The Search

In the book, The Search, written by Grace Livingston Hill, a beautiful young woman named Ruth is searching for a good man to be her husband. This book was written in 1919 and back then, that is what all young women did.

Ruth was beautiful and had the attention of all the guys her age, but she wanted a real man, one who was a cut above the rest. She did not want to settle for just any rich, handsome man. She wanted the type of man who she could depend on in a crisis or in everyday life. She wanted a man who loved God and had deep faith in him. She wanted to build a Christian home with her husband.

She finally finds Cameron and then he goes off to war. Both she and Cameron do a lot of growing up during their time apart. Will they ever be together again or will Cameron be killed overseas?

In The Search, you will enjoy reading about how simple life was back in 1919. It is so much fun to see how dialogue was used back then. Some of the words chosen seem funny to us in the year 2009. It is entertaining to see what teens and young adults did for fun back then and how they lived and their modes of transportation.

I love the Grace Livingston Hill books. If you don't know, she wrote all sorts of wonderful Christian romance books after her minister husband died and left her a young widow with young children to raise. Back in those days, there were not many things a woman could do to make money, so she used the talent God gave her and began writing wonderful novels. The plan of salvation is laid out simply in her books, showing her heroines and heroes how to be saved, while at the same time, showing her readers how to do the same.

You can still find Grace Livingston Hill books in some Christian bookstores and on Amazon and other book-selling websites.