Book Review: Sisterchicks in Wooden Shoes!

Book Review: Sisterchicks in Wooden Shoes! by Robin Jones Gunn

I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review”.

Book Review: Welcome to the land of tulips, windmills, and wooden shoes! A multitasking mama, Summer Finley has found ways to handle whatever life throws at her with grace and a grin. Until now. An "abnormal" medical test result sends Summer into an emotional tailspin and prompts her to fulfill a life-long dream of meeting her best friend and pen pal since fourth grade, Noelle Van Zandt, face-to-face.

Their blissful week together in the Netherlands finds Summer and Noelle floating down a canal in Amsterdam, visiting Corrie ten Boom's Hiding Place, sipping decadent Duth cocoa in Delft, and bobbing merrily along through a sea of brilliant, spring-fresh tulips. Each day takes them further from midlife anxiety and closer to trusting God in deeper ways.

As their week of adventure comes to an end, the two friends find they needed to be together more than either of them realized.


My Review: I was so tickled to receive this book for review. The book talks of 2 women who met through a pen pal program while in elementary school and continued their relationship via mail and email all of their lives. When Summer gets bad word back about a recent biopsy, she decides to make a trip to the Netherlands to finally meet her pen pal in person. Keeping her problem a secret, she stays with her friend and has the time of her life. Finally revealing what is going on with her, they both come to realize how much they both needed each other during this time in their lives. With a bright book cover in tulips, windmills and wooden shoes, you are immediately drawn into the weeklong lives of these women. Such an interesting book from the descriptions of museums, cafes, boats and such to the thought out meals at dinnertime, to the devotional book in Summer's guest room that served as a comfort for her every night. I flew through this book and cannot wait to find another one!