Review: A fantastic read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 28, 2011
"The pull of gravity" is a story of Friendship, Love, family, Jealousy and betrayal, but more than that it illustrates how men and women see the world so differently and the things that are urgent to one person take time and patience to the other person.In the midst of the sex trade in the Philippines we find several characters that are so real and so deep we forget what they do for a living, We forget we don't know them personally, We take a journey through the life and eyes Jay "Papa Jay" the Lounge manager, Retired from the Navy and a failed marriage lead him to the Philippines with nothing left to lose.  He is trying to find himself to be someone to find his place in the world.Taking work as a Papasan, Managing the bar and the girls that dance there give him renewed purpose he feels like their care taker their confidant, their friend.  One in particular reminds him a bit of his step daughter in her innocence and he forms a more special bond with her.  Their bond grows stronger with the addition of a character named Larry who falls in love with IsabelleAll the girls have a dream, to be swept away from the life, to be taken away from the Philippines and to be married.  Isabelle is no different, it is this dream that allows the clever jealous cousin to manipulate her and place doubts in her headThe story begins in the end and takes a walk back in time to find the truth.The truth worse than we would have thought the truth that jealousy is a destructive thing, a deadly thing.Brett Battles has proven himself a Master Storyteller.  A departure from his normal thriller novels The Pull of Gravity is a story rich and deep with feeling from Love to hopelessness and everything in between.