By Kelly Bridgewater
Beatrice Carraway has dreams. Although she’s aged out of the childhood pageant circuit, she’s intent on carrying her talents all the way to the big screen―if only she can escape the poverty of West Dallas first. But as the Great Depression drags the working class further and further under, Beatrice struggles just to keep herself, her mother, and her younger sister afloat. After a string of failed auditions, she feels defeated.
And then in walks Jack Turner. Though Beatrice is determined to pull herself up by her bootstraps, Jack has decided on a different path out of the gutters. It isn’t long before Beatrice is swept into an exciting and glamorous life of crime beside the man she loves. Keeping one step ahead of the law, she sees her dreams of fame come true when her name and picture are plastered in newspapers across the country. Yet as their infamy grows, the distance between them widens. While Jack begins seeking bigger payouts and publicity, Beatrice starts to long for a safe, quiet life and something deeper to fill the emptiness in her soul. But when the danger of Jack’s schemes ratchets up, Beatrice fears her dreams―and her future―will end up going down in a hail of bullets.
My
Thoughts:
The
Girl from the Papers by Jennifer L. Wright is a Bonnie
and Clyde retelling. One of my favorite aspects was the internal dialogue of
the main heroine. She wonders if she is ever good enough to be loved. I can
completely relate. But through the help of Allie who shows her who God is and
how much he loves her just the way that she is, the heroine begins to
understand that God will love her no matter what she has done or will do. The
plot moves at a fast pace and will hold the imagination of the readers. Wright
does a wonderful job at showing why the heroine stayed with Jack even as he
kept doing the horrible things that he did. Made it more easy to empathize with
her plight. Their romance is more of a need to fill the hole in the heroine's
heart. The setting and descriptions were nicely explained and shown to the
readers. The synopsis made me want to read the story, but Wright's take at the
heart issue really kept me glued to the active storyline. Overall, The Girl
from the Papers by Jennifer L. Wright moves the heart, but shows a delightful
story while doing it. I recommend this story.
I received a complimentary copy of The Girl from the Papers by Jennifer L.
Wright from Tyndale Publishing, but the opinions stated are all my own.
My
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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