Officer Luke Nelson
is feeling good. He loves his job with the Sheriff’s department. He
loves his wife and baby girl. Life appears to be heading in the right
direction until after a robbery in a convenience store, he shoots a
black teenager running toward him. He thinks he hears a gun shot,
assumes the teen is armed and pulls the trigger.
Adisa, a young black
lawyer, loses her job with a prestigious law firm in Atlanta. At the
same time her Aunt Josie suffers a stroke. Since Aunt Josie raised
her and her sister, Adisa feels that she needs take care of her aunt.
When a law firm in the small town where Aunt Josie lives offers her a
job, it seems like the answer to a prayer, but it comes with strings
attached. The partner who hires her wants her to help him defend
Officer Nelson.
The is a novel
fraught with racial tension. Adisa makes the unpopular decision to
defend the young police officer. Neither the blacks nor the whites
are happy about the decision. As tension mounts, families on both
sides are torn apart and each character must face truths about
themselves and what they believe.
This is a very
timely book. It raises the issue that all of us must fact about what
we truly believe and what we will do to live up to our beliefs. I
highly recommend this book. It’s not an easy book to read. The
characters struggle and have to come to grips with forgiveness and
justice, as we all must.
I received this book
from BookLook Bloggers for this review.
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