CFBA Review - My Son, John
My Thoughts:
I have never read a book so full of raw emotion. This was the kind of book that breaks your heart a million different times. The depth of pain experienced by the main character is so far outside of my everyday life, yet I understood. I think Kathi Macias did a fabulous job of explaining her characters and making their emotions real. As I read, I mourned along with the mother. It is impossible not to. Yet through all the heartbreak and pain, faith becomes a beacon of hope and the strength of God's sustaining hand was evident and beautiful. This is certainly one book I will remember for a very long time.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Kathi Macias is an award-winning author of more than twenty fiction and nonfiction books. She has also ghostwritten and collaborated on books for a number of well-known individuals. She is a staff member for The Christian Communicator Manuscript Critique Service and a member of The Christian Proofreaders and Editors Network, Christian Authors Network, American Christian Fiction Writers, Christian Writers Fellowship International, Advanced Writers/Speakers Association, for who she serves as membership chair, and orange County Christian Writers Fellowship. She is the 2008 winner of AWSA’s Golden Scroll Award.A Former newspaper columnist and string reporter, Macias is a credentialed minister and served as an associate pastor at a large church in Southern California, where she did biblical counseling, trained small group leaders, and oversaw support/recovery ministries. She is a popular speaker at churches, women’s clubs and retreats, and writers’ conferences, and has appeared on several radio and TV programs.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Murder.Could there be a more chilling word?
Could it be any more horrible than to have a loved one killed, brutally and heartlessly, without obvious reason or motive?
When Liz Peterson's elderly mother is found viciously beaten to death in her home, Liz and her husband, Charles, along with their grown son, John, and teenage daughter, Sarah, are horrified beyond words. Their previously predictable, respectable lives seem to have vanished without a trace, as they struggle to make sense of a senseless act.
And then a second blow-more devastating, if possible, than the first-rocks them to their core. John is arrested for his grandmother's murder. As what's left of the Peterson family begins to crumble under the weight of loss and accusation, the Petersons' longstanding Christian faith is put to the test in a way they could never have imagined, and unconditional love is stretched to its limits. Will family ties and relationships withstand such a crushing blow, or will evil succeed in dividing and conquering this once close and inseparable family?
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1 comments:
Thank you so much for your thoughtful review of my book! I would like to quote you. Would that be all right? You can email me via my website (www.kathimacias.com) and let me know. Thank you again, and many blessings to you and your readers!
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