Revival Season by Monica West
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is the story of Miriam, the daughter of a Baptist preacher, who witness her dad doing something that fundamentally shifts what she thinks of him and starts unraveling their whole family slowly.
It’s the story of what pride can do to a man, to a family. The story of what loss feels like and how we carry our thoughts, beliefs, wishes and dreams of who we are, who we can be and who we were inside ourselves. It’s the story of what happens when you revere a person and come to find out they are human. It’s the story of unspoken truths and how the weight of them can break a family. It’s the story of how things can look one way from the outside and be completely different from the inside (as they often are.)
It’s the story of what happens when you can no longer hide your own truth, your own potential and choose to step into your own sunshine even a little bit.
This is a wonderfully written, terribly sad story of a broken family and a strong heroine that will stay with you long after you finish reading it.
with gratitude to Simon & Schuster and netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review
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