The Other You (Heart of Africa)

By Marion Ueckermann

Description:

Who am I? The question has Taylor Cassidy journeying from one side of America to the other seeking an answer. Almost five years brings her no closer to the truth. Now an award-winning photojournalist for Wines & Vines, Taylor is sent on assignment to South Africa to discover the inspiration behind Aimee Amour, the DeBois estate’s flagship wine. Mystery has enshrouded the story of the woman for whom the wine is named.South African winegrower Armand DeBois’s world is shattered when a car accident leaves him in a coma for three weeks, and his young wife dead. The road of recovery and mourning is dark, and Armand teeters between falling away from God and falling into His comforting arms.When Armand and Taylor meet, questions arise for them both. While the country and the winegrower hold a strange attraction for Taylor, Armand struggles with the uncertainty of whether he’s falling in love with his past or his future.

Book Takeaway:

Loss is something I’ve faced much in recent months...my mother, and shortly after my father. But grief is a road we all must travel on some time in our lives.

Every day we hear of tragedies—someone diagnosed with cancer, another who’s lost a child, a job, their possessions, going through a divorce, suffering under abuse. How do we cope in times like these? In our own strength it would be difficult, if not impossible. But through God we can face the tomorrows without our loved ones, we can rise to the challenge of an uncertain future, we can cope. We can do all things because Christ gives us the strength. And it is only by that strength we can carry on and can find the will and the reason to smile once more.

Perhaps you’ve been in the places my hero and heroine find themselves in the pages of this book. If so, it is my prayer that you, too, will learn to lean on Jesus no matter your circumstance, because he stared death and loss in the face and triumphed.

If you’re on a journey through grief or uncertainty, may you remember that there is something so amazing about God’s comfort, about seeing Him bring beauty for ashes and the oil of joy for all your mourning!