The Filling Station (by Vanessa Miller)

I looked forward to reading The Filling Station by Vanessa Miller. However, it took all I had to trudge through the pages to get to the end. This is definitely a difficult read as you experience the racial tension and prejudices that were so prevalent at that period of time. The Tulsa Race Massacre was a horrendous incident. But while a story I struggled to get through, watching Margaret and Evelyn wrestled to cope with the trauma of the massacre was emotionally challenging. I did appreciate the Christian focus and loved the analogy of the Threatt Filling Station as a place where people have the opportunity to get “filled up” with love and grace. I cannot imagine that the people of Greenwood experienced. And while I did not particularly enjoy reading about that period of time, the horrors that people experienced need to be brought to light.

Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas Nelson for my advanced review copy. All opinions and thoughts are my own.

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