This is a wonderful story about a man who faces many heartaches and is angry with God for allowing them to happen. After he is at his lowest point he finally accepts God is watching over him and loves him. He returns to his beloved home to be near his family in Kentucky and maybe the beginning of a new love interest. I can't wait to read the next two installments. This is a must read book.

“God shielded me and cared for me and guarded me as the apple of his eye”. This is one of those books that you need to find a nice comfortable easy chair, carve out a few hours of your day, grab a cup of tea, just sit back, enjoy and savor the entire story. I feel blessed to have read this book and follow the early life of Simon Hagan.
We learn a lot about the times of the early 1900’s, the hard life on the farm in Kentucky and how the big city of Detroit drew so many workers for the Ford plant. We see the beginnings of the corrupt police force, the Purple Gang and the TB epidemic. The story is told in first person by Simon, whom I grew to care so much about. Sometimes a book just hits the spot with you, and that is the case with this one. I loved it. I thank you Annette Valentine for sharing this story of your father, his loves, losses, experiences, tribulations and finally his reckoning with himself. Kudos!! A great book!!
I was very pleased to have been given the opportunity to receive this book from Morgan James through NetGalley. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. This one gets high 5*****’s.