Worlds Collide
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $4.99
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Publisher Description
Some Decisions Change Your Day. Some Will Change Your Life.
While the headlines screamed “Hollywood Heartthrob Marries Girl Next Door,” the public relationship of Jack Harrington and Grace Winslowe never revealed the private struggles that threatened to pull them apart–and when celebrity biographer Jada Eastman starts digging, she discovers that there’s more to this couple than anyone could guess.
Their relationship began like a scene from one of Jack’s movies. Leaving behind a dead-end relationship and the bitter Chicago winter, Grace had moved to Southern California to start a new life. Meanwhile, Jack had established himself as an up-and-comer with considerable acting talent, and a private heartache. When a fateful accident pulled the two of them together, they couldn’t avoid their initial attraction or the vast differences in their values and lifestyles.
Now, against the backdrop of Beverly Hills and the 24/7 nature of the entertainment world, Jada grapples with her own beliefs as she encounters the spiritual chasm of this famous couple. Can Grace and Jack face the consequences of their own personal histories–and can the biographer avoid being affected? As the three of them examine the couple’s bittersweet story, it becomes clear that everyday decisions can carry lifetime consequences when individual worlds collide.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The daughter of bestselling Christian apologist and writer Lee Strobel (The Case for Christ) pens an overly long, evangelistic story with likable Christian characters. The plot revolves around a real-time interview that celebrity biographer Jada Eastman conducts with Hollywood TV and movie star Jack Harrington (one of People's "Top 25 Most Beautiful People") and his wife, Grace. First-person chapters switch back and forth as Jack and Grace (with occasional interjections by Jada), narrate the story of their pasts, their romance and the daunting illness that now threatens Jack's life. The chronicling of the couple's spiritual quests soon bogs down into lengthy descriptions of church services and Jack's clich d descent into alcohol and sex as he desperately seeks to know who he really is. Feeling "stalked by God," Jack wrestles with the idea of Christianity in earnest for almost a dozen pages, while the "ordinary gal" Grace plays out every female reader's fantasy of having a glamorous Hollywood hunk single her out (Grace: "But you're surrounded by women every day who look like goddesses...." Jack: "I would never, never want another woman over you"). Hollywood glamour, evangelical conversions, mostly competent writing and spiritual introspection should make this novel appeal to CBA market readers looking for an entertaining read to give their non-Christian friends.
