Sincerely, Mayla
Virginia Smith
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Kregel Publications (March 30, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0825436923
Book Description:
Mayla Strong attempts to balance family, friends, love, and faith in this heartwarming and heartbreaking sequel to Just As I Am.
My Review:
Sincerely, Mayla is a sweet novel about inevitable collisions when comfortable, rutted paths intersect with God's roads.
Mayla, a wild child from a previous novel (Just As I Am) which I haven't read, has hit her spiritual stride as a spruced-up, redeemed version of herself. But God isn't done with her yet. Newly relieved of her job, Mayla sets out to fix controllable issues like her love life, and she finds herself detouring to mend some fences that keep her apart from her grandmother in Florida, and then veering into potholes left by friends in crisis.
Mayla has the time for an extended trip, but her emotions are a different story and her mini-vacation proves to be quite a trip when all the dust finally settles.
Mayla is a cute escapist read that ends up convicting those readers who have gotten a little too comfortable, or who think they've figured God out and don't really need His hand to be involved in life's microscopic details. Smith tells a fun tale with an engaging voice and equally engaging characters. She manages to cover a whole lot of heavy issues like homosexuality and abortion in this easily navigated novel. A great summer fluff with substance read. You won't need to read Just as I am to appreciate the story, but it may be fun to see just how far Mayla's come.
Reviewed by: Kelly Klepfer
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