ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Alice sold her first story to David C. Cook for a take-home Sunday School paper called Sprint. The year was 1988, this was her first submission to a paying market, and the check sent to her was for $125.00.She was on her way!
Since then, Alice has sold articles and devotions to the Upper Room, Alive Now, Standard Publishing, ByLine magazine and others.
In 2006 she sent her novel Rain Songto Bethany House...and the rest is history! She signed a two -book deal and the second, How Sweet It Is will be out in 2009.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Nicole Michelin avoids airplanes, motorcycles, and most of all, Japan, where her parents once were missionaries. Something happened in Japan...something that sent Nicole and her father back to America alone...something of which Nicole knows only bits and pieces. But she is content with life in little Mount Olive, North Carolina, with her quirky relatives, tank of lively fish, and plenty of homemade pineapple chutney. Through her online column for the Pretty Fishy Web site, she meets Harrison Michaels, who, much to her dismay, lives in Japan. She attempts to avoid him, but his emails tug at her heart. Then Harrison reveals that he knew her as a child in Japan. In fact, he knows more about her childhood than she does.If you would like to read the first chapter of Rain Song, go HERE
My thoughts:
I'm on page 95 and a third of the way into the story. I can't say that I'm really hooked into the story like I hope to be this far into a book (chapter 11), but I do like the story. It starts out a bit slow and there is minor conflict pulling the story forward, but it is moving forward so I think I'll keep reading. Not sure. If it were more compelling I would've finished it by now. I do like the author's voice, though, and the characters are interesting. I hope to post a review in the near future. It depends on if I decide to finish it or move on.
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