I loved this book from Hallie Lord! Her memoir was beautifully written mixed with humor and serious reflections. It was honestly beautiful and struck me on so many levels. Her reflections on home and what truly makes someone "home" were moving and powerful.

I am grateful to NetGalley for providing a copy of Dwell in exchange for an honest review.
I love stories of belonging. I moved many times growing up and have learned this throughout my life- home is vitally important.
Hallie had great dreams for the home she was going to build but in reality, home looked like lots of different places due to lots of necessary moves. This is her story of finding home amidst all of the places she has belonged. Would recommend!

I found the book to be good. There were some humorous moments. It was also inspiring.
Thank you, NetGalley for the advance copy to review.

This was an enjoyable read on living and moving and the challenges and trials that come with desiring roots. Hallie is honest about her experiences while still relying on her Catholic faith.

Her writing is real but was hard to get caught up in as the vocabulary made it feel forced. While the descriptions were beautiful they were too much in places and seemed more of a laundry list of adjectives and forced descriptions rather than real, authentic, in the moment writing.

Despite the superfluous writing, Hallie's words are a great read on searching and longing for roots.

I was not familiar with Hallie Lord, but when I read the description of this book on Net Galley it intrigued me. I was not disappointed. Dwell is a memior-type book with the theme of home. Lord wanted a stable home for herself and her family, at least partially because her childhood home was split because of the divorce of her parents. She does not end up have a stable physical home as an adult either, because she and her husband move many times, to many different states, over the course of their early married life.

Lord discovers that home is not a place, but instead is a relationship with God and with who He created her to be. Each chapter gives some memoir and also a reflection on God. Lord is Catholic but this book will appeal to Protestants as well, I think. Her writing style is lovely. This quote exemplifies the book for me. "... true rootedness is found in knowing who God created you to be, feeling at home and at peace with that person, and then bringing that unique, beautiful, fascinating soul out into the world so that she may transform the darkness into light and scatter goodness wherever she may go. She is who I want to become."

I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to contemplate the meaning of home through a Christian lens. I received an advanced copy of this book from the publishers on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

A wonderful funny look at what home really means Hallie Lord searches for meaning for roots for her and her family even though they live a nomadic existence.A lovely look at family and the true. meaning of home,#netgalley #howardbooks

Well worth the time to read this book. This book really wasnt what I expected. It was more. Inspirational, and funny and just a really good book.

Thanks to author, publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book. While I got the book for free it had no bearing on the rating I gave it.