Blessed |
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| Author:
| Robinson, Sherry |
| Cover Design by:
| Tanner, Matt |
| ISBN: | 978-1-945049-10-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2019 |
| Publisher: | Shadelandhouse Modern Press, LLC
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $18.95 |
Book Description:
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"You carry it around-that hurt and anger-because you're afraid if you leave it behind it's the same as saying it was okay for them to hurt you. Of course it's not okay, but you are the one who is weighted down by its burden. You are the one who can barely breathe under the weight of it." These are the words of Grayson Armstrong, the central character in Sherry Robinson's novel, Blessed. Grayson Armstrong's vision for a dying church has everyone in small-town Mercy, Kentucky, talking....
More Description"You carry it around-that hurt and anger-because you're afraid if you leave it behind it's the same as saying it was okay for them to hurt you. Of course it's not okay, but you are the one who is weighted down by its burden. You are the one who can barely breathe under the weight of it." These are the words of Grayson Armstrong, the central character in Sherry Robinson's novel, Blessed. Grayson Armstrong's vision for a dying church has everyone in small-town Mercy, Kentucky, talking. The truth is everyone has been talking about Grayson ever since this dark-haired twenty-eight-year-old preacher with shoulder-length hair and an ill-fitting suit drove into town twelve years before in his silver convertible with his pretty wife and two rambunctious boys. It s his untimely death, though, that has everyone trying to understand who they thought he was. This vivid, poignant, and heart-breaking story is told by multiple characters whose paths intersect with Grayson: a homeless Vietnam veteran haunted by demons of war; the local diner's young waitress grappling with her family s dark history; aggrieved and supportive congregants and townspeople confronting change and the power of love and hate; and Grayson s wife and his coming-of-age gay son, struggling to understand their own feelings about Grayson. During a time when communities and countries are split apart, Robinson's calming prose and timely story encourages us to put aside our fears, hate, and biases, open our hearts, and challenge our perceptions. Blessed is ultimately a story of hope and of the power of forgiveness.