Kellie Coates
Gilbert
Fiction/Christian/General
Back of the book:
How far would you go for your child?
Barrie Graeber has two great kids, a loving husband, and
a respected job as the high school counselor in her close-knit community.
Without warning, everything unravels when her teenage daughter, Pearl, is
betrayed and lashes out.
Nothing prepares this mother for the helplessness that
follows when her attempts to steer her daughter back on course fail, and Pearl
shuts her out . . . or when Barrie discovers the unthinkable about her nemesis,
the football coach.
About the author:
Website: www.kelliecoatesgilbert.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/kelliecoatesgilbert
Twitter: @KCoatesGilbert
Kellie Coates Gilbert walked a unique path to becoming a novelist.
Her thirty years as a legal investigator and trial paralegal led her to courtrooms
big and small, working on cases that often made the evening news. Working directly
with survivors of unspeakable tragedies, Kellie learned the most compelling stories
don’t show up in the legal aspects of a case, but in the lives of the people involved.
My
thoughts:
You are going to want to remember the name Kellie Coates Gilbert.
In the back of her debut novel, Mother of
Pearl, she says that she writes stories about messy lives and eternal hope.
She has definitely done that with this book.
At one point the main character, Barrie Graeber, says that
mothering isn’t for cowards. Little does she know how true that statement is
going to become. She and her beloved family are busy living the good life when
an unexpected turn of events changes everything. It really is every mom’s worst
nightmare. Everything that Barrie thought to be true about her family seems to
have been turned on end.
Barrie finds out devastating facts about her daughter after it is
too late to do anything about it. She learns that her supposedly rock solid
relationship with her husband has some cracks. She also learns that everything
isn’t always as it appears to be. Sometimes friends come from unexpected places
and loved ones have motives that you don’t understand until you’ve walked their
path.
If you are a momma, I can guarantee that this book is going to
stir you up. Once you start reading this your eyes are going to be opened and
self-evaluation will begin. It has been a while since a book has stirred such
righteous indignation in me . . . but this one has done it!
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