Dear
Readers,
Beth
Wiseman is known for her Amish fiction, but she also writes terrific
contemporary fiction. The Promise is her latest venture into that
genre. The Promise is based on a story that actually happened to a friend
of Beth’s, you need to keep that in mind as there will be parts of the story
that you won’t believe are actually true. It still seems strange to me
that someone had this all happen to them or that they allowed it to happen
through bad choices and not listening to the advice of friends and family.
Years
earlier, Mallory had a chance to save her cousin's life. The problem was
her parents didn’t want to risk her life with kidney surgery and so when her
cousin died, Mallory make a promise that someday she would save someone’s
life. Now Mallory has a chance to do that. Her employer’s brother’s
daughter has leukemia and the only way to get her healthy is to get her to
America. The only way to do that is to have the brother marry an American
and Mallory is more than willing to be that person.
As
I was reading this book, I found myself getting frustrated with Mallory.
She seemed to believe that all the reports coming out of Pakistan were false or
at least blown out of proportion. She doesn’t believe anyone is correct
and thinks they are only trying to stop her from fulfilling her promise.
I wanted to shake her a couple of times and ask her why she thought all those
who loved her were wrong and the one person she was believing was a guy she had
never met.
I
think that is part of a good book, when you get emotionally attached to the
characters, whether it is love, anger or any other emotion, it doesn’t
matter. If you are emotionally invested in a character, then you know the
book has kept your attention. In the Promise, this happened to me and I
know I will be telling more people to read this book.
Happy
Reading,
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