Helpful Score: 1
Absolutely loved this book!!! Story was heart breaking but so real. Full of pain, friendship, kindness and lessons of the heart. A book for all women to read.
Helpful Score: 1
This book was hard to read, but it needs to be read. Gina Holmes has written a harsh novel of a young woman who is beaten and abused by her husband, and the friends who help her get away from him. Highly recommended.
Helpful Score: 1
Its a hauntingly heart-breaking story. One that tugs on the heart strings and makes you aware to a whole new level to abuse, both physical and emotional.
I did not understand the cycle of abuse more fully until I got older. Why couldnt these women just stand up and walk away? Because they cant. And this novel so clearly depicts the hard and desperate life of that cycle.
Penny is not a strong character. She doesnt have the backbone she needs to succeedyet. But the beautiful part about this story is the reader sees it. They know its there, she just needs to allow herself to grow and strengthen.
Written in first person, Penny is telling the story, not to the reader, but to her young son. Its a different rhythm to fall into, but once I grew accustomed to the style, its unique and very memoir-like. The spiritual truths of the story arent overt, but are very present. In the lives and words of her new friends, Penny sees who she can become. I could only feel for her as it always seemed so far out of her reach. Shes as true to life as our neighbors.
This is not an easy story to read. Its not light or funny or any shade of romantic; what it is: deep. Eye-opening. Heart-changing. Strong.
This review is my honest opinion. Thanks to the publishers through CFBA for my copy to review.
I did not understand the cycle of abuse more fully until I got older. Why couldnt these women just stand up and walk away? Because they cant. And this novel so clearly depicts the hard and desperate life of that cycle.
Penny is not a strong character. She doesnt have the backbone she needs to succeedyet. But the beautiful part about this story is the reader sees it. They know its there, she just needs to allow herself to grow and strengthen.
Written in first person, Penny is telling the story, not to the reader, but to her young son. Its a different rhythm to fall into, but once I grew accustomed to the style, its unique and very memoir-like. The spiritual truths of the story arent overt, but are very present. In the lives and words of her new friends, Penny sees who she can become. I could only feel for her as it always seemed so far out of her reach. Shes as true to life as our neighbors.
This is not an easy story to read. Its not light or funny or any shade of romantic; what it is: deep. Eye-opening. Heart-changing. Strong.
This review is my honest opinion. Thanks to the publishers through CFBA for my copy to review.
