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Saturday, January 13, 2018
Raw, Emotional Sandy Hook Memoir Deeply Touching, Inspiring
7:54 PM
(Image from Barnes & Noble)
On December 14, 2012, in a small town in southwestern Connecticut, the unthinkable happened. Adam Lanza, a 20-year-old man who had just mudered his mother, forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School. He proceeded to shoot and kill twenty first graders and six staff members before committing suicide. His violent actions left a peaceful town and a stunned nation in horrified shock.
Among the dead was 6-year-old Emilie Parker, a sweet little girl who loved art and the color pink. In the wake of the shooting, her grief-stricken parents—Alissa and Robbie—struggled to understand such a senseless act. Faithful members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, they couldn't fathom how God had let such an atrocity happen. Mostly, they missed and mourned their young daughter, who had been taken from them way too early in a terrifying, tragic way.

I finally came to the conclusion that I would never know [why Adam Lanza did what he did]. I would never fathom what was in his heart. But God could. God knew how to hold him accountable. God knew how to judge him. That burden was not for me to carry; rather, it was for me to lay down at God's feet. It was not something I needed to grapple with for the rest of my life. I didn't have to judge. I didn't have to figure it out.
As I made this decision, a burden so deep and heavy it had nearly crushed me was physically lifted from me. My heart burned with a joy so powerful it brought me to tears. I had learned it was possible to forgive Adam Lanza, and that the first step for me was to choose to simply let go (137).
Told in straightforward, unadorned prose, An Unseen Angel is an emotional and powerful memoir. It touched me deeply, more so than I imagined it would. Parker's story made me cry; it made me think; and it made me look at my own struggles with a new perspective. As sad as the subject matter is, An Unseen Angel focuses not on the shooting at Sandy Hook itself, but on the hope, healing, and grace that have come about because of it.
(Readalikes: Hm, I can't think of anything. Can you?)
Grade:
If this were a movie, it would be rated:
for disturbing subject matter
To the FTC, with love: I received a finished copy of An Unseen Angel from the generous folks at Shadow Mountain. Thank you!
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