The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield

This was another one of my quick “2 minutes to pick a library book as the kids are getting noisy…….”

This time, It was the title that grabbed me – I wanted to know more about this Samuel Lake character.

The story is set in 1956 and follows the Lake family. When preacher Samuel is voted out by his less than pleased congregation (they are incensed by his inclusion of people from all walks of life in the church on the basis that they are all equal in the eyes of his God), the family returns to his wife’s home and temporarily move in with his in-laws while they figure out what’s next for them.

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