Mirrors of Life: What is Your Life in the Mirror? - Book Review

Mirrors of Life: What is Your Life in the Mirror?
by Neal Owen

Mirrors of Life opens with the story of Yvonne, a teenage mother. Despite the challenges of raising her son at such an early age and living on generational welfare, she perseveres through life with the support of her grandmother. Her strong faith in God sustains her. 

Yvonne’s challenge does not end with raising only one child. Years after she had her first son, she fell in love again with other men. She eventually bore 3 more kids. Her second son, Derrick, is a wise and intelligent boy. At the age of 10, he started investing in stocks. He watches his money grow until he becomes a millionaire, and able to pull his family out of poverty. He then ventures into several projects with a larger plan of building a company that would reduce retail and gas prices for the black people. His businesses, however, pit him against the powerful white men.

Neal Owens clearly makes an impact with his debut novel. Mirrors of Life is riveting and spiritually enriching. It is infused with unconditional love, the importance of family, faith in God, drama, racial themes, and determination. Owens’ writing is straightforward and filled with Scripture verses.

I give Mirrors of Life a rating of 5 out of 5 stars, and I recommend it to readers of all ages. 


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Geronimo: A Life From Beginning to End - Book Review

Image
Geronimo: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History No person is inherently bad; however, serious circumstances can lead to a change in a person’s perspective on life. In the case of Geronimo, the death of his family fueled a deep hatred for both Mexicans and U.S. troops. Geronimo experienced a normal and carefree childhood, raised in the traditional Native American culture . He once described his upbringing as such: "I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures." As he entered adolescence, his father taught him essential survival skills that prepared him for the harsh realities of daily life. He learned how to endure long stretches without food and water. Tragically, during the early stages of his training, Geronimo's father passed away. Consequently, his official training was transferred to another relative. The ultimate test of this initial training involved parti...
Read more

Harriet Tubman: A Life From Beginning to End - Book Review

Image
Harriet Tubman: A Life from Beginning to End by Hourly History 1619 marked the beginning of slavery in the United States, as the first African slaves were brought to Jamestown, Virginia by Dutch traders. Amid the silent suffering of these slaves, there was one woman who courageously rose and risked her life to help others gain their freedom. She was Harriet Tubman! Hourly History presents a concise history of the woman who facilitated the escape of many African slaves in America. Her name is Harriet Tubman. Born Araminta "Minty" Ross, Tubman's family was owned by different slaveholders. As a slave, she suffered whippings from her master that left her scarred for the rest of her life and also injured her health. Due to the injustice she suffered, Tubman learned to resist and ran away. After gaining her freedom, Tubman decided to work to free other slaves, including her own children. She used ingenious methods to carry out her mission, such as working at night and during w...
Read more

Home for the Bewildered - Book Review

Image
  Home for the Bewildered by Michelle Tobin As much as she tries to, Dorothy finds it difficult to separate her personal struggles from her patients' experiences. How she dealt with such difficulty may resonate among other practitioners in the field of mental health. Home for the Bewildered  follows the struggles of Dr. Dorothy Morrissey, a psychologist at St. Lawrence Asylum. She handles a handful of patients whose issues somehow resonate with her own personal experiences.  Born and raised a Catholic, Dorothy is torn between adhering to her family's strict conservative lifestyle and adopting to her Protestant boyfriend's outlook. Dorothy's struggles do not end here. She. must also deal with her family's dynamics. While people in the mental health discipline call her a doctor, her family does not acknowledge it as a real profession. Dorothy.also feels her patients' individual conditions reflect her personal struggles. The Book and the Author Michelle...
Read more