Author: Rebecca Nichols Alonzo
Publisher: Tyndale
Genre: autobiography
Published: August 2010
From the publisher's website: Rebecca never felt safe as a child. In 1969, her father, Robert Nichols, moved to Sellerstown, North Carolina, to serve as a pastor. There he found a small community eager to welcome him—with one exception. Glaring at him from pew number seven was a man obsessed with controlling the church.. . . . It is the amazing true saga of relentless persecution, one family’s faith and courage in the face of it, and a daughter whose parents taught her the power of forgiveness.
I really didn't know what to expect when I chose this book to review. I guess I knew it was non-fiction, but until I had the book in my hands and started reading did I realize that it was an autobiography, well researched and detailed. So many autobiographies are set up as "first I did this, and on this date we went here and this happened in this town and so and so was involved." Not even from the first page did I feel like I was reading an autobiography. This woman has uniquely crafted her life story into a book that reads like a novel.
The last chapter is a conversation with the author. Or that's what it feels like. She explains what she has learned about forgiveness and how important forgiveness is in our lives and how it is a huge part of our walk with God and our witness for Him. This is a message that all people need to hear and know. And if she can forgive, I certainly can. I have not experienced in my life, what she has in hers!
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for my honest review.
Striving to learn and live God's purposes,
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