book review “The Sunflower”
From the back cover: In the wake of personal tragedy, two people meet on a humanitarian mission in Peru. Christine is a shy, unadventurous woman whole fiance broke off the engagement only a week before the wedding, and Paul is a former emergency room doctor whose glamorous lifestyle, stellar reputation and a beautiful finace are cruelly snatched form him one fateful, snowy Christmas Eve. Deep in the Amazon jungle, against a backdrop of poverty and heartbreak, they must confront their deepest fears and, together, learn to trust and love again.
I originally picked up this book because of the title. I love sunflowers. I do this often, choose a book based only on the title or the cover picture. I picked this off my book shelf two days ago because I was looking for an easy read and that is just what I got. I don’t mean that this is a fluff book but I mean to say that the story flowed well and I didn’t have to look up a word in the dictionary every other page.
This story reminds me of one of those made for Hallmark made for TV movies: a little cheesy, you know where the story is going, happy when it goes there and when it’s over, you’re happy you watched it. This was the perfect book for me to read while sitting by the pool with the kids, at the orthodontist office while waiting for my daughter, and during the commercials while watching the Olympics.
I think I might want to check this out.