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A New Life
A New Life by Dana Corbit released on Sep 24, 2004 is available now for purchase.
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published October 1, 2004
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March 4, 2013
Excellent Christian love story.
September 3, 2016
It was time for a 'Luvv Inspired'... and GAH! I might have to give them up. They're horrible.
Trisha's husband died. So she lets her children be animals with that as an excuse. Her son, Rusty Jr. (and it's never Rusty, it's always Rusty Jr., which drove me bats) screams at the minister, beats the tar out of strangers, screams at his mother, is abusive to his siblings, and Trisha lets him, because 'he's grieving'. I'm sorry, but there is NO REASON for anyone to EVER be abusive to others, ever. EVER.
There's no discipline in this book, but everyone says what a 'good mother' she is. She's not a good mother, she's horrible! I hated her - she moaned and whined and spent more time dropping her kids off at sitters so she could date, go to college, be with friends than she did being a parent. She sucked, plain and simple.
Then there's the 'faith'. The author keeps insisting the Brett's faith is weak and compromised, but he spends the WHOLE book quoting scripture and going to church. He LIVED faith - being kind one to another, uplifting the hurting, striving to do right... (!?!)
She says that neither character has joy, but when she cites examples of joy, she's citing examples of happiness, not joy. She is obviously confused about the difference between the two. It's a MESS.
And again with the 'spirituality' being singles volleyball, home parties, etc. CGM faith is not faith at all.
Then there's the unresolved issues of her family not accepting Rusty, his family not accepting his choices, with Trisha over her husband... the author introduces all of this *other* and then does nothing with it. Bad writing.
I wasn't impressed. Another one for the burn barrel. Good thing I only paid 10¢ for it.
Trisha's husband died. So she lets her children be animals with that as an excuse. Her son, Rusty Jr. (and it's never Rusty, it's always Rusty Jr., which drove me bats) screams at the minister, beats the tar out of strangers, screams at his mother, is abusive to his siblings, and Trisha lets him, because 'he's grieving'. I'm sorry, but there is NO REASON for anyone to EVER be abusive to others, ever. EVER.
There's no discipline in this book, but everyone says what a 'good mother' she is. She's not a good mother, she's horrible! I hated her - she moaned and whined and spent more time dropping her kids off at sitters so she could date, go to college, be with friends than she did being a parent. She sucked, plain and simple.
Then there's the 'faith'. The author keeps insisting the Brett's faith is weak and compromised, but he spends the WHOLE book quoting scripture and going to church. He LIVED faith - being kind one to another, uplifting the hurting, striving to do right... (!?!)
She says that neither character has joy, but when she cites examples of joy, she's citing examples of happiness, not joy. She is obviously confused about the difference between the two. It's a MESS.
And again with the 'spirituality' being singles volleyball, home parties, etc. CGM faith is not faith at all.
Then there's the unresolved issues of her family not accepting Rusty, his family not accepting his choices, with Trisha over her husband... the author introduces all of this *other* and then does nothing with it. Bad writing.
I wasn't impressed. Another one for the burn barrel. Good thing I only paid 10¢ for it.
September 10, 2014
Another LI featuring a widow with 3 kids who needs to learn to trust God, then she falls in love.
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