Review - What Blooms from Dust - by James Markert

What Blooms from Dust – by James Markert

Thomas Nelson Fiction – Available June 2018

Thank you to Thomas Nelson Fiction and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advance digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

My Rating (out of 5)

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

What Blooms from Dust is a hauntingly beautiful tale of forgiveness, hope, and healing, amidst life’s darkest times. Sprinkled with subtle symbolism and delicate nuances, it is a well-crafted story that will stay with you long after you have finished reading.

Jeremiah Goodbye – known as the Coin Flip Killer, was in the electric chair about to pay for four murders, when a tornado rips through the prison and sets him free.  But the jolt he received in the chair before that tornado came changed something deep within him.  

With his new found freedom, he starts walking, flipping a coin to make decisions on the way.  A flip of the coin sends him on his way to Nowhere Oklahoma - his hometown, to confront his brother who turned him in to the law. Along the way his adopts an unusual young boy.  Arriving in his home town, he finds the land and the people ravaged by the “dusters” - what the locals called the sometimes deadly dust storms.   Can he and the unusual boy he adopted along the way save the town?

Historical fiction is not one of my usual reading genres, but something about this book’s description called to me to read it.  I am so glad I did! Markert writes scenes and descriptions that create emotions.  I felt hopelessness and despair as the dusters blew through town again and again, and I felt a sense of hopefulness as the town found reason to hope.

*I received a complimentary copy of this book from Thomas Nelson through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

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