Come Sunday

As Isla Morley''s novel sweeps from the hills of Honolulu to the veldt of South Africa we catch a hint of the spirit of Barbara Kingsolver and the mesmerizing truth of Jodi Picoult. We are reminded of how it felt to dive into the drama of The Thorn Birdse Sunday is that joyous special thing: a saga that captivates from the very first page breaking our hearts while making our spirits soar. Abbe Deighton is a woman who has lost her bearings. Once a child of the African plains she is now settled in Hawaii married to a minister and waging her battles in a hallway of monotony. There is the leaky roof the chafing expectations of her husband''s congregation and the constant demands of motherhood. But in an instant beginning with the skid of tires Abbe''s battlefield is transformed when her three-year-old daughter is killed triggering in Abbe a seismic grief that will cut a swath through the landscape of her life and her identitye Sunday is a novel about searching for a true homeland family bonds torn asunder and the unearthing of decades-old secrets. It is a novel to celebrate and Isla Morley is a writer to love.