Book Review: When The Road Comes Around by Katie Powner
Book Review: When The Road Comes Around by Katie Powner
A 5 Star Favorite of 2025
I am finding I LOVE a good Christian Contemporary Fiction book that explores themes of family, faith, and real life struggles and WOW - Katie brought SO much to this story. As a special needs Mama still early on in my parenting journey with our son, I related to Anita and was inspired by her so much.
Stay tuned for my reading vlog on YouTube on Thursday, August 28th, 2025! Lots of emotions.
Read if you like:
- Montana Settings
- Christian Contemporary Fiction
- Special Needs Families Represented In Books
- Strong Christian Faith Content in Books
- Second Chances
- Found Family
- Stories with Depth
- Horses and Farm Life
We are in the small town of Grady, Montana. We follow 24 year old Tad who has a reputation for trouble and past mistakes. He gets a job at Come Around Ranch. Here is where he meets Sam, the ranch owners disabled 20 year old son. He develops a soft spot for him and wants to help him any chance he can. Sam is disabled and his mind is more of that of a child.
48 year old Anita Wilson struggles with her rheumatoid arthritis as she works on the guest house with her husband. They hire Tad for the summer, knowing it's a risk, but they could use the help. Anita and her husband Dan try to always do what is best for their son, despite his disability.
We see these characters come together and find the second chances and grace from the good Lord above as they navigate challenges in life.
I had so many beautiful moments reading this book. I think it's one that forever stays with you. Tad experienced so much growth along the way. What is practically dropped in his lap unexpectedly added such a layer of depth to the story. I loved seeing his journey and trying to make the right decisions, despite the struggles he faced with his Dad and the situation he found himself in.
Anita and Dan were a great example of middle age, special needs parents just trying to do the best they could as well. I loved seeing them always take everything to the Lord in prayer. No matter the circumstance, they would say to one another, "we need to pray about this for a few days". Oh what a great example.
Also, Anita really had this perspective I could see I need to have myself in my own special needs parenting journey. Life is hard. We may not always get the perfect, easy answer from the Lord. But we have EVERYTHING we need, perfectly right in front of us in HIS time alone. It is all about perspective.
Thanks to Katie Powner for writing such a powerful story. I cried. I felt true emotions while reading this book and it's definitely a favorite book of 2025.
*content warnings: animal death (expected, old age), mentions of drugs briefly, alcohol abuse mentioned, bad relationship with father shown
Thank you to Bethany House for a complimentary copy to honestly read and review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Baker Book House: https://bakerbookhouse.com/products/618543
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