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Intervention (Christian Large Print)
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When Barbara Covington's daughter, Emily, disappears on the way to drug treatment and the interventionist who was escorting her is found dead at the airport, Barbara must convince Detective Kent Harlan that Emily did not commit murder. Reprint. (Religious fiction). |
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Pages 470
Dimensions: Length: 0.75" Width: 5.5" Height: 8.25"
Weight: 1 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Nov 1, 2009
Publisher Thorndike Press
ISBN 1594153043
EAN 9781594153044
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 | Suspense and Religion Dec 9, 2009 |
| Apparently I missed the description of this book as a Christian mystery because I was quite surprised to find references to faith, belief and trust in God, being saved by Jesus, giving your life over to God, etc. on nearly every other page of Terri Blackstock's latest novel. Ostensibly the story about a high school girl who has fallen in with the wrong crowd after the death of her father and become a drug addict, "Intervention" centers around the mystery that occurs when young Emily Covington disappears after traveling from an intervention in her home to a drug treatment center in Atlanta, leaving behind her interventionist dead in the airport parking lot. It certainly looks as though Emily is guilty of murder but things are not always as they seem in this book. Emily's mother (and younger brother) arrive to search for her; Barbara Covington's will and determination making things difficult for the police, who are following standard procedures in this case. This would be a very interesting suspense mystery if nearly every scene were not interrupted by a digression in one form or another about faith and belief. I found even the pacing of the penultimate scenes interrupted in this way so that the climax of the novel was disappointing, wrapped as it was in what was basically a religious tract. | | |  | Good easy read! Dec 7, 2009 |
Barbara Covington is a woman at her wit's end! Her 18 year old daughter Emily has fallen into a world of drugs and alcohol. Emily has been depressed since her dad died of cancer and there is nothing that her mom or her little brother Lance can do to get through to her.
Barbara really plans on trying tough love with Emily. They hold an intervention between Barbara, Lance, Emily, and her therapist where Emily is told she must go to rehab in another state that she doesn't have any options left. Emily goes, but not happily. Barbara is relieved that Emily is going and then the unimaginable happens...Emily is kidnapped and her therapist is murdered. The cops think that Emily might be a murderer on the run, but her mom and brother know better and they join the hunt to find Emily...but they are trying to find her because they know she is in trouble.
I have to admit that one of my favorite characters in the book was Lance. They young kid is smart and witty and was still grounded in his faith. Out of every character struggling with God and soing the right thing I believe this little kid was the more stable one of the lot. I really hope that we get to read more about Lance in another book.
Not any real romance in the book to speak of. It would have been nice to have Barbara finding herself a bit closer to the detective, but in the end the book was about finding Emily and for the characters to find their faith again.
Good book. I did find the storyline a bit slower than her previous books and a bit harder to stick with, but all in all I am glad that I did. | | | | ...a riveting novel... Nov 16, 2009 |
An intervention is eighteen-year-old Emily Covington's last chance. It's also her mother Barbara's last hope. But what starts out as a rescue plan for the teen quickly evolves into a nightmare. Within hours Emily's interventionist is found dead at the airport, and Emily herself has disappeared. All fingers point to the girl as the prime suspect. Barbara can't believe her daughter would do such a thing, but does she really know her anymore? What if in a desperate attempt to escape treatment she did the unthinkable and took a human life? This question keeps the suspense flowing through each chapter. We discover along with Barbara her daughter's hidden life and what really caused Emily's downward spiral.
No one wakes up one day and decides to become an addict. In most cases there's a defining event, usually tragic, that left unresolved can create all the negative emotions an addict is looking to numb. In Emily's case, it's the death of her father.
How can a girl from a good family with no history of violence or addiction fall so far? Emily talks about it in her journals, which her mother reads throughout the story. The words are startling and painful. Barbara has tried so hard to keep her family together and to be the strong one, but could what she thought was strength have been coldness to her children?
With the help of her tech savvy younger son Lance, Barbara throws herself into bringing her daughter home alive. She will find her. But Detective Kent Harlan isn't so sure. He's trying to do his job, and he doesn't need a meddling mother interfering with his case. Yet he can't deny his admiration for Barbara's determination and dogged belief in Emily's innocence.
Like its TV counterpart, Intervention shows us the devastating affects of addiction, especially to the addict's family. But perhaps the title is a bit misleading. The actual intervention is only the springboard for this suspense novel, concluded by chapter four. More focus is given to Barbara coming to grips with the root of Emily's issues and her own blindness to her daughter's pain. It's not that she's been a bad mother. She's tried in every way she knows how to provide for her children. But sometimes healing can't be brought through our own strength. Barbara has to learn how to lean on the Lord not only for Emily's safety, but soon also for her own.
Intervention is a riveting novel that shines the spotlight on the drug epidemic among our nation's youth. Will we, like Barbara, unwittingly turn a blind eye to those hurting and abused among us, or will we reach out and offer hope before they end up in Emily's shoes? May Intervention be our call to action. We'll be served some terrific, page-turning suspense as only Terri Blackstock can deliver along the way.
--Reviewed by C.J. Darlington for TitleTrakk | | |  | Blackstock's best yet Nov 14, 2009 |
| I was in a hurry to purchase Intervention when I read that this book had hit the NYT Bestseller status. I saw why as soon as I started reading. The grasp of characters, the inside knowledge of a family in peril, and the strong main characters make the read realistic. The depth of emotion and the surprises on every page would not let me put the book down--I might miss something! Well worth the read. | | |  | The Damage is Real Nov 14, 2009 |
This is a story of the damage that addiction to drugs and alcohol can do to a family...the user and those who watch them self destruct. The writing reflects the author's understanding of these horrors.
Regretfully, her awareness is often overtaken by an unexpected religious zeal. The religious references are excessive and add nothing to the story. further, the Mother in the story is, on one side, well depicted in her frenzy to help her daughter, and on the other totally unbelievable. One moment we are heraing about her financial diffiulcties and in the next she somehow finds the resources to buy new phones, computers, clothers, etc. The depiction of her as a total person is just not believable.
While the story is convincing on one level...how an additicion grows and the damage it causes....on another level it is highly unbelievable. | | | Write your own review about Intervention (Christian Large Print)
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