A Morning Like This [Hardcover]

Deborah Bedford (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 316 pages
• Publisher: Warner Books 2002/02 (2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739430432
• ISBN-13: 978-0739430439
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,328,659 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars If infidelity is okay with you, this is your book!, November 8, 2005

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Just another Stephanie "Stephanie" (Somewhere in Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Morning Like This (Paperback)

David and Abby Treasure (niiiiiice fake last name), along with their son Braden, are the perfect Christian family. Until, that is, David's affair from 9 years ago comes back to haunt them. Turns out his mistress gave birth to his child and never told him. Oops. And of course, now the illegitimate daughter is dying of cancer and needs a bone marrow transplant, and he has to tell his wife and bring all sorts of loverly turmoil into his family. Yada yada yada, we've all heard this story a zillion times before.

I was pretty irritated by this book. Abby gets angry at David, rightly so, and he acts like a creep toward her. He doesn't get that because he went out acting like a manwhore, he's to blame. But what grossed me out was when Abby tells him that the affair was partly HER fault, that she pushed him away, even though he cheated on her while she was not only pregnant, but just after giving birth to their son. Nice guy there. She forgives him (this is a Christian novel, and the author seems set on the fact that divorce is never an option, even if your significant other goes around acting like a workaholic prostitute), and of course, everyone lives happily ever after.

I don't agree. I think that she was making faith out to be the only remedy for a marriage that was in desperate need of a lot of therapy (faith never hurts, of course, but God helps those who help themselves). I felt almost as though the author looked down on anyone who would dare divorce over something so little as infidelity. This made me feel small. Didn't care for that.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, January 2, 2010

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Judy Shewmake (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Morning Like This: A Novel (Paperback)

The author is very sloppy with details, dates, vehicles, events are not consistent - she needs an editor!
The husband David claims to be a Christian and wants to do what the Lord wants, but he's sneaking around talking to his ex-mistress, he never tells the full truth to his wife, he never apologizes when first revealing his adultery or at the end.
This is supposed to be a Christian family but David never prayed once, he didn't try to bring healing to his wife for the pain he caused, he never admitted he was wrong and was prideful and he never confessed to God or his wife his adultery.
This story teaches that women must make the first move, take all the steps to reconcilliation and make all the sacrifices in an relationship - while allowing men to be jerks.
The author obviously knows nothing about marriage problems and this book that could have taught the true meaning of healing a marriage - instead disappoints...

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another moving story from Deborah Bedford, August 17, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: A Morning Like This (Paperback)

Although the plot is one readers have seen many times before (unfaithful spouse, secret child), Bedford's writing has a beauty of voice that makes this book special. I'll be recommending it to others.