Troubled Waters

Rating:
Summary: Good Story With Message Important For All Of Us
Review: Macey Steigel had an excellent job as a news anchor in Dallas, a position she had worked hard to earn. A call from her home town telling of her father's death brought a host of memories back. For 17 years she had shut out all thoughts of home, especially thoughts of her father. Going home to Kansas was something she did not want to do but thinking of her mother she decided to take a few days off from work and attend the funeral.

Marcey's mother welcomed her without any reproach for the years when she had not communicated with the family. Marcey did a great deal of thinking and met a neighbor who lived in a house which had special memories form her. Finally Marcey accepted what had happened in the past and was ready to face a new life free from the old grief and misunderstanding. The story is a good one but the message it carries is important for all of us.

Rating:
Summary: Very intense, satisfying read!
Review: Macey Stiegel has a successful anchor job at a Dallas television station. Things are really looking up as a major network contacts her for an interview. Out of the blue, Macey receives news that her father has died. Unfortunately, Macey has not been home in eighteen years. The main reason why she left her hometown in Kansas was to escape her father's wrath. Now she must put her life and career on hold to help her distraught mother. The longer she stays with her mother, the closer she must face the circumstances surrounding her rapid departure and the emptiness inside of her.

Rene Gutteridge's first novel, Ghost Writer was highly acclaimed. While I'm not familiar with her first book, Troubled Waters is a testament to her talents as a writer. From the first chapter, Gutteridge wheels the reader inside Macey's world. She is an ambitous woman, but at the same time she remains mysterious throughout a large majority of the novel. Readers will move forward in ernest seeking answers to Macey's void and her mother's desperate need to connect her daughter back with her deceased father.

--- reviewed by Tyora Moody for Christian Bookshelf