What’s it like when the man you married is already married to God?
asks Pastors’ Wives, an often surprising yet always emotionally true
first novel set in a world most of us know only from the outside.
Lisa
Takeuchi Cullen’s debut novel Pastors’ Wives follows three women whose
lives converge and intertwine at a Southern evangelical megachurch. Ruthie
follows her Wall Street husband from New York to Magnolia, a fictional suburb of
Atlanta, when he hears a calling to serve at a megachurch called
Greenleaf. Reeling from the death of her mother, Ruthie suffers a
crisis of faith—in God, in her marriage, and in herself. Candace is Greenleaf’s
“First Lady,” a force of nature who’ll stop at nothing to protect her church and
her superstar husband. Ginger, married to Candace’s son, struggles to play
dutiful wife and mother while burying her calamitous past. All their roads
collide in one chaotic event that exposes their true selves. Inspired by
Cullen’s reporting as a staff writer for Time magazine, Pastors’
Wives is a dramatic portrayal of the private lives of pastors’ wives, caught
between the demands of faith, marriage, duty, and love.
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Lisa Takeuchi Cullen was a longtime staff writer for TIME magazine.
She now develops television pilots for production companies. Born in Japan,
Cullen lives in New Jersey with family. This is her first novel.
This is just my opinion
please don't send me e-mails yelling at me about this review. This book was not
my cup of tea.
I could not wait to read this book but let me tell you, I did not
enjoy it at all. one it has bad language in it, two it was all over the place,
this was a book I could not tell you what was happening with the three wives of
the pastors from one chapter to the next. I like a book that holds my
attention.
I will not be reading anything else by Lisa that is for
sure.
I give this book 3 stars
I was given a copy of this book by the publisher for my honest
review
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Great review!
ReplyDeleteI understand this book for I am married to a Pastor .And being married to a Pastor is sometimes not so fun !! Blessings ,Dana "Girl"
ReplyDeleteDana, you are the WINNER! I will get this book right out to you,
DeleteI love this blog you get honest answers about books, The blog readers know that you are not going to like everybook that you read. If you go to other blogs all they do is try to sell you books, every one of their reviews are 5 star reviews. I dont want to spendmy money on books that are trash. I love it that you are honest with us Mary. Thank you for that.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your honest review Mary. I still would like to read it. It is impossible to like every book that we read.
ReplyDeleteBlessings!
Judy B
I wanted to add, so hopefully no one will trash talk you or yell at you through emails. We all have our own opinions. This is YOUR blog and you have a right to tell it like it is!! :)
DeleteMary, after chatting with you by email, I do not want this book, so please don't even put my name in the drawing! Thanks Sis!
DeleteI thank you for your honest review!
ReplyDeleteI love your tell it like it is approach to your wonderful reviews. You either like the book or you don't. I don't want to read books with bad words in them, so thanks for telling about that. I love you Mary
ReplyDeleteAs a reviewer it is hard to give a bad review, but I applaud you for your honesty. I have had to contact an author and back out on a review because the book was one I just couldn't read.
ReplyDeleteI greatly appreciate your honesty about this book, but I would still like to have a chance to read it. Your opinions are yours, and I respect them. Thanks for your review.
ReplyDeleteKaren Schulz
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I agree with other comments. You always are honest and keep you integrity intact. Many of us are on limited budgets and spending money on a book that is very disappointing due to language or something offensive. Yes everyone has different tastes but I have not seen any that I disagreed on so far.
ReplyDeleteGod bless you for your caring about the readers!
Cathy
Mary, thank you for your honest opinion. Those of us who follow your blog have the utmost confidence in your opinions, and I appreciate your candor! This book "looks" much different than it appears to portray. I will not be adding this to my TBR list.
ReplyDeleteI entered a giveaway for a copy of this book on another blog, but now I think that if I win I will decline the prize. I appreciate your review. Sometimes when a blogger reviews a book and doesn't like it, they are not definitive about what they don't like. Do they not like it because it simply doesn't appeal to them or is there a deeper reason. Do they not like it because they were critiquing it for editing flaws, sentence structure, plot falacies, inadequate research if historical in nature? Just what? You defined your reason saying.....
ReplyDelete"This book was not my cup of tea.
I could not wait to read this book but let me tell you, I did not enjoy it at all. one it has bad language in it, two it was all over the place, this was a book I could not tell you what was happening with the three wives of the pastors from one chapter to the next. I like a book that holds my attention."
If published by a secular press, you can often expect some bad language - even in a book that deals with characters in "the church." If it is published by a Christian publishing house, you MIGHT get some of this but not you can usually expect to NOT encounter foul or bad language. So who published the book? But those of us who look for clean reads expect the author to skirt the bad language by alluding to it but not spelling it out. We expect to have morally upright scenes that are not degrading. So I appreciate your pointing out what you do not like.
I, too, have some authors I won't read again. I understand.
Well, definitely all books are not equal. I am not one for bad language, books or other media, as well. So I would tend to agree.
ReplyDeleteThat is why we are all here Mary because of your honest reviews. Thanks for sharing it with us
ReplyDeleteMary, thank you for your review. You're right: there is a very small bit of language, and it is a dramatic story that may keep the reader uncertain of what may transpire next. It is published by Penguin, a secular publisher, and I am a former journalist for Time magazine. But I wrote the story from my heart. I love the characters as I do my sisters. They guided me through a crisis of faith, and for that I am forever grateful. Thank you, dear readers, for keeping an open heart. xo Lisa
ReplyDeleteGreat review Mary (again)! Would love to win a copy of this!
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