a group of women are thrown together in a prayer group at a women's confernce in chicago, and decide to keep the group going after the confernce is over. they support each other through crises in their lives.
i'm still reading this, about two-thirds of the way through, but i'm liking it, so i'm blogging about it.
so far, so good. i'd seen it at a bookstore several months back, and was tempted to get it... because of the hot pink cover with daisies and funky socks. yes, i'm a marketer's dream. but, alas, i was broke, so i left it there and forgot about it. then, the other day, i was on the phone at the library, wandering around, and stumbled upon the christian section, tucked way back in the corner with the science fiction and fantasy reads. (i'm choosing the ignore the implied - or perhaps more accurately, inferred politics of that... for now, anyway.) well! i recognized the book on the shelf and decided to borrow it. i figured, at best, it's a nice, light, fluffy, mindless read. at worst, a poorly-written, light, fluffy, mindless read.
to my surprise, i'm actually liking it! i'm really enjoying the characters, who all have such real problems in their lives. one is an ex-con who is raising her younger brothers. one is a recovering drug addict. another is a messianic jew on her third marriage. one woman owns her own salon and cares for her aging mother. the list goes on. it's a motley crew, that's for sure, but they're all such real people. a rare find in christian fiction, i'm sad to say, but it's just so refreshing!
i'll admit, this book has me thinking about my own spiritual journey, what i have been through, what i'm dealing with now, where i've been with God, where i'm at with God now, and where i'm heading with God. it's pretty cool that way, and i never in a million years would have thought this book would impact me this way, truth be told. but it's good.
i'll post more when i'm done the book, but i had to let you know about it now while i have the time. i highly recommend it so far, if you're into christian fiction. and i'm not, usually, so this is pretty high praise from me.
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Thanks for the neat review, Heather! Thanks for the "high praise" from a not-usually-Christian-fiction reader. The YYPG was only supposed to be one novel--but I discovered you can't put 12 feisty women in a novel and expect them to stay there! They all wanted their stories to be told (smile). It's also been a way for me to share (via fictional characters) the wild roller coast journey of faith God's had me on. So . . . enjoy!
ReplyDeleteNeta Jackson, author of the Yada Yada Prayer Group books (AND the spin-off series, The Yada Yada House of Hope)