Tears in a Bottle [Paperback]

Sylvia Bambola (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 13, 2001

Becky Taylor, a young woman burdened by great expectations, is lying on a cold recovery table in an abortion clinic when she hears a man's voice, then gunshots. She holds her breath and lies perfectly still behind the curtain. When the gunman is finished, Becky is the only one left alive in the clinic. This act brings together two strangers who both seek answers to life's most wrenching questions, mainly: Are God's love and mercy big enough for every sin? The answer transforms multiple lives.

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Becky Taylor succumbs to her parents' decision that she have an abortion, believing that she has no other choice. Then, while waiting in a small room for her mother to pick her up after the procedure, she hears screams and gunfire. Within minutes, Becky is the only living soul left in the clinic. Traumatized by the abortion and the shooting, Becky lashes out at friends and family in an increasingly suicidal manner until, in desperation, her father contacts Maggie Singer, director of Community Life Center, a pro-life organization with a program to help women who have had abortions let go of their grief and move on with their lives. Maggie should know; a botched abortion destroyed her chances for children in the future. Bambola (Refiner's Fire) tackles the question of God's forgiveness of sin in any situation, but not his acceptance, by offering different viewpoints on abortion but emphasizing a pro-life stance. Outstanding in its depiction of a particular stance, this book belongs in all well-rounded collections.
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About the Author

Sylvia Bambola received the Silver Angel Award for Refiner's Fire, as well as the Small Press Editor's Choice Award for her first novel, A Vessel of Honor (published under the pen name Margaret Miller). A resident of New York, she is a frequent speaker at Christian women's events. Sylvia and her husband have two grown children.

Product Details

• Paperback: 297 pages
• Publisher: Multnomah Books (October 13, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576738027
• ISBN-13: 978-1576738023
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,502,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, August 3, 2004

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This review is from: Tears in a Bottle (Paperback)

This book must have been very difficult for Sylvia Bambola to write. In this book, teenage Becky ends up pregnant, and everybody persuades her to have an abortion. Through the grief of losing her baby, Becky hooks up with Maggie, who helps her along the healing process.

This book gives all the brutal facts about abortion and the clinics. You don't hear a lot of this stuff in the media. Bambola talks about the devastating effects that abortion has on girls, such as the emotional trauma, inability to have children, sometimes even death.

Bambola also deals with abortion from several perspectives. She talks about the short term effects and the long term effects that girls suffer through after aborting their babies. She talks about how abortion clinics are really run. She talks about the abortion doctors and what some of them go through, and how they just shut themselves off to cope with the reality of what they are doing. She even talks about the impact of what the abortion doctors do and how it effects their families.

This is a great overview of abortion in fiction form. Atonement Child by Francine Rivers and Won By Love by Norma McCorvey are also good.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An important book written by a great storyteller..., December 21, 2001

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This review is from: Tears in a Bottle (Paperback)

In Tears in A Bottle, Sylvia Bambola takes on the difficult and controversial subject of abortion and delivers a riveting story that deals with the deep emotion and challenges that the decision to abort a pregnancy imparts on the lives and families of women in America. Bambola weaves several compelling storylines that bring to life the physical, emotional and spiritual difficulties that often follow an abortion. The author is ambitious in her scope of covering the many sides of abortion, but she consistently delivers in terms of attention to detail as well as with an entertaining, if challenging story. Tears in A Bottle asks the reader to consider the effect of abortion on society and individuals lives and provides an uplifting solution for those struggling with their decision to abort their pregnancy.

For another excellent novel from Bambola, check out A Refiner's Fire.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Read for Anyone with an Opinion of Abortion, January 6, 2005

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Mary Comm "Mary Comm - Director of In Our Mid... (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tears in a Bottle (Paperback)

I have been in ministry to post-abortive women for several years, and still, Ms. Bambola's book took my breath away. From the first page the author captured my attention and for the first time in my life I read a novel from cover to cover in one sitting. I literally could not put it down. Never before have I seen such an all-encompassing, sensitive, true-to-life look into virtually every facet of this complex, delicate, and utterly divisive subject. I applaud Ms. Bambola for creating a safe, honest, non-exploitative look into the world of abortion and to all the ways it affects the lives of those touched by it. Whatever your opinion of abortion, this book is a must-read.