A Time to Stand

In the book A Time To Stand, author Robert Whitlow follows the life of Adisa Johnson, a young African American lawyer. Her world is turned upside down by several events and she returns to her hometown. During this time her hometown has been rocked by a police shooting by a white officer and an unarmed African American teen who is now in a coma. Adisa now struggles with wanting to be a special prosecutor against the officer or should she walk the path against the grain and defend the officer.
Whitlow really captured the struggles of forgiveness within the context of racial struggles. He does a great job of weaving a story that keeps you interested and twists that you are not expecting.
I would highly recommend this book. I received a copy of this e-book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Another book by Robert Whitlow that I can recommend to the readers in the library I oversee. I love it when I can do that. In this new book, Adisa Johnson, a young African American attorney, is living her dream of practicing law with a prestigious firm in downtown Atlanta when a split-second mistake changes the course of her career. Left with no other options, Adisa returns to her hometown where a few days earlier a white police officer shot an unarmed black teen who is now lying comatose in the hospital. Adisa is itching to jump into the fight as a special prosecutor, but feels pulled to do what she considers unthinkable—defend the officer.
The book depicts a lot of the prejudice that we still find in our country and how we are eager to blame people sometimes without all the facts. In this case, Adisa faces much and she even puts herself in harm’s way when she decides to be the officer’s lawyer. Even the officer has trust issues with her as an African American. But, as this books exhibits, we can all learn forgiveness. But the book carefully depicts what can happen when people step out in faith. And when they handle things with much prayer on both sides of the color spectrum. There is much to be learned from this book.
The book has it all—suspense, current events and even a love story as Adisa is drawn to the pastor of a local church. For some reason, I don’t think of church pastors as being single. So I really wasn’t prepared for the romance to go down that path. But it did and it was handled very appropriately in the book.
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The comments are my own.