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Shannon's Hope (2013)

by Josi S. Kilpack(Favorite Author)

3.63 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1621084698 (ISBN13: 9781621084693)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Covenant Communications Inc.

review 1: 4.5 stars. It's been a while since I read the first four books in the Newport Ladies Book Club, and I loved getting back into the series! These books are not light, happy reads. They deal with tough situations and very real emotions. This book faces the problem of addiction and especially how it affects those who love and are trying to help the addict. Very heart wrenching! I found myself getting so angry with Shannon at times and wondered how she could not see the manipulation, but at the same time, I think what she felt and went through was probably very realistic. I appreciated what the author said in the acknowledgments: "There is a fine line between hope and hopelessness sometimes; between love and self-preservation; between kindness and enabling." A very touching sto... morery - now I'm anxious to read the rest!
review 2: This is the first book in the second set in this series. It almost had a journal-like feel to it, but I still really enjoyed it. Shannon is Ruby's niece--the one who started up a book club--and she is roped into going by her aunt. She has a step-daughter who is nothing but trouble. Keisha is heavily involved in drugs and is trying to change, but it's a lot harder to do than she thinks. Shannon has such love for Keisha and goes above and beyond in trying to help her--to the point where it almost puts her happy marriage in jeopardy.I think addiction is a major issue in our society today and Shannon's experience with it made it seem more real. I sometimes think, "Why can't they just quit using?" but it's really not that simple. I think sometimes, unknowingly, we enable the user by loving them too much. Making excuses for them, giving them chance after chance after chance, really doesn't cut it when the person is in too deep. I didn't think too much love was possible, but in some situations, tough love is definitely what it takes to help them. And even then, sometimes it's just not enough.Content: nothing is graphic, but this story deals with addiction so drug use is mentioned as well as means to make money for drugs--prostitution, theft, lying, etc. I believe there were just a couple of swear words too. less

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