A Muslim must always honor his or her parents. But does every parent deserve unconditional love? Echoes of the past ring through Rebounding as Joshua, Umar, Evie and Brad battle painful memories and search for resolution and peace. Revenge and revelation dominate this sequel to Echoes. Rebounding is the second book in the Echoes series by Jamilah Kolocotronis.
I read this book (series) for the third time in 7 years, yet it was still so poignant, inspirational and gripping. Sister Jamilah (Allah yarhamhaa) had a beautiful way of making a fictional work so powerful with her underlying, deeper messages as portrayed through the lives' of her characters. This series is bound to touch the reader and make one pause whilst reading, to just ponder over the Mercy of Allah and the profound meaning behind the author's words. Sister Jamilah portrays realistic life experiences of Muslim reverts living in the West, their challenges and experiences, both positive and negative.
The second book in the series held a few surprises and some not so surprising incidents. The theme running through the book is "honor thy parents" which needless to say is not always easy in real life. Once again the brainwashing aspects of Islam were annoying, but still the story was interesting.