Reviewer: Robyn Roberts
Title: Golden Eyes
Author: Delia Latham
Publisher: Vintage Romance Publishing
ISBN-10: 0-979-33278-8
Re-release Date: March 2008
Genre/Sub-genre: Historical Inspirational Romance
Year/Setting: 1936, 1959 California
Overall Rating: 3.25
Sexual Content Rating: Subtle
Language (Profanity/Slang) Rating: None
Violent Content Rating: None
Delia's Website:
www.delialatham.com
Jack Kelly has done the unthinkable. In a moment of absolute need for alcohol, he sold his daughter. When his wife awakens in the morning, she believes her daughter has been stolen. Then after telling his story and asking newsman Clarence Camden to place an ad asking for the return of his girl, he gets himself killed in a drunken stupor. Clarence goes to tell his widow Annie of his death. Eventually they marry and raise their daughter Juliana, while Annie never forgets her baby who was stolen.
Years later, Gillian Parsons is worried about her mother. Her mother seems to be worsening each day and nothing helps. Gillian doesn’t know about the secret her parents have kept from her for her entire life. They adopted her as a newborn. It was to save her from parents who didn’t love her. They couldn’t believe the man with golden eyes would sell his daughter for a drink.
From there, a chain of events is set into motion that is so bizarre, only God could have orchestrated it. Gillian’s mother wants to find out if the man who sold Gillian to her could have lied. Is there another mother out there yearning for her daughter?
Annie is plagued by migraines and is constantly telling her daughter how sorry she is. Juliana does freelance writing from home to take care of her mother. When an opportunity arises to be on staff at a Christian magazine, Annie insists that Juliana takes the job. When the beautiful golden-eyed Juliana meets her new boss Will, he mistakes her for his cousin. After such a warm greeting, even though it’s mistaken identity, Juliana finds herself in love with her new boss.
In this story, we get to know both Gillian and Juliana and hear their personal struggles. This story is born out of a sorrowful event, but shows that God’s purpose will shine through. The central theme is that God really will work things for good—even things that may have been intended for evil. We may not understand all He does, but we can trust in Him to work everything out for our good.
A poignant story that really pulled at my maternal heartstrings. I could feel the anguish of each mother as they lived in their own private torment. I agonized with them as it appeared the situation could never resolve. There were moments of total hopelessness. However, the good news is that God was working and bringing resolution beyond all I could imagine or dream. This story is very inspirational without becoming preachy or lecturing.
Robyn
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