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Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Death Row Drama Inspiring But Forgettable
6:37 AM
(Image from Barnes & Noble)
Accused of killing her infant son seventeen years ago, 49-year-old Grace Bradshaw has been sentenced to die. Out of appeals, she knows nothing can stop her looming execution. Resigned to her fate, Grace desires only one thing—that her daughter know the truth about what happened to her baby brother. If only Grace can convince Sophie that she's not the monster everyone's made her out to be, Grace can die in peace.
Sophie Logan can't tell anyone about her past. No one can know she's the daughter of Grace Bradshaw, baby killer. Not her surgeon husband, not her wealthy friends, not the people on the staff of the hospital where she volunteers. No one. If the truth got out, Sophie's carefully constructed life would surely shatter. She wants nothing to do with her mother, whom she hasn't visited in eleven years. But when Grace's attorney reaches out, insisting Grace is innocent, Sophie can't help but listen. Is it possible the lawyer's right?
As Grace's execution date comes ever closer, Sophie launches a desperate search for answers. Will she find enough evidence to save her mother? Or will Grace die without anyone knowing the truth about what really happened to baby William?
With Love From the Inside, a debut novel by therapist and life coach Angela Pisel, is a gentle story about forgiveness, redemption, and finding peace through love and God's grace. The characters are pretty run-of-the-mill; they're sympathetic but not unique or dynamic enough to be memorable. Likewise, the plot hobbles along, suspenseful only at the very end. So, while I found the novel inspiring, I also found it forgettable. Overall, With Love From the Inside was just okay for me.
(Readalikes: Um, I can't really think of anything. Can you?)
Grade:
If this were a movie, it would be rated:
for brief, mild language (no F-bombs), violence, and disturbing subject matter
To the FTC, with love: I received a finished copy of With Love From the Inside from the generous folks at Putnam, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Thank you!
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Well that's a shame. It sounded so good. Just proving once again that you never know.
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