Review: what's Important?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 14, 2014
Rachel grew up poor. Sometimes there was no money for meals. She felt herself a social pariah because she couldn't attend parties with her schoolmates, she didn't have nice clothes to wear. Her poverty bound her to 2 other girls from even poorer backgrounds who would be her closest friends. Having survived the poverty and powerlessness of her youth, she is driven to attain to wealth and power. She wants a secure future for herself and her future children. The problem is that she's falling for Jack--a handyman who lives in a little rundown shack. He makes her happy and fulfilled. She can't imagine life without him, but how can she tie her future to the uncertainty of her past. But can she be strong enough to push him out of her life and find the security she needs?Like a Frank Capra film, this book is an entertaining, sometimes heartwarming, morality play. Fear versus faith, wealth versus love, happiness versus security. Then there's the other theme of one character hiding his identity, wanting to be loved for himself, versus the other feeling a fool for being deceived by the hidden identity. It all comes down to what really matters. Despite the excessive sex driven relationship this author often confuses with love, this is a nicely penned book about finding the best things in life.