Wives and Sisters.Wives and Sisters Natalie R. Collins St. Martin's St. Martin's or St. Martins may refer to:
New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10010 ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m : 0312334281, $23.95, 270 pp Over the years, I've met many authors online. It's scary when I have a copy of their first large house published book in my hands. What if they really can't write? What if I don't like the book? Those were the first thoughts drifting through my mind when I opened WIVES AND SISTERS. It didn't take long before I didn't care who wrote the book, all I wanted to know was what happened to the characters. The book starts with the disappearance of an eight year old girl. Instead of making the scene squimish, Ms. Collins handles it with tact and never forces the reader to actually watch what we know in our imagination must have happened to a child. Allison Jenson is six when her best friend Cindy disappears. The rest of the book revolves around that one event. From the way Allison's family reacts to Cindy's disappearance and the way the Mormon Church The Mormon Church is a religious body founded in 1830 in Fayette, New York, by Joseph Smith. It is also known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or LDS Church. There are 7.7 million Mormons worldwide. hushes it up in their small community. From that moment on, Allison questions God and especially the Mormon Church. Each time this reader thought Allison would make a break through, life, Allison's domineering dom·i·neer·ing adj. Tending to domineer; overbearing. dom  i·neer father, or the church would
knock her down.
In time, Allison walks away from the Mormon Church, but even as a young adult on her own, she has lots of questions. During the highs and lows in her life, when most of us reach to our family for consulation or celebration, Allison relearns that in her family the Mormon Church is more important than family. It slaps her in the face when she hears a family member say, "We're so grateful (he) died honorably serving God and spreading the Gospel. It's better he came home in a pine box than to have been sent home in disgrace." While abuse, physical and sexual, are important to the story, the underlying theme is how all this is allowed because of the abuse within the Mormon Church. While Ms. Collins held back on the graphical details pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. to Cindy, she didn't pull any punches when it comes to the abuse within the Mormon Church. Or what it's like for those who were raised Mormon, but have left the church and remained in Utah. This book will appeal to anyone who loves a suspense SUSPENSE. When a rent, profit a prendre, and the like, are, in consequence of the unity of possession of the rent, &c., of the land out of which they issue, not in esse for a time, they are said to be in suspense, tunc dormiunt, but they may be revived or awakened. Co, Litt. 313 a. novel or those who have always wondered about the inner workings within the Mormon Church. Don't be surprised if you devour de·vour tr.v. de·voured, de·vour·ing, de·vours 1. To eat up greedily. See Synonyms at eat. 2. To destroy, consume, or waste: Flames devoured the structure in minutes. this book in one reading. Natalie Collins has captured the essence of a page turner by giving us a three deminsional characters, plenty of action and a healthy dose of controversy. To learn more about Ms. Collins and her earlier works, please visit http://www.nataliercollins.com Jody Pryor, Reviewer http://www.jodypryor.com |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion