In A Time to Stand, Whitlow shows that when it comes to pursuing what is right it should be as easy as black and white.
The book takes us through series of events that seems that they could be taken from today’s headlines. A white police officer shoots an unarmed black teenager; but with Whitlow, there is always more than meets the eye. Enter, Adisa Johnson, a young African American Attorney who has been working on Corporate Law for several years since graduating law school. Through a series of ill-fated circumstances, she now finds herself out of work. She’s smart and has many layers to her own story that lead her down a path she probably never expected for herself.
Her grandmother is in the hospital so she returns to her small-town home to take care of her; when she gets there she discovers the town in turmoil over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager.
She is approached with a job offer from the local law firm, with strings attached. Not only will she do some corporate law, but they want her to assist with the defense of the white police officer. This will cause quite a stir in the community and with her family.
In the middle of the turmoil of the shooting there is also the issues of trusting law enforcement, how race will play a part in the officer’s fate, as well as the issue of forgiveness. When faith and the law come together, will they be able to overcome the anger and frustrations that are rising?
The story is delivered in a way that keeps you reading and hoping for ways to address the social ills that many are grappling with. A Time to Stand works in all the major details you would want to learn about this type of event: the feelings of the Black Community; the local Black Pastor, who sees it as his duty to speak out for the Black Community; the feelings of the white police officer and his family and their worries, fears, anxieties and struggles as they go through this trial.
There are great themes of racial injustice, prejudice, forgiveness, mercy, grace and redemption that are all worked through the story. Add to that the young attorney who is caught in the middle and her struggle to come to terms with her own feelings and with her relationship with God and you have a very interesting story. If you like police dramas with a little romance this is for you.
For my review, I received a copy of this book from the publisher through the BookLook Bloggers book review bloggers program.
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