A Time to Surrender

June 1, 2009
In the third "Safe Harbor" title (after "A Time To Mend" and "A Time To Gather"), Claire and Max Beaumont have worked out their marital problems, and now their son, Danny, is in love, and their daughter, Jenna, is learning to help her husband, who was injured in the Iraq war.

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May 1, 2009
Claire and Max Beaumont have grown closer through trials of faith, but theiradultchildren still have a long way to go toward achieving happiness. Erik and Rosie arebecoming closer as he fights his alcohol addiction and she overcomes her guilt for shooting him.Lexi is slowly coming to terms with her anorexia, but Jenna, used to being royally treated, resents her husband Kevins decision to enlist and refuses to buy into the Marine credo of supporting the wives of her husbands command.Danny, faithfulas a child, has become confrontational and legalistic in his attitudes and loses no opportunity to interrogate the enigmatic new cook, Skylar Pierson, who arrived at their door in answer to Indios prayers. Sally and Smalleydevelop several themes from Ecclesiastes 3 in their Safe Harbor contemporary Christian inspirational series (A Time to Mend andA Time to Gather, both 2008) as Claire and Max gently but firmly encourage their children to venture forth from their comfort zone and reach out in faith.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2009, American Library Association.)