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Review: Not Easily Broken By T.D. Jakes
By Lynia White
T.D. Jakes has written over 30 books
and he is no stranger to the New York Times bestsellers list.
This best-selling author is known as a leader in the global
community. He has been able to reach people all over the world
through his global missions and his weekly television program.
Jakes has expressed concern over issues such as domestic violence,
AIDS awareness, and homelessness. He has been an outstanding
leader in fighting against these social issues. In his latest
novel, “Not Easily Broken,” he has given insight into problems
that plague many marriages.
This book is a
very powerful look into many factors that can put a strain
on marriage – finances, health problems, and emotional infidelity.
Anyone that has been married for a while will be able to relate
to this book. As you read this story, you can feel the pain
of the characters. They face such a struggle to keep their
marriage together in the face of calamity. When the marriage
is fragile, almost anything can blow up.
Here is an excerpt
from Chapter 1:
“He could tell
when he came home that the evening wasn’t going to be smooth.
The Board of Realtors dinner was that night, and wouldn’t
you know it, one of his building managers had a shift leader
quit right before closing time. Dave had to go over there
and calm down the agitated manager, then walk her through
the process of setting up a temporary shift roster so the
building would be covered."
"They’d figure
out a more permanent solution the next day, he told her. The
main thing was that the customer’s building was clean and
ready for the next day’s business."
"So he got
home an hour late, and when he walked in Clarice had that
pinch-lipped look, and the hands-on-her-hips pose told Dave
Mama ain’t happy. Which was no big surprise, but he was hoping
that for once he could get his explanation in without her
going all eastside-westside on him. He couldn’t.”
Not only can you
feel their pain, but you can also feel the love that they
have for each other. Is love enough to withstand calamity?
This triumphant love story examines that question. “A cord
of three strands is not easily broken.”
Lynia White is a columnist, book reviewer and the founder
of The Quality Corner Bookstore. This book and others can
be found online for 10% off at www.thequalitycorner.com
The comic
starts with Spider-Man's alter-ego Peter Parker taking photographs
at the inauguration, before spotting two identical Obamas.
Parker
decides "the future president's gonna need Spider-Man,"
and springs into action, using basketball to determine the
real Obama and punching out the impostor.
Obama
thanks him with a fist-bump.
Marvel
comics have featured most presidents, but generally in walk-on
roles, Quesada said.
"I
think President Nixon might have appeared on the cover, but
not in a good way," he said.
Obama
has said that as a child, he collected Spider-Man and Conan
the Barbarian comic books. His Senate Web site used to have
a photo of him posing in front of a Superman statue.
The Obama
story is a bonus in Marvel Comic's Amazing Spider-Man #583,
available in comic book shops nationwide on Jan. 14 for $3.99
and is expected to sell out, with half the covers devoted
to Obama.
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