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- About the Author: Kimberly Duffy is a Long Island native currently living in Southwest Ohio, via six months in India.
- 368 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Christian
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About the Book
As the nation's most fearless travel columnist, Augusta Travers explores the country, spinning stories for women unable to leave hearth and home. Suddenly caught in a scandal, she escapes to India to visit old friends, promising great tales of boldness. But instead she encounters a plague, new affections, and the realization that she can't outrun her past.From the Back Cover
Augusta Travers has spent the last three years avoiding the stifling expectations of New York society and her family's constant disappointment. As the nation's most fearless--and reviled--columnist, Gussie travels the country with her Kodak camera and spins stories for women unable to leave hearth and home. But when her adventurous nature lands her in the middle of a scandal, an opportunity to leave America offers the perfect escape.Arriving in India, she expects only a nice visit with childhood friends, siblings Catherine and Gabriel, and escapades that will further her career. Instead, she finds herself facing a plague epidemic, confusion over Gabriel's sudden appeal, and the realization that what she wants from life is changing. But slowing down means facing all the hurts of her past that she's long been trying to outrun. And that may be an undertaking too great even for her.
Praise for Kimberly Duffy:
"Duffy shines in elegant, flowing prose and delicate precision that underscores the nineteenth-century setting."--BOOKLIST starred review
"An author to watch."--LIBRARY JOURNAL
"Duffy's writing is beautiful, deep, and contemplative."--JOCELYN GREEN, Christy Award-winning author of Shadows of the White City
"Duffy [has a] capable pen and inimitable passion for portraying India."--RACHEL MCMILLAN, author of The London Restoration and The Mozart Code
About the Author
Kimberly Duffy is a Long Island native currently living in Southwest Ohio, via six months in India. When she's not homeschooling her four kids, she writes historical fiction that takes her readers back in time and across oceans. She loves trips that require a passport, recipe books, and practicing kissing scenes with her husband of twenty years. He doesn't mind. Learn more at www.kimberlyduffy.com.Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x 1.1 Inches (D)
Weight: .75 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 368
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Christian
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Format: Paperback
Author: Kimberly Duffy
Language: English
Street Date: November 2, 2021
TCIN: 84117640
UPC: 9780764235658
Item Number (DPCI): 247-16-8733
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Breathtaking Historical!
3 out of 5 stars
Rebecca Maney - 3 years ago
"In the chasing of something significant, you might very well miss the fact that you already are." Trotting around the country using her camera as a shield, Augusta Travers takes eye-catching photos from places that every woman might long to travel, but cannot, due to the restraints of hearth and home. Under the name "Miss Adventurous", she contributes her work to "Lady's Weekly", making the circular wildly popular. . .. . until word leaks out among society elites about who the photographer really is, causing quite the scandal and sending Augusta packing once again. This time her editor's assignment sends Augusta far across the globe to India, ensuring a comfortable distance between her constantly disapproving family, and drawing her closer towards two of her dearest childhood friends. Dare she surprise them with her arrival? "Gentle reader, I am about to step out on my own rope - one that stretches from America's golden shores across the wild waters. I cannot tell you now where I am going, but I promise I will be brave. And my adventures will be anything but ordinary." Ironically, it is Augusta who is surprised. Arriving in Poona, she finds Catherine(now the widowed Mrs. John Archer) and "Specs", (now the esteemed Dr. Gabriel MacLean) much changed, and displaying mixed emotions about her sudden appearance; Catherine is thrilled while Gabriel displays panic, for the city is barely recovering from the bubonic plague and he fears for Augusta's health and well being. However, her physical safety might be the least of her worries, for it is her heart that began turning somersaults the minute she laid eyes upon the very grown-up version of Gabriel MacLean. Had Augusta finally discovered a place where she could find rest for her soul? Could she acknowledge that her true worth would never be determined by affirmation of others, but was, and always had been, deeply rooted in the fact that she was fearfully and wonderfully made by One who would call her beloved for all of eternity; "adopted by a perfect Father." Or would she always be "prone to wander" in spite of dear, dear Specs declaring, "I do not think I will give up on you just yet . . " In the beginning this lovely story meandered, much like its main character, before comfortably settling in to its true purpose; finding purpose. " . . . I set off for India. And I discovered that everything I had thought important . . . isn't."
Gripped me from the opening scene
5 out of 5 stars
Kelly G - 4 years ago
Every Word Unsaid gripped me from the opening scene with vivid descriptions and luxurious prose and never let me go. Page after page, Duffy brings the setting to life from dusty Deadwood, South Dakota, to the plague-ridden streets of Pune, India. Augusta (Gussie) Travers is a strong, complicated heroine who is independent yet remains shackled to the discouraging words spoken over her by her family who wish her to conform to their expectations. Although her choices appear selfish at first glance, Gussie grew and changed emotionally and spiritually throughout the novel. God used the people she met and the experiences she had in India to widen her perspective and soften her heart. She learns compassion and understanding. Isn't that all we can ask of others, of ourselves—that we learn, grow, and change for the better by the end of our own stories? Personally, I like flawed characters. They seem realistic and relatable and look a whole lot more like myself and those around me. These are the characters and stories that bid me to look deeper inside myself, to examine my own heart. and in the end, strengthen my faith. Every Word Unsaid brings a powerful reminder that we have eternal value not because of what we do or say, or because other's have a favorable opinion of us, but because Christ purchased us with His shed blood on the cross. That is what completes us, what makes us 'enough.'
Meant to be savored
5 out of 5 stars
ChritianFictionandMore - 4 years ago
It took me longer than is usual for me to read this book because it is meant to be savored. Mostly set in India, as are Duffy's two previous books, readers are immersed not only in the country's exotic beauty, delicious smells, and savory cuisine, but also in the poverty and disease. During the late 19th century, Gussie Travers travels to India to escape her family's expectations and censure. Driven by the echos of their voices, she sets out to prove her worth, only to discover that she is more valued and has a deeper purpose in life than even she could have imagined. Duffy is a master of character development. It is unlikely that readers will be unable to find a character in this book within whom they could closely relate. They may even relate to more than one on different levels. I do usually enjoy epilogues, discovering what happened down the road so to speak. In this case, I wish I had stopped reading with the final chapter and skipped over the epilogue as the writing of it felt out of sync with the body of the story. This however did not keep me from giving this book five stars. I am grateful to have received a complimentary copy of Every Word Unsaid from Bethany House via NetGalley without obligation. All opinions expressed here are my own.