An Absence so Great by Jane Kirkpatrick. I have to tell you that I was torn about my feelings in this book. This is the second in the Portraits of the Hearts Series. The first I did not read. I believe you need to read the first to be able to understand this book. The series is about a young woman,Jessie Ann Gaebele,the author’s grandmother. Jessie is an eighteen year old woman who is set out to succeed as an photographer on her own. While she is starting her flight,she is leaving behind a forbidden romance with her married employer,Fred Bauer.
I liked Jessie herself but I did not like Fred Bauer who is still running in the same circles. Jessie truly wants to succeed as a photographer and own her own studio. She was a woman alone during a time that it was hard for women to succeed. She was fighting for women’s rights without knowing it.
I found the characters to be believable. I enjoyed the fact that the author included pictures of Jessie’s actual photos as well as her original commentary about each photo. I did enjoy the historical events and scenes that the author was able to portray so well in the 1900s.
However,I do not believe that this should be considered a Christian book since they are discussing her longing for a married man. Although,the author did portray the guilt that Jessie experienced because of it quite well.
Not only did I get to read it..but I get to offer one of my readers a copy of it. Would you like to read it?
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