I posted this entry a little over a year ago on my old blog website, Diaryland

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2006-03-12 – 3:52 p.m.

Paperback – Reprint
ISBN: 0373785194
Pub. Date: September 2004

I thought I’d write about a few books I’ve read recently.

The first is called The Marriage Wish by Dee Henderson. I liked this book because it has a particularly strong conflict—The heroine, Jennifer, has lost a husband and child and she’s afraid to love again. Since I now have a son, I look at conflicts involving children differently now. I’ve never lost a child, but I do know that it would be hard for me to get over losing my son because he means the world to me! Even with God’s grace, getting over the death of a child is would be an extremely hard thing to do. As in most romance novels, the couple, Scott and Jennifer, are happily married in the end, and Jennifer does find the courage to have children.

Hardcover
ISBN: 0446531537
Pub. Date: September 2005

The second book I read recently was The Amen Sisters by Angela Benson. This book was a good read with strong conflicts. Francine is haunted by the death of her best friend Toni. After a few months in a mental institution, Francine returns home to live with her fraternal twin sister Dawn. Dawn is having marriage problems with her husband Sly. To add to the conflict, Sly used to be Francine’s beau.

Francine is bitter because of the illicit goings-on that happened in a religious group that she had been involved with. This book deals with the issue of clergymen who take advantage of female parishioners. Francine wished that she had believed her friend Toni, when she confessed that she was pregnant with their preacher’s child. Unfortunately, there are a few people in Francine’s hometown who blame her for Toni’s death, and the guilt she carries affects her family and romantic relationships.

Eventually, Francine, Sly, and Dawn all work through their issues and the story does have a strong and uplifting ending.

I highly recommend reading this book, especially if one has had negative experiences with upper-level clergymen.

Signing off for now,
Cecelia Dowdy
www.ceceliadowdy.com
www.blackchristianfiction.com