5 stars for Walking on Water (Walk book 5) by Richard Paul Evans.
Walking on Water is the fifth and final journal that wraps up Alan Christoffersen's walk, a physically exhausting yet spiritually fulfilling journey. One week right after he has lost the love of his life, his home and the business he has founded, Alan decides to find his way through his broken heart in search of peace, hope and light by going on foot, a walk that covers 3,500 miles from Seattle, Washington to Key West, Florida.
Having stopped thrice and not by choice during his walk, it finally dawns on Alan to see these temporary detours in a different light; they are not interruptions but rather part of his journey he is meant to take. Ironically, I have exactly the same thinking as Alan when I come across his first holdup and later on the second hitch to his pilgrimage. With the appearance of each major obstacle along the way, I keep asking myself whether Alan will ever complete the walk of his life. Then just as sudden, everything clicks and I see light.
Time and again, reading this series invokes a maelstrom of feelings: melancholy, nostalgia, grief, heartache, remorse, guilt, regret, relief, joy, hope and peace. A Step of Faith brings these teetering emotions to the pinnacle. More than once, my eyes get clouded with tears as I read on the proficiently well crafted storyline with skilfully worded conversations. This last book of the series is about Alan's journey as much as the history of the Christoffersen family. I hold much reverence for the author in the intense way he links up all happenings in the previous four books and convincingly concludes the fifth one brilliantly. To add on, I applaud the author for his commitment and wholeheartedness in writing Alan's story by taking it onto himself to make the journey. Evans is truly a dedicated author.
Upon finishing the Walk series, I feel as if I have travelled across America side by side with Alan even though I have read the books within the safety confines of my couch. If I am to summarize my thoughts and feelings simply, this oft used quote fits well: Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.
Finally, I am very glad to have started off the new year, 2015, with the Walk series. In all honesty, it has brought along hope, faith and a sense of peace.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 6 May 2014
*** Favourite Quote 1 ***
It's good to take counsel from the past but not to be ruled by it. Otherwise we end up using today to fight yesterday's battles and miss tomorrow's promise.
*** Favourite Quote 2 ***
To deny our pasts is to burn the bridge we must cross to self-understanding.
~ Walking on Water
Richard Paul Evans
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In this fifth entry in the New York Times bestselling Walk series, Richard Paul Evans’s hero Alan Christoffersen must say some painful goodbyes and learn some important lessons as he comes to the end of his cross-country walk to Key West.
After the death of his beloved wife, after the loss of his advertising business to his once-trusted partner, after bankruptcy forced him from his home, Alan Christoffersen’s daring cross-country journey- a walk across America, from Seattle to Key West, with only the pack on his back- has taught him lessons about love, forgiveness and, most of all, hope.
Now Alan must again return west to face yet another crisis, one that threatens to upend his world just as he had begun to heal from so much loss, leaving him unsure of whether he can reach the end his journey. It will take the love of a new friend, and the wisdom of an old friend, to help him to finally leave the past behind and find the strength and hope to live again.
*Blurb from author's website*
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