Book Review ~ Fire In The Bedroll

by Dee Ann Miller
author of How Little We Knew and The Truth About Malarkey
www.takecourage.org

Fire in the Bedroll clearly illustrates what happens when children, isolated and "sheltered" from reality, grow up. Low self-esteem often finds a mate with equally low self-esteem. Yet the children are unable to live, except by the script that has been so rigidly written for them. The result is often decade after decade of remaining under the spell while calling it normal, all the while bringing up another generation of children who have difficulty writing their own script.

The book happens to be about an abusive cross-cultural, clergy marriage. It is often dramatic, especially the final chapters. It reads like a Lifetime TV movie, with the reader on the edge, hoping and praying that the victimized wife and children are able to escape. What relief when it finally happens!

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