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A review by lsmoore43
Passing through Perfect by Bette Lee Crosby
5.0
Another perfect story by Bette Lee Crosby.
Passing through Perfect is a book that will touch you in so many ways. Laughter, tears, anger, love.. It has it all.
Benjamin Church arrived home from WWll, where he worked on planes and other things that needed to be repaired. His mother had passed away while he was gone and his dad, Otis, is all he has left. He's a hard working man who never takes time for himself. That is until his dad talks him into going to a dance. What Benjamin does not know is that his life will change forever that night.
He meets the woman he knows he is going to marry, Delia. She's a preacher's daughter and her dad is very protective. When Benjamin and Delia tell him they are to be married and she is going to have a baby he banishes her from his life forever. Of course Delia is devastated and hopes for years that he will change his mind.
They have one child, Isaac, who is the love of her life. She wants him to have every chance he can and knows in the South that will not happen. Too much prejudice against black people. After Otis dies and Delia is killed by a white man Benjamin takes Isaac and leaves Alabama. He is going somewhere North to find a better life for his son and himself.
This book will touch your heart in ways that you will never forget. There are ups and downs along the way. Prejudice seems to be everywhere. Hatred towards a man who only wants to work hard and make a life for him and his son. Of course not everyone is bad. They run into some wonderful people who treat them like family. Who helps Benjamin get a great job and life so he can give Isaac the life that Delia always dreamed he would have.
Told from different points of view you will see how things were in the South in the 50's. Not a good time to be a black man in a white man's world.
It made me stop and think about how things have changed in some ways and remained the same in others. In this year, 2015, it is hard to believe that there is still such prejudice and hatred towards a person because they are different. It makes me wonder if things will ever change. I certainly hope so.
If you want to read a story that will stay with you for a long long time and make you laugh, cry, feel anger, sadness and happiness you have to read this book. The third book in the Wyattsville series. It can be a stand alone but is much much better if you read the first two before this one. Some of the characters from the other books are in this one and the way they are weaved into the story is no surprise to me. Bette Lee Crosby has a way of telling a story that makes you feel like you are there. You feel it all.
The title is PERFECT too. It is told in the story in a way that brought a big smile to my face.
Another 5 star book... I hated for this one to end!!!
Passing through Perfect is a book that will touch you in so many ways. Laughter, tears, anger, love.. It has it all.
Benjamin Church arrived home from WWll, where he worked on planes and other things that needed to be repaired. His mother had passed away while he was gone and his dad, Otis, is all he has left. He's a hard working man who never takes time for himself. That is until his dad talks him into going to a dance. What Benjamin does not know is that his life will change forever that night.
He meets the woman he knows he is going to marry, Delia. She's a preacher's daughter and her dad is very protective. When Benjamin and Delia tell him they are to be married and she is going to have a baby he banishes her from his life forever. Of course Delia is devastated and hopes for years that he will change his mind.
They have one child, Isaac, who is the love of her life. She wants him to have every chance he can and knows in the South that will not happen. Too much prejudice against black people. After Otis dies and Delia is killed by a white man Benjamin takes Isaac and leaves Alabama. He is going somewhere North to find a better life for his son and himself.
This book will touch your heart in ways that you will never forget. There are ups and downs along the way. Prejudice seems to be everywhere. Hatred towards a man who only wants to work hard and make a life for him and his son. Of course not everyone is bad. They run into some wonderful people who treat them like family. Who helps Benjamin get a great job and life so he can give Isaac the life that Delia always dreamed he would have.
Told from different points of view you will see how things were in the South in the 50's. Not a good time to be a black man in a white man's world.
It made me stop and think about how things have changed in some ways and remained the same in others. In this year, 2015, it is hard to believe that there is still such prejudice and hatred towards a person because they are different. It makes me wonder if things will ever change. I certainly hope so.
If you want to read a story that will stay with you for a long long time and make you laugh, cry, feel anger, sadness and happiness you have to read this book. The third book in the Wyattsville series. It can be a stand alone but is much much better if you read the first two before this one. Some of the characters from the other books are in this one and the way they are weaved into the story is no surprise to me. Bette Lee Crosby has a way of telling a story that makes you feel like you are there. You feel it all.
The title is PERFECT too. It is told in the story in a way that brought a big smile to my face.
Another 5 star book... I hated for this one to end!!!