Come to Zion, Vol. 1: The Winds and the Waves Book Review & Giveaway

Happy 24th of July (AKA Pioneer Day).  For those that don’t celebrate the 24th it is a Utah holiday celebrating the Mormon Pioneers and their trek west from Nauvoo to Salt Lake City Utah on July 24, 1847.  I thought a book review and giveaway about the Mormon Pioneers would be a great post for today!

If you haven’t read any of Dean Hughes books, this is a wonderful new book to start with.  I have read all of the Children of the Promise and Hearts of the Children Series.  I can tell this book series is going to be just as good.  In fact I read this book in less than a week! (and I don’t have time to read that much…but late nights and being pulled in by each chapter I finished it quick).  I also loaned it to a friend who thought it was crazy that I read it in a week….but then she started it and read it in a week also 🙂

This story is about 2 different time periods.  One about a family in England in the 1840’s and one about a young couple now.  Here is what the synopsis says on Deseretbook.com…

Will Lewis is stuck. The class system in England in the 1840s seems destined to keep him in his place as a poor tenant farmer who cannot improve his lot and will never be able to marry the woman he loves. But the"new religion" that is sweeping through congregations of the United Brethren, Will’s church, may hold the key to the better life he longs for. As he listens to the preaching of Wilford Woodruff, he almost dares to hope for the Zion the young Apostle describes.  Will’s struggles to believe and to face the rigors of immigrating to an unknown land.

It is paralleled by the modern-day story of Jeff and Abby, a young married couple facing challenges of their own. When Jeff begins digging into his family history, he finds himself particularly drawn to "Grandpa Lewis," an ancestor whose life was more like his than he would have imagined.

I love how they interweave the two stories and bring church history to life, and teach us about those that have gone before us, by using loves stories, hard times and tragic events.  By the end of the book you will have been captivated by both stories and wanting more.  I love a good series, and this is one of them!

Deseret Book has offered two of my lucky readers a copy of this awesome book!  Here is how to enter

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The Giveaway will end Sunday night at Midnight!