A Fall Together
By Jennifer O’Neill
Reviewed by Pat Beaty
This Christian novel is not about Christmas, but your
reviewer would like to offer it up as a gift selection for your reading
pleasure during the holidays. It is
replete with a variety of characters, including a dog and a cat you will love.
Despite the seriousness and sinfulness of the inter-related
plots of this work, it is an absolutely delightful story. The characterizations are masterful, as is
the author’s ability to draw the reader into a keen interest in what is on the
next page throughout the whole experience.
Ms. O’Neill skillfully draws the reader into a feeling of
sympathy (or even of empathy) with the main subjects in this dramatic tale; and
she ends up providing hope for both them and a, by-then, excited and
enthusiastic audience. It always amazes
me how Our Lord brings his own to himself and, parenthetically, how we poor
sinners go to all lengths to postpone the Holy Spirit’s call.
The events in this novel take place in the fictitious berg
of Centennial, Tennessee, a few miles outside of Nashville, and the
implications of this title are wide ranging.
“And they cried out in a loud voice: Salvation belongs to
our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” – Revelation 7:10
Merry Christmas and Happy Reading!
November 18, 2014
