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Reviewed:
Apr 26, 2010
Perfect Peace by Daniel Black
St. Martin’s Press, March 2010
352 Pages, Hardcover, $25.99
ISBN:
0312582676
Genre:
Fiction
RAW Rating: 5.0 (out of 5)
When Emma Jean was a child, she was abused mentally and physically by her mean-spirited mother. She couldn’t understand why her mother went to such great lengths to hate her but shamelessly showered her two older sisters with the love and the attention she craved.
Emma Jean marries Gustavus “Gus” Peace and from their union six sons are born. Pregnant with number seven, Emma Jean feels deep in her heart she will be blessed with a girl; a daughter she will love and cherish, unlike the way she was treated as a child. As fate will have it, she gives birth to a son; a beautiful son she will easily disguise as a girl and name Perfect. For eight years, sweet, adorable Perfect was the apple of her brothers’ eyes and her parents' pride and joy. However, Emma Jean and Perfect’s world is shattered when Perfect’s true identity is discovered. Perfect’s name is changed to Paul and he is forced to start living his life as a boy.
PERFECT PEACE grabs the reader in a tight hold and doesn’t release them until the last page. Black’s graphic writing allowed my mental images of the time and place in Swamp Creek, Arkansas flow through my mind with ease. The colorful, flawed characters and intricate story line caused my emotions to soar to different heights in various sections of the story; laughter, anger, happiness, and tears. PERFECT PEACE is a spectacular, soul-stirring literary gem!!!
Reviewed by Sharon Lewis, RAWSISTAZ.com
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Sharon Lewis, a married mother of five and a grandmother of eight, is an eclectic bookaholic. She works as an Administrative Assistant and resides in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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