Dogwood

Chris Fabry
Tyndale House Publishers (2008)
ISBN 9781414319551
Reviewed by Lori Plach for Reader Views (6/08)


Hindsight is 20/20. If you had your life to live over again, would you do any thing different the second time around? All of us would probably want to change some of the things that we have done over the years. Does one of the things you want to change include losing your first love? Or, perhaps making a critical mistake which changed your plans for the future?

Will Hatfield has made the mistake of leaving both things -- his future and his first love.  It’s now twelve years later and he is leaving Clarkston prison and returning home to Dogwood, West Virginia. Is it possible that Karin is still waiting for him?

Karin settled for second best. She has married someone reliable and a good father to their children. However, she doesn’t have passion or that intense feeling for her pastor husband. Why does her friend Ruthie insist on Karin traveling with her to Clarkston to see Will before his release from prison? Just what does she hope to accomplish?

Danny Boyd is dealing with some issues on his own. Will he ever be able to come to terms with killing his own sisters by his own reckless act? Will Danny make amends by changing the course of other people’s lives even though he can’t remedy what he did by carelessness?

Chris Fabry has written his first novel for adults. He is a very talented author; I hope he writes more novels like this one. There are so many twists and turns along the pages of this book, that makes it a very difficult one to put down until you reach the last page. “Dogwood” will captivate you from cover to cover.

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