Title: IN BROKEN PLACES
Author: Michele Phoenix
Publisher: Tyndale
May 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4143-6841-2
Genre: contemporary
In a drastic attempt to escape her childhood’s influence, Shelby moves to Germany , but she quickly discovers
how intimately linked memory and healing are—and how honestly she must
scrutinize her past in order to aspire to a richer future. As she juggles a new
job, a new culture, a new daughter, and the attention of an enterprising man, Shelby ’s fresh start
becomes a quest for the courage to be not only a survivor, but someone who
prevails.
IN BROKEN PLACES is the first book I’ve read by Ms. Phoenix.
The story is well-written, but heart-wrenching. It isn’t set all in modern
times, alternating between Shelby ’s
childhood and the present day. A victim of child-abuse, Shelby is desperate to start over—when her
brother dies, leaving her care-giver to his young daughter. Shelby moves to a new country to work in a
mission school.
The book was hard to read at times, but it has good message,
and is well-written. This is not a quick read, but one to be read slowly. It
really gives you a heart for someone who is fighting demons not of their own
making. $12.99. 368 pages. 3.5 stars.
1 comment:
Hmmm. Sounds like an interesting book. Thanks Laura for your honest review. This author is new to me.
Blessings!
Judy B
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