Miss Kelsey's Review

From Flames to Freedom: Faith Rides the Rails
By: Skaidrite Rita Sparks



When someone asks you to review their book for the Recommended Reading it’s an honor and a privilege. And when that book turns out to be a memoir of history itself its indescribable. Let me honor the author Skaidrite Rita Sparks by reviewing her memoir and having all e-readers get a taste of real history unfolding before their eyes.

From our history books we got the idea of what World War II did to our world. We understand the turmoil of the Nazi and Soviet occupations of that time. But to fully realize, to fully feel what was really happening not just to the world but to the people that got caught up in the devilish crimes of World War II then I recommend reading From Flames to Freedom: Faith Rides the Rails. As someone who is fascinated by history and the wars that took place, I was captivated by this book. As I was reading this memoir, my mind took me straight to where Skaidrite, also known as Rita, was shoved from her lovely childhood with friends and family to being scared for her friends and family who were yanked from their very homes and their very lives all because they were Latvian and there were Jews living down the street. As Rita watches homes burned to ash she wonders how will there ever be peace in her land again? They keep telling her to be patient, to have faith. Because of everything that she has witnessed, that she has seen first hand what evil men with power can do, how can she keep her faith? How can anyone be patient with all of this turmoil going on around them?
Ann Frank showed us what it was like for a Jew living in that time frame. Sparks now shows us what it was like for a Letvian girl living in that predicament. If you are looking for something to read this weekend and like to read history books from someone who actually lived through it then this is the book for you. If you like to read a book about someone coming from tough trials in life and needs their faith, their courage to get them through, then reserve this book today at your local library and get pulled into this memoir like I did.




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Guided Reading Level for Your Children

Here at the Shelby Library we love to help out.  Anything the public needs, we try our best to help them out. Now I'm not saying that we work miracles or anything, but if we can't find the answers we try to help you find someone who can!! Many of the times we would be getting patrons to come in that just needs to find a business.  Whether it be the businesses phone number, fax number or just point to where the building is!!  Many patrons heard a book on the radio and would love to read it, but just can't remember the title nor the author.  But they remember the radio station!!  We also get some people that come in and say I picked up this book not realizing it was part of the series.  Do you know the titles of the others and do you have them?  Or they saw a book on the book stand somewhere and want to read it but just can't remember the title nor the author, nor what it's all about but knows for sure, for sure that the cover of the book was Blue!   Those are jus
Read more

Happy New Year, Monkey

Image
I know this is long overdue but.....HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! It has been very busy at the Library trying to get back at the pace of actually working.  Checking on book overdue, getting back into the habit of checking in and out books, helping people finding books, (remembering where everything is) and of course picking up that pesky habit of actually waking up and getting out of bed. :) The Library had no trouble picking up the pace though.  People coming in after the holidays looking for new books to check out; needing help with their NEW Nooks, Kindles and iPads that they got for Christmas; faxing, making copies for their work.  Or just people need to check their emails.  Just getting back in the habit of day to day lives.  Seeing familiar faces, talking about what we did on our Christmas/New Years vacation, who did we see.  And then seeing new faces just dropping by, on their way home but need a print of their plane tickets.   Now it is starting be like any other day so I have take
Read more

Goodnight June

Image
Goodnight June By: Sarah Jio   When you were a child, stories were read to you in all forms. Now a days it's in the form of television and movies. But there was a time where adults used to READ to their children. Either it was to calm the child down, or just for pleasure. The child get to spend that time frame dreaming of knights in shining armor slaying dragons, saving queens. Or living in fairy tales and talking to animals. After the story ends, they either dream into that world, or not. It's just a bunch of stories. They are not real.   So when they grow up to be adults, that's all they think of children's stories....false. Not real, no real honor behind children's books.   Or is there? June Anderson is a successful professionally and living the dream. Only her dream doesn't quite reach into her personal life but for her she is okay with that. Until she receives a letter stating that someone from her childhood whom she loved very much had passe
Read more