About the Book

Book: The Joy of Falling

Author: Lindsay Harrel

Genre: Women’s Fiction

Release Date: April 14, 2020

Eva and Angela must learn to live again. One step at a time.

It has been fifteen months since Eva and Angela lost their thrill-seeking husbands in a scuba diving accident. Both women are trying to navigate their way through the grief, but neither one is making much progress. Angela is barely making ends meet, angry at her husband for leaving her to raise three children on her own. Meanwhile, Eva is stuck, unable to move forward after losing the love of her life and her source of inspiration.

But then Eva gets a life-changing phone call. Before Brent and Wes died, they had signed up for a race of a lifetime—an ultra-marathon in beautiful New Zealand. Eva begs Angela to run the race with her in their husbands’ place, and Angela finally agrees, hoping to finally understand her husband’s choices.

Training is exhausting, and the race is even more demanding. Their journey grows more complicated by the presence of two men—Marc is Brent’s best friend who is running the race with Eva and Angela, and Simon King is a writer who is covering their inspiring story. With every step, Eva and Angela must ask themselves questions that they haven’t had the courage to ask before. As the women literally put one foot in front of the other, they wonder: Is it possible to find their way forward in hope?

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"The Joy of Falling" by Lindsay Harrel is a book that deals with many issues, grief, marathon running and different perspectives on marriage, and raising children after a death of their father.

This book is a Christian book and there are no inappropriate scenes or language.

This book reminds us that God is with us no matter what we are facing and that He only wants what is best for us.

My heart ached for Eva and Angela as I read about their struggles trying to live again after their husbands died. I kept thinking about my sister whose husband died from a heart attack on the way from work suddenly in 2013 and how she still had a teenage daughter to raise.

I am not a runner, or anything sport fan at all, but it was interesting to read about the New Zealand race.

I liked the fact that this story even has a character that is a book worm, I mean what book worm doesn't like a character that is a book worm like herself.

I was given a complementary copy by the author and Celebrate Lit. These opinions are mine own.

About the Author

Lindsay Harrel is a lifelong book nerd who lives in Arizona with her young family and two golden retrievers in serious need of training. She’s held a variety of writing and editing jobs over the years and now juggles stay-at-home mommyhood with writing novels. When she’s not writing or chasing after her children, Lindsay enjoys making a fool of herself at Zumba, curling up with anything by Jane Austen, and savoring sour candy one piece at a time. Connect with her at LindsayHarrel.com.