May ’12 Free Book!
THE PURSUIT OF LUCY BANNING by Olivia Newport
This month’s free book was written by a friend of mine, Olivia Newport. It’s a great book and a great escape, and filled with intricate details of life on the exclusive Prairie Avenue in the 1890s among Chicago’s rich and famous.
From the back cover: Lucy Banning may live on the exclusive Prairie Avenue among Chicago’ s rich and famous, but her heart lies elsewhere. Expected to marry an up-and-coming banker from a respected family, Lucy fears she will be forced to abandon her charity work and squeeze herself into the mold of the well-dressed wife who spends most of her time and money redecorating. When she meets Will, an unconventional young architect, Lucy dares to dream of life lived on her own terms.
Get swept away into the lavish world of Chicago’s high society as Olivia Newport brings to life an age of glitz and grandeur, stark social contrasts and one woman who dares to cross class lines for what she believes.
Our Free Book edition is a trade paperback, (Revell Publishers). Our drawing will be Tuesday, May 29. To qualify, post your answer to this month’s question.
If you lived in the 1890s, would you prefer to be a member of the luxury class, or would you rather live an ordinary life, with an occupation similar to what you are doing today?
Blessings!
Sue
I think I would be of the working class I have never had money and wouldn’t know what to do with it
Luxury class…but then again, only God knows how I would handle it! I like the thought of being able to be home with my child and being able to help others.
I think I would choose the luxury class, just because that would be a lot easier! Haha 🙂
Sue, that is an easy answer: I love the life Jesus has given me and His calling upon my life to be a missionary since the a young age. I know that He wants us to give of ourselves for others as He left Heaven and came to earth so that our lives may be set free in Him. He is our example in all things. Lucy’s heart is in the right place. Sounds like a good book to read.
Sounds like a great read!!! Looking forward to reading this book! 🙂
I think I would prefer a normal life.
Wealthy and a life of luxury for me.
Dreams of fame and fortune don’t really tempt me. I’d rather be ordinary, touching the lives of ordinary people around me! 🙂
That is a tough question, and I understand both sides of your “argument”, Lynn. I think the important thing is that if God blesses us with wealth (and compared to most people on earth, He has) we need to share.
Sue, you ask a tough question. I pondered both sides of this one, but I want the best of both worlds so I’m not sure mine is a good answer. I would enjoy the option and financial freedom of luxury if I could also live a more private, ordinary life and be able to access the means to do what interests me and travel wherever I want to. But I have often thought about the IF .. and a main reason is that there are people I would help if I could.
Historical fiction is a genre I really enjoy and this book looks to be quite interesting. Thanks, Sue, for continuing to offer great books. 🙂
I believe I would choose the ordinary life. Too many people watch what those in the “luxury” life, so my ability to live my life without being watched would happen. 🙂
I would choose luxury just so I would have status and finances to help others. I would go to the beat of my own drum and let others talk about me if they wanted to.
Sounds like a great book…I love historical fiction. I think if I lived back then I would choose to live in the luxury class, give to people in need/speak out for injustice…and I would still get to do what I love, because I would write in secret!
thanks for the chance to win:-)
Love it when the daughter of wealthy people is expected to marry rich and finds a young man more to her liking.
Can I choose in between? I’m disabled and wouldn’t like to continue this way, but I wouldn’t want to be extremely wealthy unless the Lord knew I’d handle the money ok.
Thanks for the opportunity to win this book.
Well luxury class of course…but I would still do exactly what I do now…write, and sew….
Oh, I’ve been waiting for months to read this one! I think I’d like to try both the luxury and normal lives if I lived back then. 🙂
I would choose luxery too simply because back then living arrangements for working class were rathet poor… The book def sounds very interesting… Need to put it on my list to check with kindle 🙂
Ginny, I gotta half agree with you. Employ servants only to give them a job. But I wouldn’t make them do stupid things I could and should do myself. I’d probably help them! 😀
I would rather live an ordinary life. While I love the thought of beautiful dresses, maids, access to chocolate, and not having to work for a living, I would rather be free to be myself. My family’s place in society would be somewhere in the middle. I’d have a good education, there would be food on the table, and God would still be there and in control. Basically, I would be able to move freely from social circle to circle because of my Dad’s job: no one would question me becoming a missionary, and no one would question if I married a wealthy banker and became the leading lady of fashion. All in all, there’d be more CONFINEMENT than FREEDOM in living in the higher echelons of society for me. 🙂
Definitely the luxury class, which would give me the opportunity to help those of the working classes, while still enjoying all the luxury due my status. If that sounds selfish, I guess I am!