Our book club chose Richard Paul Evans' A Winter Dream for our December read. This novel is a modern re-telling of the story of Joseph in the Old Testament.
Evans' novels are just good reads. Books you can sit down with and relax, knowing you are going to come away a better person, probably having been convicted in some way to change, to do, to activate on your faith.
In this novel, Evans chooses to place his Joseph in the world of advertising, which was an interesting choice as a parallel world for the Joseph in the Bible. Another interesting world the reader enters is the life of April, the first person Joseph meets after being "sold" to the company in Chicago. I really did not see that one coming. Isn't that a good thing when an author keeps you guessing?
Another reason I appreciate such authors as Richard Paul Evans is because I can recommend him to young readers also, especially male readers. I have one student now hooked on two of Evans' series: the Michael Vey and The Walk. Yes, this is definitely a tremendous advantage!
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