Rightfully Ours<\/a>
\nby Carolyn Astfalk
\n328 pages
\nPublisher: Full Quiver Publishing (April 1, 2017)
\nPublication Date: April 1, 2017<\/p>\nSixteen-year-old Paul Porter’s relocation to Pennsylvania is a temporary move during his dad’s deployment. Or so he and his brother think, until devastating news lands on their doorstep.<\/em><\/p>\nPaul’s new home with the Muellers provides solace, especially in the form of Rachel, his friend and confidante. Their abiding friendship deepens as they work side by side to uncover what could be lost treasure.<\/em><\/p>\nWill they acquire the strength of character and virtue to take only what rightfully belongs to them or are they in way over their heads, with more than a few lost artifacts at stake?<\/em><\/p>\nThemes include premarital chastity and overcoming temptation.<\/em><\/p>\n“When a young man or woman recognizes that authentic love is a precious treasure, they are also enabled to live their sexuality in accordance with the divine plan, rejecting the false models which are, unfortunately, all too frequently publicized and very widespread.” Letter of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to the Young People of Rome, Sept 8, 1997<\/em><\/p>\nExcerpt:<\/p>\n
An unexpected detour left them lost in the dark. Paul had been certain they were heading the right way, but the two-lane country roads they had traveled the last half hour had few markers, and his older brother questioned whether they had missed a junction sign. Paul\u2019s grip tightened on the clumsily-folded map as he peered out the window. Maybe Sean should drag his knuckles out of the Stone Age and get a GPS.<\/em>
\nPaul had been anxious about this move more than the others, even though it would only be temporary. The claw-like limbs of the barren trees whizzing by his window made the whole ordeal seem even more foreboding. He\u2019d never been through North Central Pennsylvania, but in the daylight, the mountains would probably be beautiful, if a little desolate.<\/em><\/p>\nIt\u2019s only for a few months. By spring, Dad would be home, and things would go back to normal. Normal for them anyway. Besides, maybe he\u2019d like it here.<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cWe just passed it,\u201d Sean said over the acid rock music blaring from the speakers. \u201cI thought you were watching for signs. Some navigator you are.\u201d Sean scowled and jerked the wheel to the right, causing the truck to careen onto the berm and Paul to slam into the door.<\/em><\/p>\nPaul rubbed his shoulder where it had smacked the door and sat upright. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, okay? I guess my mind wandered.\u201d He\u2019d swear \u201cIn-A-Gadda-Da-Vida\u201d had been playing for the last half hour. He hoped to God at least one other radio station had a signal strong enough to carry over the mountain they\u2019d crossed.<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cYeah, you\u2019ll be sorry when we run out of gas and have to sleep in this truck.\u201d Sean sat hunched over the wheel, his strong arms gripping the ten and two-o\u2019clock positions. His left leg, forever encased in worn denim, bounced erratically in a rhythm out of sync with the booming bass rattling the speakers.<\/em><\/p>\nHe pulled into a narrow gravel drive and backed the truck out onto the main road, completing his three-point turn. The high beams caught a pair of glowing eyes sinking into the underbrush on the opposite side of the road.<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019ll get there, okay? Maybe if you\u2019d get a GPS or something\u2014\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cYou want to pay for it, by all means, do like the commercial says and give a Garmin. Otherwise, maybe you should go back to grade school and learn to read a freakin\u2019 map.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nPaul suddenly felt ten years younger than Sean instead of the four that separated them.<\/em><\/p>\nHave you read this book? Tell us what you thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hi, Aadi here. I’m back with another great book for you to read. You’re going to love this. The two characters go on a treasure hunt for lost gold. How cool is that? There’s a bit of romance in there too. So check out. Rightfully Ours by Carolyn Astfalk 328 pages Publisher: Full Quiver […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"What I'm Reading: Rightfully Ours by Carolyn Astfalk #FridayReads","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentarybyaadi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7xtYd-9S","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dawnwitzke.com\/CatholicUnderground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dawnwitzke.com\/CatholicUnderground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dawnwitzke.com\/CatholicUnderground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dawnwitzke.com\/CatholicUnderground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dawnwitzke.com\/CatholicUnderground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/dawnwitzke.com\/CatholicUnderground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":615,"href":"http:\/\/dawnwitzke.com\/CatholicUnderground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612\/revisions\/615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dawnwitzke.com\/CatholicUnderground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dawnwitzke.com\/CatholicUnderground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dawnwitzke.com\/CatholicUnderground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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