Monday, November 20, 2017

About the Book

Title: Into a Silent World

Author: Carmina Edwards

Genre: Biography, Memoir

Release Date: August 15, 2016

Following Amy’s adventures in A Door Cracked Open, she heads into a world which will test her faith and perseverance to the limit. Instead of settling into a simple, safe and unchanging life like she imagined, Amy is strongly drawn to a vocation with even higher requirements, prompting her to plan some seemingly impossible missions in order to reach her goal.

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About the Author

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I am a mother of two wonderful grown up children and currently living in the UK, after living in Sweden for three years where I wrote my first book, “A Door Cracked Open.” I was blessed to be able to spend six months in USA before returning to the UK, my home country, to work with my editor in California on the edits of this book and visit friends.

I am an avid reader and linguist, having also spent some years living in France and have been fortunate enough to have taught Swedish and French over twenty-five years and translate for businesses and manuscripts in both languages. Being unemployed the past few years, has led to me becoming homeless. However, I never give up hope. As I try to portray in my books, God has always had His hand on me. Once again, He has stepped in right at the last minute. I now have a new job in Sweden and will be moving back there. Because I feel passionately about helping the homeless, a large percentage of my royalties will go directly to them.

Guest Post from Carmina Edwards

“Into a Silent World” follows on from Amy’s story in “A Door Cracked Open.”

With a new beginning ahead of her, a long standing dream about to be realized, she was unprepared for the events which were about to unfold over the next two years.

Why would God send her to this place of “absolute conviction” and allow her to remain there for that long, if He never meant for her to be there? Amy struggles to understand and seeks His will, but determined that it was His plan, she persevered in order for her dream to be fulfilled.

Although I liked the book, I found Amy at times to be to impatient and stubborn. She knows that God has called her to be a nun. She is quite young to be thinking of this vocation and the Sisters are not sure she is ready. I found the behind the scenes was very interesting. It would be very difficult to give up everything and live in silence isolated from the world. The nuns work hard everyday, and at times there never seemed to be much time for their selves. It is a very structured life and Amy was determined that this is what God has called her to do.

Amy has great qualities such as determination, compassion , love for God and a desire to serve Him. I loved how the author gave us a tour of what a nun does throughout the day. It is a rewarding job and I am blessed by those who are called to do this. There was a part in the book that really broke my heart. When you read about the elderly being cared for in deplorable conditions , you will be angry and sad at the same time. I was happy to see that Amy stood up and did something to help them. I admired her for speaking up and getting them help. I admire how Amy knew she was to be at a certain place even though it would be a vow of silence most of the time. She does go through many tests to prove she is suppose to be there. The book is good but at times I felt like it kinda dragged in places. I was a little impatient as she kept going from one place to another. The author leaves us with a cliffhanger, so I have to read the next book to find out what happens to Amy. Does she get to stay at the place she feels God is calling her to?

I received a copy of this book from Celebrate Lit. The review is my own opinion.