Justice,mercy, and humbleness collide when four people pray for different answers tothe same situation. How will God answer all of them?
What is wrong with trying to cure cancer? Brother Able, hospice chaplain, asks himself that question every day. His boss, Dr. Rich Bernard, performs closet genetic experiments at Paradise House. He blackmails Able into keeping his secret. When a grieving husband asks Able to pray for his dying wife, Able finally breaks his silence.
Libby Davis might be prepared to accept death, to sacrifice herself for Rich's greater cause but fails to comprehend the love of a husband who cannot let her go and the son who's a whisper from the edge of reason. Brother Able wades into battle for those innocents in her life. If he wins, it won't be only Libby's family he saves.
Professional Reviews
I couldn't put it down!
I started reading this book last night, and I simply couldn’t put it down. Even though I knew I’d regret a sleepless night, I didn’t stop reading until I’d turned the final page. Something about this book was addictive. The plight of the characters interested me, and I was never sure what would happen next. The action of the book moved forward as each character made decisions that would ultimately influence the fate of the others. The moral dilemmas made me think, and the looming question about Libby’s survival kept me turning the pages. I loved how each of the characters had symbolic names. I also enjoyed trying to guess the identity of the person chatting online. The ending took me totally by surprise, but after reading the final page, I had to admit that the plot twist made sense. In my opinion, this book is an unusual gem. It’s one I will read again.
A Great Read! This kept me on my toes and out of my comfort zone!
Every now and then you run across a book that affects you to your very core. It was that way with me when I read Lisa Lickel’s book, Innocents Pray.
To begin with, the setting in Innocents Pray seems like any other with what looks like an average American family, complete with their own struggles and quirks. We have a father who works away from home more than he’s at home, a teenage son dealing with the struggles of being a teenager yet fighting fears and demons no teenage boy should face, and a mother who must yet again fight the battle with the dreaded C word, along with trying to decide whether or not to put her family through another battle. Add to the story a live-in companion/nurse who becomes more than just a caregiver, but a friend to the mother, a spiritual advocate who has secrets of his own, a doctor who is searching for a cure and a whole lot more, and a few other surprises thrown in for good measure, Innocents Pray is a book that keeps the reader not only intrigued but wondering what’s going to happen with the next turn of the page.
Lisa Lickel does a great job of keeping you entertained as well as wondering what’s next.
I recommend reading Innocents Pray, especially if you’re struggling with your faith, loss, or just want to be kept on your toes. You don’t have to be Catholic in order to understand the depths of faith and questions we all ask God periodically throughout our lives; especially the question of, when several people are praying different prayers for the same person, whose prayer does God answer?
Determined to confront the hazy memories of his troubled youth, Oliver Matthews, a retired detective and confirmed bachelor, returns to the picturesque town of Henley-on-Thames for the first time in years.
The bulk of the collection is eight short stories that are set in yesteryear. The compilation is filled out with four entertaining fantasy pieces and three poems.
High school student Kevin Borden has a secret and his name is Louis Lannegan. He also has an overbearing mother. A tale of coming out in the shadow of parents and friends. Award winning novella.
