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The Silver Compass

The Silver Compass, April 2008
by Holly Kennedy

NAL Trade
368 pages
ISBN: 0451223128
EAN: 9780451223128
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"“True north” values depicting life’s perpetual circle of events that penetrates the heart and"

Fresh Fiction Review

The Silver Compass
Holly Kennedy

Reviewed by Jude Davis
Posted May 29, 2008

Women's Fiction

Ellis Williams is at the end of her youthful rope. Seeing no way out of her predicament, she chooses to take her own life and that of her unborn child. Thankfully that was not to be. Louie Johnson, an unlikely hero saves her from herself. Unfortunately, he cannot save her from her memories. The only source of comfort she finds it the silver compass that her father had given her after he left her mom and her, a longtime wound that won’t heal.

Years later, after the death of her beloved husband, Ellis returns home with her daughter who is morning the loss in her own way. As luck would have it Ellis procured a job at the local nursing home where Louis is a feisty old patient. Just as the old adage states what comes around goes around, Ellis is determined to save Louis in some small way just as he had done for her. As their friendship blossoms, Ellis finds a healing that comes with true love and forgiveness. Her life has come full circle and now her daughter can find healing as well. But can she apply that to her father, who has come home after so many years? Will her compass point her to her true north in character in order to live her life fully after such losses, or will it just be a symbol of things that can tarnish if left unkempt?

Holly Kennedy has the most beautiful way of writing about life and its twists and turns. What seems to be a no way out situation ends up being the basis for a life well spent. THE SILVER COMPASS is heartwarming and deliciously sweet â€" one I have recommended to all of my friends as an inspiring read. You don’t want to miss out on this one â€" exquisitely done.

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SUMMARY

Fifteen years ago, Ellis Williams was seventeen, pregnant, abandoned by her father, and scared to death when she jumped off a Montana bridge. Then along came Louie, who saved her from shame with a beautiful lie. He changed several lives on that day. Now, recently widowed and with a troubled teenage daughter of her own, Ellis has returned to her childhood home, where life will catch her by surprise-and point her in new directions.


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