My most recent review is "Resurrection Year" by Sheridan Voysey. I received a complimentary copy of the book from BookSneeze and in return I am writing this review. I had never heard of Sheridan Voysey, although he is a popular author and radio personality from Australia. He now resides in the UK with his wife.
I probably would not have picked this book to review, but I had just heard an interview with Sheridan on the Chris Fabry Live radio show. Chris Fabry was sent Sheridan's book to review and he must have liked it because he was interviewing Sheridan about his book :)
(Taken from back cover) "Resurrection Year is a hope filled story about starting again after a dream has died-an emotive, poetic, and at times humorous discovery of the healing qualities of beauty, play, friendship, and love."
I really enjoyed reading this book, and I had read it completely in just a few days. Sheridan opens up candidly, and shares the journey he and his wife have been on...a painfully long journey of 15 years of infertility. Sheridan shares many of his own personal journal entries during the struggle with infertility. The reader gets a glimpse of Sheridan's (and his wife) wrestling with God through questions, pain and rejoicing.
I think I had expected that at the end of the book Sheridan and his wife would have children, but this book is actually about how a Christ follower lives in spite of an unfulfilled dream...this is real life for so many of us. Living in a broken world, we all will live with some unfulfilled dream. This book is about how Sheridan and his wife chose to focus in on the beauty of the life that God has given them without children of their own.
I would recommend this book to anyone, not just those who share the same story as Sheridan and his wife. As stated before, everyone will face some unfulfilled longing, and this book shows how one couple chose to find life after a "death" of a dream.
