North of Tomorrow

Winter Passing Trilogy #3

by Cindy Martinusen Coloma

An epic story of the shocking truth of a family's past and one woman's determination to uncover the secret that will bring healing. As Amanda traces her family's history back to WW2, she discovers that everything she's believed about her family has been a lie. Now she must face the truth and find the one WW2 survivor who can free her from her past.

Genres: Christian Fiction, Fiction, World War II, Christian, Historical Fiction, Romance, Holocaust

416 pages, Paperback

Published March 22, 2002

About the author

Cindy Coloma is a national bestselling author who has written twelve novels, including: Beautiful (2010 Christy Award finalist for Young Adults and 2011 Revolve Young Adult Tour featured book); The Salt Garden (one of Library Journal's best genre books in 2004); Song of the Brokenhearted (2013 ECPA bestseller with coauthor Sheila Walsh); Orchid House (2008 ECPA bestseller); and Winter Passing (2001 Christy Award finalist and Romantic Times Top Pick).


Cindy has collaborated on fiction projects with bestselling author, singer, and speaker Sheila Walsh, and as a ghostwriter with a former federal prosecutor and national TV legal-news analyst.


Her nonfiction projects include collaborations on memoirs such as The Waiting (May 2014, Tyndale Momentum) and It's a Wild Life: How My Life Became a Zoo(June 2014, Medallion Press), a book about an exotic animal zoo in Michigan and the Nat Geo Wild television program. Cindy developed and wrote the nonfiction book Renting Lacy: A Story of America's Prostituted Children (coauthored with former Congresswoman Linda Smith) and has also written over one hundred published articles.


Cindy is a speaker, book doctor, and writing coach. Her writing coach clients have included both aspiring and professional writers. She tailors her programs to meet their individual needs and goals.


She's spoken at such events and conferences as the World Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany; Mt. Hermon Christian Writers Conference; Simpson University Faculty Retreat; LittWorld in Tagaytay, Philippines; and many others. In her local area, she has co-led a writer's group for seventeen years.


With five children ranging in age from their early twenties to a baby boy, Cindy's life is always full of laughter, joy, and toys to trip over. She can't own enough books or watch enough movies, has more travel dreams than possible for a human (including underwater and outer-space itineraries), but loves home best of all. She and her extended family have lived in the Redding, California area for over thirty-five years. a with her husband and four children

Reviews

[Larisha · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you've read Martinusen's "Winter Passing" and "Blue Night," you MUST cap it off with this satisfying wrap-up. If you haven't, I challenge you to spend some time in the mystery-wrapped stories of this wonderful writer.

Martinusen crafts a stand-alone story, but for those who've read the previous novels, there is much to find that is familiar and intriguing. This time around, we view WWII history through the eyes of Amanda, on assignment with a television show. She is not only fighting for her job, she's fighting to discover the truth of her family's heritage. What she finds will rock her world and challenge her beliefs.

[Cyndy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish I had known this book was part of a series when I started it. It figures I would start with # 3. I really enjoyed this book. There was not a dull moment in it at all. The characters were well written and the subject matter kept me interested all the way through. I cried several times and really liked how the author made it all feel so real.

[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVED LOVED LOVED how they connected the two books with this third one, excellent!

[Whitni Paige · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was shopping at my local Christian bookstore when I came upon this author. I love WW2, historical fiction and decided to purchase this book, although it was older. I never dreamed that I would love this story like I did. This book was published in 2002. At that time, I was around 11 years old and read young adult at that time so I can't really recall what was popular in adult fiction. However, I have this feeling deep inside that the author was truly ahead of her time. I am going to try to write to her to seek re-publishing it! The story is told from two perspectives: one from Ms. Delsig, a Holocaust survivor and the other from journalist, Amanda Rivans. Ms. Delsig doesn't want to face the past but with the help of friends gradually releases what she has been holding back, while Amanda unravels her family's history to find dark secrets that destroys her identity. Each woman is taken on a journey of faith, forgiveness, and God's omnipresence in our lives.

[Heather Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wish I realized this was part of a series before I started it!!!!

[Barb Friedrich · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice ending to the trilogy. Tied up the loose ends from her other two books. Enjoyed the whole series.

[Kendra Griffin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Started out slow but got better.

[Laura Bonynge · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book got better with every page. The story was interesting and not too predictable so plenty of suspense until the very end. Looking forward to reading books 1 & 2 in the trilogy.

[Maria Elmvang · Rating 3 out of 5]

Can't have left too big an impression on me... I'm having troubles remembering what it was about! I managed to finish it quite quickly though, so it can't have been too bad ;)

[Kunmi Ariyo]

Lovely novel.

[Anne · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you love WWII history, you'll love this trilogy by Cindy!

[Anne Faulkner · Rating 4 out of 5]

very good. hard to read at times because of the subject matter, awesome ending!

[Bev Walkling · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was part 3 of a trilogy.