends her and changes her name to help hide her. But nothing goes according to plan, and Hannah finds herself doing the unimaginable to save one precious life. 2022 Caitlyn Laurant is haunted by recent events in her life and hopes becoming a nurse on the mission field will help her forget. While in training, she and her friends travel to France where her grandfather was born. What should have been an easy search for his birthplace turns into anything but and reveals secrets that no one alive has ever heard. |  |
Genre: Christian Fiction / Romance / Historical Fiction
Release Date: February 1, 2024
Release Date: February 1, 2024
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My Review
Sometimes past secrets impact the present...
If there is one thing that author Liz Tolsma is quite good at, it's telling a story brimming with hope despite the darkness of circumstances. What I Promise You had all of the historical drama, the sweet and the poignant moments alike, and the modern characters' charming curiosity about the past, that I've come to love about the Echoes Of The Past series.
What I Promise You is one of those emotionally moving stories that are also heartbreaking at times. The Holocaust and its aftermath are very heavy topics but I feel that Liz Tolsma handled it well and with sensitivity. This second Echoes Of The Past novel doesn't hide the horror and evil that occurred while avoiding being graphic.
Each Echoes Of The Past book is a standalone story with similar threads and the same type of historical/modern split-time style. Split-time is something that Liz Tolsma also does quite well and it shows in What I Promise You.
Needless to say, I enjoyed reading What I Promise You, even the heart-tugging moments, and I am certainly hoping that there will be anotherEchoes Of The Pastnovel coming from Liz Tolsma. Hopefully, I won't have to wait too long...
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives What I Promise You by Liz Tolsma a 4 Bark rating.
If there is one thing that author Liz Tolsma is quite good at, it's telling a story brimming with hope despite the darkness of circumstances. What I Promise You had all of the historical drama, the sweet and the poignant moments alike, and the modern characters' charming curiosity about the past, that I've come to love about the Echoes Of The Past series.
What I Promise You is one of those emotionally moving stories that are also heartbreaking at times. The Holocaust and its aftermath are very heavy topics but I feel that Liz Tolsma handled it well and with sensitivity. This second Echoes Of The Past novel doesn't hide the horror and evil that occurred while avoiding being graphic.
Each Echoes Of The Past book is a standalone story with similar threads and the same type of historical/modern split-time style. Split-time is something that Liz Tolsma also does quite well and it shows in What I Promise You.
Needless to say, I enjoyed reading What I Promise You, even the heart-tugging moments, and I am certainly hoping that there will be anotherEchoes Of The Pastnovel coming from Liz Tolsma. Hopefully, I won't have to wait too long...
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives What I Promise You by Liz Tolsma a 4 Bark rating.
(I received a copy of this book from the author/publisher. All opinions are entirely my own.)
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The Story behind the Cover of What I Promise You
In the late summer, I got the preliminary cover for What I Promise You. While Barbour Publishing always does a great job with their covers, and the one they sent was very nice, I wasn’t crazy about it because it didn’t tell the story at all. The mansion that plays such a big part in the novel was nowhere to be seen. Barbour is fantastic when it comes to working with me to get great covers, so I asked if we could include the real mansion that the story is based on. Turns out that they were having trouble getting copyright permission to use any image they could find of the maternity home.
That was disappointing. But I got brave and let them know that I took a picture of it when I was in France last year, and they could use it, but I’m not a very good photographer and I only used my iPhone. I attached the photo to the email and didn’t hear anything for a while.
Then in October, I wanted to include a preorder link to the book on social media or something and went to Amazon to grab it. And there was the cover. I went back and forth between the cover and my picture, and sure enough, it was the picture of the maternity home I had sent them! So I not only wrote What I Promise You, but some of my photography is on the front. I never thought that would happen. Am I in the wrong profession?? Just kidding!
That was disappointing. But I got brave and let them know that I took a picture of it when I was in France last year, and they could use it, but I’m not a very good photographer and I only used my iPhone. I attached the photo to the email and didn’t hear anything for a while.
Then in October, I wanted to include a preorder link to the book on social media or something and went to Amazon to grab it. And there was the cover. I went back and forth between the cover and my picture, and sure enough, it was the picture of the maternity home I had sent them! So I not only wrote What I Promise You, but some of my photography is on the front. I never thought that would happen. Am I in the wrong profession?? Just kidding!
 Liz Tolsma | Liz Tolsma is the author of several WWII novels, romantic suspense novels, prairie romance novellas, and an Amish romance. She is a popular speaker and an editor and resides next to a Wisconsin farm field with her husband and their youngest daughter. Her son is a US Marine, and her oldest daughter is a college student. Liz enjoys reading, walking, working in her large perennial garden, kayaking, and camping. |
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