The Fifth Avenue Story Society Published by Thomas Nelson by Rachel Hauck
on February 4, 2020
Genres: Christian, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance
Pages: 400
Format: ARC, eBook
Find the Book: Amazon
ISBN: 0785216677
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An invitation to join The Fifth Avenue Story Society gives five New York strangers a chance to rewrite their own stories.
Executive assistant Lexa is eager for a much-deserved promotion, but her boss is determined to keep her underemployed.
Literature professor Jett is dealing with a broken heart, as well as a nagging suspicion his literary idol, Gordon Phipps Roth, might be a fraud.
Uber driver Chuck just wants a second chance with his kids.
Aging widower Ed is eager to write the true story of his incredible marriage.
Coral, queen of the cosmetics industry, has broken her engagement and is on the verge of losing her great grandmother’s multimillion-dollar empire.
When all five New Yorkers receive an anonymous, mysterious invitation to the Fifth Avenue Story Society, they suspect they’re victims of a practical joke. No one knows who sent the invitations or why. No one has heard of the literary society. And no one is prepared to bear their deepest secrets to a roomful of strangers.
Yet curiosity and loneliness bring them back week after week to the old library. And it’s there they discover the stories of their hearts, and the kind of friendship and love that heals their souls.
Five, apparent, strangers brought together by a mysterious invitation, leading them to a library. A library where these five become a family of sorts by the end. A family drawn together to the “Fifth Avenue Story Society”. Each of these individuals begins the story as needing help in some way or the other, even if it’s not entirely evident how they need help.
I got wrapped up in each of these character’s lives and became invested in their stories. Watching their friendships grow and the changes they went through, was an emotional ride that only Rachel Hauck can take you on. Everything she touches is pure genius. Hauck’s way with words is beautiful and draws me into her stories every single time.
Told from multiple viewpoints, I never got lost or confused in the narrative provided by each character. I found myself eager for each person’s voice.
By the end I was so eager to see what becomes of these friends that I raced through the last pages. Drawn together by love, God, and healing, this is a tale of five people who begin a race for a renewing of mind and spirit; and come out with so much more.
