**Book Review Friday**

 
It’s the unofficial start to the weekend! Are you looking for a good book to read? Each Friday I will post a new review on novels I have recently read. Please be sure to check them out!

   Today’s Book Review: “This Fine Life” by Eva Marie Everson

Although not set during World War II, Eva Marie Everson does take you back in time to the 1960’s and into the lives of two people who are aristocratically polar opposites.

Mariette Putnam’s life after boarding school is being fashioned by the aspirations of her parents. Uncertain where she wants her own life to lead, she tries to find her own way. But before she can make up her mind, the handsome Thayne Scott sweeps her off her feet.

Knowing her parents would disapprove of her evolving relationship with Thayne, Mariette deceives her mother and father and elopes.

Broken relationships, blinded eyes, and harsh realities of life threaten the newlywed’s bond.

I’m sure you will receive a blessing as you walk through the pains of coarse relationships and the mending that brings healing to these characters.

 
I found this book gripping because it was so true to life and true to early difficulties in marriage. The characters and story were very relatable and I’m sure you will grow to love them as I did!   

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