Miss Katie's Rosewood: A Novel - eBook

MICHAEL PHILLIPS, one of the premier Christian novelists of this generation, has more than four dozen novels to his credit. His passion and vision are responsible for introducing Victorian novelist George MacDonald to new readers around the world. Michael and his wife, Judy, alternate their time between Scotland and their home in Eureka, California.

The final book in the Carolina Cousins series by Michael Phillips, Miss Katie’s Rosewood, leaves the reader satisfied, albeit longing to visit these friends again, if only by re-reading the series. Katie Claiborne and Mayme Daniels live contently at Rosewood. In the lull before harvest time they decide to travel north to visit Aunt Nelda and explore the possibility of attending a woman’s college. On the train Katie and Mayme are separated because “whites” and “coloreds” can not ride the same train car. Along with the whole car load of colored passengers, Mayme is kidnapped to be sold into slavery in the West Indies. Rob Paxton, Katie’s friend and a deputy sheriff, comes to help find and rescue Mayme. But events get more complicated as Katie’s family is threatened by the local KKK. Racial tensions bring pressure upon this small family trying to forge a new life after the horrors of the Civil War. Michael Phillips unknowingly describes his book perfectly when he writes, “[This] story is a story of goodness emerging out of defeat, of hope flowing out of loss, of joy growing out of sorrow, and love blossoming out of despair” (p. 220). Phillips writes that, “All our stories ought to . . . help people learn about themselves and grow” (p.131), a task expertly accomplished by Mr. Phillips. – Vasthi Acosta, Christian Book Previews.com