CHRISTIAN FICTION

Healing Maddie Brees

by Rebecca Brewster Stevenson
Light Messages. Sept. 2016. 300p. ISBN 9781611531749. pap. $16.95; ebk. ISBN 9781611531756. CF
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OrangeReviewStarFrank and Maddie's lukewarm marriage turns ice cold when Maddie is diagnosed with breast cancer. Remembering how her high school boyfriend Vincent had performed miracles of healing—including her broken leg—in their Methodist community, Maddie obsesses about finding him. A suspicious Frank doubts that healing is the only thing that Maddie wants from Vincent and turns to Facebook to seek out an old flame of his own. In debut author Stevenson's portrait of a marriage, Maddie and Frank's emotional distress over past mistakes and trauma creates relentless anxiety.
VERDICT This thought-provoking and sobering first novel provides plenty of discussion topics for book groups. Fans of Julia Cantrell's The Feathered Bone and readers who enjoy issue-oriented domestic fiction will want to check out this title.
Reviewed by Christine Sharbrough , Sep 01, 2016
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