Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread. If you would like to join in, please feel free to enter your link @ Carole's Random Life In Books, then spend some time visiting some of the other posts.
This week's neglected book
Come Sunday
by Isla Morley
Abbe is a restless young mother living on the outskirts of Honolulu with her husband, Greg, the pastor at a small church. Their lives are suddenly riven by tragedy when their three-year-old daughter, Cleo, is struck and killed by a car. As Greg turns to God and community for comfort, Abbe turns inward and reflects upon her own troubled past. Isla Morley brilliantly weaves the story of Abbe’s grief with a gripping tale of her tempestuous childhood in apartheid South Africa---and how Abbe’s father, a villainous drunk, held her family hostage for decades with his rage until they finally began to plot their escape from him. Come Sunday is a spellbinding drama about a woman breaking free of her grief and of her past, and what it takes to revive hope when all seems lost.
Why did I add Come Sunday to my bookshelf?
It was on sale at the Thrift store and I bought it without reading the synopsis which I often do, just because I had to read 250 books one year, I thought it looked like a great Christian story but Alas, there are more interesting books to read than this one IMO. Tragedy happens to even the good people. No one is exempt from trials and tribulation and it sounds like a woman is grieving over the loss of a child and growing up with an abusive alcoholic parent. Cry me a river. She lived in Africa as a child. So did I. But I have yet to experience Honolulu Hawaii. So there's that.
What are your thoughts? Have you read this book? Would you recommend it to others?
I tend to shy away from the death of a child ones so I'm probably not the best person to weigh in. It would probably end up back at the thrift store. LOL But the setting in Hawaii might be an interesting feature.
ReplyDeleteThis one is completely new to me. I couldn't imagine trying to get over the loss of a child and I think it would be a hard thing to read about. When you add in her troubled childhood, this one sounds like a very tough read. I hope you enjoy it when you do decide to pick it up.
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