Cara Wall has written a very complicated and intense novel about so many topics.
Definitely not a novel I would normally pick up and read.. but it did turn out to be a great book discussion book.
There were a few too many themes for the characters to balance in their lives ..but it was rich with topics to discuss in the group...
It is about two ministers and their wives. It follows their relationships and interactions through dating and marriage from college to careers. It is the question of faith , love, friendship, parenting, and those are only a few . It definitely got my attention...
Charles and Lily and James and Nan are the main characters. It took me a little while to remember who was who and who was mated with which. But then you see that each of the men have different relationships to their faith and each of the wives are opposites. Lily lost her faith after her parents were killed in a car accident when she was a child. Nan grew up the child of a minister and spent her youth joining her father as he ministered to his congregation. Charles found his faith after a college lecture and James grew up with an angry alcoholic father who treated him terribly.
As the story progresses each of the characters face certain obstacles and experiences that help them grow as people, learning empathy and how approach their beliefs and those of their spouse.
It turned out to be a very complex and compulsive read.
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