Do kids still believe that nonsense today in this day and age of easy access to finding everything there is on the internet?Īnd then when Kristen's brother and wife can't conceive, it was pretty obvious what was going to happen. What wasn't so acceptable back then, is really no shocker today because yes, these things still happen and even happen to Pastor's children, especially when they aren't given the talk, yes you can get pregnant when you don't have protected sex even if it's your first time and only time. What kind of woman does that make her?' I loved the come back, 'Most likely a very unhappy and terrified woman.' Pastor Marcus' 17 year old daughter ends up being in a 'predicament', the same predicament her grandmother was in 50 years ago. Not to be outdone with Keira's ?troubles? of who her father is (because that's why her passport was never given to her, oh the shame of their mother, ''You know how he (that would be Keira's brother, Pastor Marcus) idolizes our mother. Who at 50 hasn't had a need for their birth certificate before now, or even thought to say, 'Hey Mom, can I have it?' Pretty lame if I do say so myself to base a story on. The story was more about, shocking (sarcasm) of finding out a family secret that would had been buried along with their mother had Keira and her husband not decided to go on a trip to Norway, and who then needed her birth certificate to apply for a passport. And wouldn't you know it, turns out someone ended up bringing a cake, so the boys were rewarded in the end. The actual party was a couple of pages of nothing too exciting, except for two little spoiled boys thinking it was a birthday party, and whining because there wasn't a cake with candles to blow out.

There was lots of writing leading up to the party, like locating photographs from the deceased mother's home to be made into books for everyone, and all the food preparation for the party. Actually very little is about the family reunion party. The name of the book is 'Reunion', but it's not really about the family reunion. Why complete a book if I don't like it? Because I need to finish a book I start, always. It was more like because I skipped paragraphs, and basically then skimmed over the rest. This one took me 2 days, and it wasn't because I couldn't put it down. It usually takes me a week to read a book. Gosh, this one was really bad! So bad I can't even fathom passing it along to my sister to read, who I pass along all my books once I'm done.

Reunion by Lauraine Snelling