Review: Makes Me Want to Follow-Up with The Prayer Box (4 stars)
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 20, 2013
This is a novella by Lisa Wingate that is a prelude to a longer novel, "The Prayer Box". The main protagonist, Elizabeth Gallagher, is feeling disconnected from her family due to a recent case she has been involved with as a 911 operator. Combined with that it feels as if her family is more separate from her than ever before. Taking a car trip with her mother to visit her aunt on Hatteras Island in North Carloina leads to unexpected revelations on what she should do next.I really did love this novella and really felt for the character of Elizabeth. While Ms. Wingate slowly leads up to what is going on with Elizabeth's work life and how that is coinciding with her feeling adrift from her children and husband I really felt for her. Though we do get to know more about her mother and aunt I thought her husband was not as well fleshed out. That is probably due to the fact at this point in time she is interacting with her husband via phone calls or texts. Also the ending with Elizabeth managing to "save" someone in order to make up for what she had lost I thought was a little bit schmaltzy. I still plan on reading "The Prayer Box" and hope to find out if Elizabeth dig get set on her new path or not.