Tallahassee Writers Association Book Review of Barbara Joe Williams
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“Forgive Us This Day” (Amani Publishing) develops the theme that “the devil is busy” trying to cause trouble in marriages. The story begins when happily married Michael Wayne finds himself tempted into a former lover’s bed. The scene that follows is complete with “fierce” kisses and so much blood flowing to his nether regions that it “drained all the guiltiness canada goose outlet online uk from his brain.”
Williams alternates points of view, sometimes offering up Michael’s remorse and other times taking us inside the mind of his wife Alese as well as Lisa, the cunning sexpot trying to break up their marriage. The couple’s life is complicated by obstacles that arise to the finalizing of their adoption of two canada goose outlet nyc year Canada Goose Coats On Sale old Bianca and by Alese’s mother, who suffers yet another heart attack. While Alese flies to her mother’s side, Lisa plots to turn a one night mistake into a divorce.
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