Indivisible by Darren Turner, Heather Turner, Travis Thrasher
Published by Thomas Nelson on October 23, 2018
Genres: Christian, Genres & Styles, Literature & Fiction
Pages: 336
Format: ARC
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Inspired by true events, Indivisible is a story of love, service, and finding each other all over again.
Darren and Heather Turner share a passion for serving God, family, and country. When Darren is deployed to Iraq as an army chaplain, Heather vows to serve military families back home as she cares for the couple’s three young children.
Darren knows he’s overseas to support the troops in their suffering as their chaplain. What he doesn’t know is how he will get through his own dark moments. And as communication from Darren dwindles, Heather wonders what is happening in her husband’s heart. Meanwhile, she’s growing weary in the day-to-day life of a military base—each child’s milestone Darren will never see, each month waiting for orders, each late-night knock on the door.
When Darren returns, he is no longer the husband Heather once knew. She is no longer the woman Darren wed. And so it’s at home that the Turners face their biggest battle: to save their marriage.
Based on the screen play by David Evans, Indivisible is a tribute to the beauty of serving our country, the courage of choosing love in the darkness, and the power of a God who never gives up hope.
Earlier today I shared with you about a new movie that comes out tomorrow, October 26, that is based upon a true story. In fact, if you check out that post, you can enter to win two Fandango tickets to see the movie at the theater!! (CLICK HERE.)
Anyway, back to this post…. Indivisible by Travis Thrasher, is the novelization of the upcoming movie by David G. Evans. The synopsis is the same as the movie, obviously, so I’ll just share my opinions:
I loved the progress of the story line and the raw emotion shown by the characters made this a very strong story. I appreciated how the author used short chapters that made the story very easy and fast flowing. I’ll be honest — I read the book before I saw the movie, and it really caused me to be excited to see the movie!
I liked how some of the chapters would switch to the present because it provided good emotional effects for some of the situations. I would say though, that this story wouldn’t necessarily be good to share with some of your younger family members since there are some war scenes in the story (in movie version anyway).
Through this story, readers are provided with the truths of how difficult it is for families to be separated for long periods of time and the dangers that our soldiers face. It also shares the difficulties the military has when they come back home after facing war and death and how it changes everyone. It makes me thank God everyday for the courage and strength of our military.
Bestselling author Travis Thrasher has written over 50 books, spanning genres in fiction, nonfiction and children’s literature. His inspirational stories have included collaborations with filmmakers, musicians, athletes, celebrities and pastors.
With the childhood goal of pursuing a writing career starting in third grade, Thrasher worked for 13 years at Tyndale House Publishers after graduating college. His experience working with authors allowed him to understand the writing life as well as training him to work with a variety of personalities. This experience has proven to be valuable with co-writing projects.
His novels are as diverse as the people he’s worked with, ranging from love stories to supernatural thrillers. This storytelling ability has also allowed him to work with others on their books, from country musician and American Idol winner Scotty McCreery to Bill Klein and Jen Arnold, reality TV stars of The Little Couple. Upcoming projects continue to expand his talents, with projects including Olympic Pride, American Prejudice about the lives of the other 17 American black athletes who competed in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin and Baby Don’t Hurt Me about comedian Chris Kattan’s life and time on Saturday Night Live.
Travis lives with his wife and three young daughters in a suburb of Chicago and fittingly enough will have a children’s book entitled Brave Girls Confidential released later in 2017.
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I was provided with a complimentary electronic advanced reader copy from Thomas Nelson through Net Galley in exchange for my post. I was not required to post a positive review, but have chosen to do so because this book was great! Thank you!!
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