Not Easily Broken
by T.D. Jakes
Published by Hachette (Warner Faith)
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Reviewed by Peg Brantley
ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIOBOOK!!!
Dave and Clarice Johnson are a young couple who appear to be living the American Dream. Dave has his own successful business, and Clarice is one of the top real estate agents with her company.
But, like most of us, if you dig a little bit, disappointments and resentments are buried not too far beneath the surface. And when a car accident brings their routine to a screeching halt, it gets harder to ignore the little piles of dirt piling up in little mounds around them.
Clarice has a physical therapist, Julie, who is a member of their church and a single mom. The love of Julie's life is her son, and when Dave Johnson shows an interest in mentoring him, it all feels natural and good. Until those little piles of dirt start exposing more underlying differences between Dave and Clarice, and unmarred history between Dave and Julie.
T.D. Jakes is the first author of a non-fiction book I enjoyed reading from beginning to end. Even though I trusted he'd have some talent in writing fiction, I steeled myself for possible disappointment. Didn't happen. Jakes takes his compassion, experience and love for other people and pours it into this story.
In Not Easily Broken we see how even good people can find themselves in difficult and tortuous situations. And we see how, when we let God into the picture, often those things we've kept buried can become treasures to hold tight and build upon.
Armchair Interviews says: Fiction with true sense of things that people hid from others and themselves