Miracles Not Included
C.A. King
If only life came with instructions and a warning label ~ Miracles Not Included.
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Chris was born to be a writer. Even the smallest of details couldn't pass without notice, often becoming part of a plot for her next novel. The one thing she never saw coming was her husband's sudden illness.
Jason loved his wife from the moment they met. Nothing could ever change that – nothing except the death sentence he'd been handed - a terminal cancer diagnosis.
His story was ending: Hers was starting a new chapter and more than one miracle was needed to turn the page.
Reviewed by Lorraine Cobcroft for Readers' Favorite
The story is relatively short and the plot is simple, but C.A. King uses analogies, imagery and motifs in creative ways. Her philosophies come through subtly; descriptions are vivid and original; characters are believable and likeable. We relate to them. We feel their pain. The later chapters describing tragedy and grief are much more poignant because in the early part of the story everything was so perfect. Miracles Not Included does, in fact, include miracles, but the miracles are of a kind that, thankfully, most of us experience when we begin to emerge from periods of anguish. The story ends as it began, with the characters enjoying a seemingly perfect life. And yet the memory of sorrow is never erased. We heal. We learn to live with grief, but we never forget. What C.A. King leaves us with, though, is not just a satisfyingly happy ending scene. It is a delightfully original and comforting perspective on life and its challenges. In Miracles Not Included, King leads us to believe in miracles.
Reviewed by Lorraine Cobcroft for Readers' Favorite
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