All That We Carried

I first picked this to read due to the location.  I am a Michigander.  I love the Upper Peninsula.  We have camped there a few times.  Porcupine Mountains are beautiful to see.  I highly recommend that you go.  But I prefer driving and sleeping in our trailer.  Sisters, Melanie and Olivia decided to hike there for a few days.  Neither would be called great hikers.

A cute title for the book.  At first, you would think it was referring to the heavy backpack they carried.  But as you get into the book, you discover the loads of emotions and feelings that they each carried day to day..for years.

This trip could be the opportunity to unload the heavy burden that they carried.

I enjoyed the location as well as the storyline.  

I received this book for free from Revell Books to review.

Matthew 11:28-30

New International Version

28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Author Bio

Erin Bartels is the award-winning author of We Hope for Better Things, a 2020 Michigan Notable Book and a finalist for the 2019 Christy Award and the 2020 Star Award from the Women's Fiction Writers Association (WFWA), and The Words between Us, a finalist for the 2015 Rising Star Award from WFWA. Her short story, "This Elegant Ruin," was a finalist in the Saturday Evening Post Great American Fiction Contest in 2014, and her poetry has been published by The Lyric. A publishing professional for 18 years, she is the director of WFWA's annual writers retreat in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She lives in Lansing, Michigan, with her husband, Zachary, and their son. Find her online at www.erinbartels.com.