She spun the bolt
and, staying behind the door, pulled it open so she was trapped against the
corner of the wall, the glass between her and Tobias. “Go,” she said again. It
hurt to say it, the word barbed wire in her mouth, because she wanted him to
stay, too. She wanted someone to strip off her skin and look beneath, to the
issue and vessel and bone, and see everything that she kept hidden away – to
prove she wasn’t wax but flesh. She wanted normal.
Book: The Air We Breathe by Christa
Parrish, Bethany House Publishers, 2012
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Target Audience: Girls 17+
Subjects: Fear, Loss, Faith
Summary: She may be seventeen but it
doesn’t seem like it. She’s still a ten year old terrified of the bad men who
kidnapped her after killing her father. She’s still hiding inside the house,
refusing to go out. She’s tired of it though. She longs for the freedom the
outside world promises, but she has no idea how to embrace it. She can’t get
over the fear that holds her captive. Once there was a woman who tried to help
her. She would take the terrified ten year old out for ice-cream and get her to
talk when she was refusing to speak to anyone. The woman told her about Jesus,
the One who could offer her hope and peace from her fears. A second
terror-filled moment changed all that and sent she and her mom on the run. Now
her world is shifting again and she wants it to. The question is can she stand
to breathe in the air of the outside world or will the very freedom she longs
for become her destruction?
Notes: A stand-alone novel, The Air
We Breathe tells the story of Hanna, a seventeen year old still suffering from
a kidnapping she experienced as a child, as well as witnessing the murder of
her father. It also tells the story of Claire, a woman who lost her children in
a car accident and can’t seem to move on with her life after that tragedy. When
the two hurting souls find one another healing begins. The little girl heard a
tv preacher talking of someone who could save her while she was in captivity.
All she heard before the channel was changed was that she needed to ask for
help from Je… and so she prays and asks Gee for help and He provides it. When
Claire enters her life and tells her more of Jesus, Hanna puts her trust in Him
and studies His Word as she grows, deepening her faith. When she and Claire
meet again years later and Claire attempts to coax Hanna from her self-imposed
captivity, Hanna must put her faith to work in her life to conquer her fears.
Spiritual Content
Recommendation Scale: 4.5/5
Reviewer: J:-)mi
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