Poignantly brings the past alive

Pray No More by Patrick Bradley
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This historical novel poignantly describes a family facing terrible losses before modern medicine reduced childhood diseases. The parents face spiritual crises along with challenges to their relationship as they face together and separately the slow destruction of their family. Patrick Bradley has done excellent research into his family's history and the history of Michigan about 100 years ago, and his writing brings to life what seems like the distant past---but in reality is faced by countless poor families around the globe today.

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