I have a bonus giveaway today! I just finished reading Lying on Sunday by Sharon K. Souza and have an extra copy to giveaway! Just post a comment expressing your interest in this book and I will enter your name to win a copy. Please enter by Nov. 29. I will announce the winner on November 30.
About the book:
When the life you knew turns out to be a lie, you can crumble in despair or get up and move on. Abbie Torrington does both and comes face to face with bigger secrets than she knew existed. In the process, she just might learn that the truth really does set you free. Lying on Sunday is an honest but entertaining story that answers the question: Is there life after infidelity?
A note from Sharon:
"Lying on Sunday deals with the betrayal of infidelity, but most of us have dealt with issues of betrayal in one form or another, and the results can be equally devastating. Any time a trust is broken, someone is going to be hurt. We can either allow those hurts to hinder us, or we can allow the Lord to use them as lessons to make us better and stronger. I never thought I'd love writing a book more than my debut novel, Every Good & Perfect Gift, which is based on the devastating illness of a close friend. But I found myself completely engaged by Abbie Torrington and her journey. I hope you will too."
My Review:
Souza's first book, Every Good and Perfect Gift, was one of my favorite stories of all time and so I was very excited to see the coming of this second novel by her. I was not dissapointed. Souza writes with strength and detail that brings the reader right into the emotions of the characters. I felt the pain of Abbie's betrayals as if they were my own.
Abbie Torrington gets betrayed on multiple levels...by her husband, by her cold and exacting mother, and by the ignorance of her daughters. Life has dealt Abbie a difficult blow, but the betrayals have been part of her life for a long time. I ached with Abbie as she relives the belittling and dismissals of her husband and mother. I so connected with that pain that comes from feeling like the people around you aren't understanding who you are, that they just want you to fit the mold of what they think a mother/daughter/wife should be. Abbie has a lot to recover from and it makes sense that it will take a long time for her to dare to break free from it.
This book is about her journey to breaking free. It is a slow and delicate journey that comes from her taking baby steps toward trusting herself and finding her freedom in her own truth.
A lovely story.
