It's not often that one finds a novel as exciting as "We Hope for Better things" by Erin Bartels. This really touched my life because in reminds me of doing genealogy of my own family. Erin brings you into this story from the start to the end!
It is a story about three women at different places in history. They are all related, strong women that grown through different situation during their lives. The book is written going back and forth in time, makes the reading easy and interesting.
It starts out in modern day Detroit with Elizabeth Balsam. Elizabeth is a journalist who just lost her job and is wondering what to do with her life now. She was surprised when someone contacts her to return some long lost photo's to a aunt she never knew she had. When she finally meets Nora, there is a connection at the very start. Elizabeth is about to learn about the history of the family home and the relatives that have lived in it through the years.
Nora life spans from modern day Detroit to 1967 Detroit which was during the height of race riots. Her story is about her inter-racial marriage to William. It shows you the struggles a couple had to face during this time in history.
Then the last strong woman of this book is Mary Balsam, who lived during the civil war. She helps in the cause of hiding runaway slave in her home. You see the relationship that she develops with the slaves she has been called by God to help.
This book is one that I recommend to anyone that once to read a book about a families genealogy through time
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