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The Novelist
By Angela Hunt
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A moving tale about a mother finding her voice and speaking her truth as she tries to save her son, from a Christy Award–winning author.
When novelist Jordan Casey is confronted by a writing student to compose something from her heart instead of her usual bestselling claptrap, she decides to accept the challenge. Departing from her usual adventure novels, Jordan begins to work on a story that allows her to explore and express her faith for the first time—something she had always been reluctant to pursue.
As she writes, she hopes to be able to teach her students—but she is also motivated by something else: a desire to reconnect with her son, Zachary. But stories have lives of their own and soon Jordan finds her real life intermingling with fiction, especially as Zachary’s suicidal desires come to life. Will Jordan learn how to save her son, while also saving herself?
This is a powerful novel that Publishers Weekly states is “guaranteed to wring tears from even the hardest-hearted reader.”
When novelist Jordan Casey is confronted by a writing student to compose something from her heart instead of her usual bestselling claptrap, she decides to accept the challenge. Departing from her usual adventure novels, Jordan begins to work on a story that allows her to explore and express her faith for the first time—something she had always been reluctant to pursue.
As she writes, she hopes to be able to teach her students—but she is also motivated by something else: a desire to reconnect with her son, Zachary. But stories have lives of their own and soon Jordan finds her real life intermingling with fiction, especially as Zachary’s suicidal desires come to life. Will Jordan learn how to save her son, while also saving herself?
This is a powerful novel that Publishers Weekly states is “guaranteed to wring tears from even the hardest-hearted reader.”
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Angela Hunt
Angela Hunt is the bestselling author of more than 100 books, including The Tale of Three Trees, Don’t Bet Against Me, The Note, and The Nativity Story. Her nonfiction book Don’t Bet Against Me, written with Deanna Favre, spent several weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Angela and her husband make their home in Florida with their dogs.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Angela Hunt attempted a delicate tightrope between two stories that looked like it shouldn't work at first. I was amazed that it did. I was enthralled by the allegory in a way I didn't expect to be. The world building of Paradise was a bit quirky--and I desperately want to see a picture of a ditten. The characters were predictable since it was an allegory. I wasn't as emotionally connected to the characters, but I suppose that was because of the allegory dynamics as well.
Jordan couldn't quite wrap her head around her inability to make things better for her son. She was a fixer, and I loved that she worked through what was necessary to help Zack in the words, world, and structure of the allegory of Paradise. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Well written and pertinent to today's issues. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I love books about books so I picked this up. It’s for the same reason I love movies about movies or shows about shows. It makes me feel like I am in on the art-making process. This book ended up being a lot darker than I expected. And more about God. It is about a famous writer who is teaching a class in creative writing at the local community college. As a project, she is writing a new short story, very much unlike those she is famous for, so they can see the process. So the book we are reading flashes back and forth between the story of her life and that of the character she is creating. Her character also mirrors her son in many ways. He is an alcoholic so she is also dealing with that. And she turns to God to help her out. The book was interesting and I enjoyed reading it, but it wasn’t something I would run out and buy or recommend strongly for someone else to read.