โ Scribed by Jerry Jenkins
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In this painfully slow story, Jenkins (Left Behind) builds two protagonists' story lines-each from different generations and different walks of life, yet destined to cross paths through God's providence. When readers meet young Brady Wayne Darby, he is still struggling to make it through high school, barely weaseling his way out of troubles that often come his way. With the Rev. Thomas Carey, Jenkins introduces an elder pastor, down on his luck and trying to find a new flock-eventually landing himself a prison chaplaincy on death row. Though the story ends with a predictable redemption, along the way, readers are assaulted with a heavy dose of despair, with women who cause the men in their lives endless trials and a plot that takes its sweet time. Since the novel is a complete departure from Jenkins's high-octane Left Behind series, longtime fans may be surprised by his versatility even as they grow impatient with the story's lugubrious development.
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You would never expect the paths of Brady Darby and Thomas Carey to cross. The teenage Brady is an outsider from the wrong side of the tracks whos trying to find his place in life while still somehow protecting his little brother fromtheir negligent mother. Thomas is a preacher without a flock, as he and his devoted wife, Grace, are forced to move townsonce againafter allowing membership at yet another church to dwindle under their watch. At every turn, Bradys decisions seem to backfire, even when he trieschange by participating in the high school musical. At the same time, Thomas and Grace are immediately rejected by their latest congregation for refusing to give in to politics, and their only childseems to reject them and their lifestyle.Several years later,the worldsof Brady and Thomas collide at a juvenile halfway house. Theyact aslife forces for each other even as their individual worlds sink deeper into misery. Christian fiction author Jenkins covers much ground in this weighty book, and while heroes are made out of those who come to God, Jenkins avoidspreachiness and, instead, lets goodness shine. Expect demand as Jenkins following grows with every outing. --Mary Frances Wilkens
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Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9781602852822
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