Love Comes Calling
By Siri Mitchell
Ellis Eton, daughter of a prominent Boston family, is
struggling to pass another semester of college at Radcliffe. She wants to study and work hard, but she
just finds it so difficult to concentrate.
Acting is her passion – its so much easier pretending to be someone
other than Ellis Eton. Her childhood
friend Griffin Phillips is the star of the Harvard football team and is
preparing for a life in politics. The
only problem for Ellis is that Griffin is sweet on her – and she just doesn’t
feel she can live up to the expectations people have for a politician’s
wife. So Ellis decides to run away to
Hollywood to become a movie star. Before
she can leave, she unintentionally eavesdrops on a telephone call that could
mean Griffin’s life is in danger! Can
Ellis solve the mystery of the phone conversation before Griffin gets
hurt? And, can she learn to be who God
created her to be, instead of trying to live up to the expectations of others?
I really enjoyed this newest release from Siri
Mitchell. I thought the story was well
written and entertaining. She portrays
the heroine, Ellis, as a young lady with ADHD in an era and environment in
which young women were to uphold the expectations of their family at all
times. Ellis has a profound struggle to
find her place in such a milieu. The
spotlight on the struggles of Prohibition in the 1920s was very eye opening in
the storyline. The author also includes
an excellent expository on the era in the back of the book. No
spoilers here, but you will love the resolution of the plot, so start
reading! I give Love Comes Calling an “A” – entertaining, good, clean fun.
