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Thicker Than Blood
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Item Description...
Overview
Estranged for fifteen years, sisters May and Christy Williams finds their paths crossing again after the death of a close relative.
Publishers Description
Christy Williams finally has her life on track. She's putting her past behind her and working hard to build a career as an antiquarian book buyer. But things begin to unravel when a stolen Hemingway first edition is found in her possession, framing her for a crime she didn't commit. With no one to turn to, she yearns for her estranged younger sister, May, whom she abandoned after their parents' untimely deaths. Soon, Christy's fleeing from her shattered dreams, her ex-boyfriend, and God. Could May's Triple Cross Ranch be the safe haven she's searching for? Will the sisters realize that each possesses what the other desperately needs before it's too late? A stunning debut from the latest Christian Writers Guild winner. |
Item Specifications...
Pages 400
Dimensions: Length: 8.2" Width: 5.4" Height: 1"
Weight: 0.7 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Jan 1, 2010
Publisher Tyndale House Publishers
ISBN 1414334486
EAN 9781414334486
UPC 031809134481
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Availability 13 units.
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 | the truths we hide Dec 15, 2009 |
From page one of Thicker than Blood it is obvious that Christy Williams' life is a mess. Not that it should be from outward appearances. She has a job she was made to fill and is approaching genuine acceptance by her superiors. The man she has been seeing and working with is wealthy and intelligent. And, she gets to spend her days with the best, perhaps the only friends she has ever known - books. But Thicker than Blood deals with what lurks behind appearances. It is about the secrets we tend to bury hoping they will never be known, the supposedly small compromises we make in ethics and truthfulness, and the excuses we make for failing to do the right thing when it matters most.
As her life spins out of control, Christy finds herself fleeing to the one place she has carefully avoided for fifteen years. It is the place where she saw her parents' lives end in needless tragedy and where she abandoned her sister, determined to live her own life on her own terms. But even that is not all is it seems. There are deeper reasons she has been running her entire her adult life, allowing herself to fall into abusive relationships with one man after another, and hiding behind the very thing that killed her parents and destroyed her life. Now Christy has no choice but to return to a sister she is sure hates her and a horror with which she has never been reconciled.
C.J. Darlington's debut novel was the winner of The Christian Writer's Guild's Operation First Novel and from the writing it is obvious why. The prose and pacing are crisp and the message of forgiveness clear. The only reason I gave her first outing four stars is because I wanted something left to give when C.J.'s next novel appears. I expect that much from her. Be warned, Thicker than Blood deals with some pretty weighty issues in an entertaining yet powerful way. It's hard to believe that C.J. was only fifteen years old when she first began to craft this story of abuse, betrayal, reconciliation, and redemption. Our hats are off to you C.J. for all your years of hard work, perseverance, dedication, and love for the craft of writing. This is a story to love from a true lover of stories. | | | Write your own review about Thicker Than Blood
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