GoodReads Synopsis: To those who matter in 1950s Hollywood, Lena Scott is the hottest rising star to hit the silver screen since Marilyn Monroe. Few know her real name is Abra. Even fewer know the price she's paid to finally feel like she's somebody.
To Pastor Ezekiel Freeman, Abra will always be the little girl who stole his heart the night he found her, a wailing newborn abandoned under a bridge on the outskirts of Haven. Zeke and his son, Joshua--Abra's closest friend--watch her grow into an exotic beauty. But Zeke knows the circumstances surrounding her birth etched scars deep in her heart, scars that leave her vulnerable to a fast-talking bad boy who proclaims his love and lures her to Tinseltown.
Hollywood feels like a million miles from Haven, and naive Abra quickly learns what's expected of an ambitious girl with stars in her eyes. But fame comes at an awful price. She has burned every bridge to get exactly what she thought she wanted. Now, all she wants is a way back home.
My Thoughts: I've loved reading Francine Rivers' books since I was a young girl, but it had been years since the last one. When I read Bridge to Haven, it reminded me so much of what I used to love about her. Rivers is a masterful storyteller, and this book is a beautiful saga of a girl who leaves everything she has only to find that she already had everything she ever wanted. It's a classic plot, but it's done SO well. Five stars.
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