Certain Women explores the sensitive issue of death and, more
specifically, the fear of dying with unresolved issues. In this novel (which I did not finish),
Emma Wheaton disrupts her successful stage career to be with her dying
father, David Wheaton. David is also an actor, having performed in a
number of plays during his long career. However, he is obsessed with
the one play he never got to do – an unfinished play about the Old
Testament King David, written by Emma’s estranged husband, Nik.
As David Wheaton’s nine wives and eleven children gather to say their
final goodbyes to David, the stories of both him and King David are
simultaneously woven together and unraveled. Since Emma is the main
female protagonist, the novel focuses on her upbringing and experiences
being raised by the great actor that was David Wheaton. As she is
surrounded by her extended and eclectic family, painful memories
resurface that begin to allow her to confront her past and start the
process of healing. As David Wheaton faces his approaching death, Emma
grapples with her future.
http://crazy-for-books.com/2011/02/faith-n-fiction-roundtable-discussion-certain-women-by-madeleine-lengle.html
- Were there too many characters to keep track of and was it difficult to follow the author’s shift from King David to David Wheaton?
- First, if you died today, is there anything left unresolved in your life that you would regret?
- So, can anyone be redeemed, regardless of what he or she has done, as
long as they atone for their sins?
- If a person has wronged you in a devastating way,
how can we truly just forgive and move on?
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