Some Things Last Forever is the final book in a four book series entitled The Gentle Hills. I actually read this book first but when I finished, I really wanted to go back and read the earlier three. I loved the way that these books were written. They are Christian fiction and are filled with little nuggets of wisdom for the common person. I wanted to wait to post this because I didn’t want to ruin the first three books for anyone so I decided to write about them before posting this one.
These books are around World War II. The Livingston’s are a family made up of two sons, Paul and Terry, and a daughter, Marjie as well as their recently widowed mother, Sarah. Their family intersects with the MacMillan family consisting of father, Benjamin, and sons, Jack and Jerry. All the sons in these two families are either currently serving or have served in the military except for Jack. In this final book of the series, Marjie is married to Jerry and has a little girl named Martha and another on the way. Benjamin and Sarah have also gotten married. In this book, the war ends and everyone finds their way back home.
During the course of these world events there is a couple in the church that is leaving to become missionaries in Japan. This creates a lot of turmoil since Japan was who bombed Pearl Harbor in World War II. However, throughout the course of this book you find the characters constantly trying to figure out what in life really matters and what does last forever. In the end they find that family, friendships, and love are the only things that do indeed last forever.
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