Where the Road Bends
by David Rawlings
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Pub Date Jun 02 2020 | Archive Date Jul 23 2020
Thomas Nelson--FICTION | Thomas Nelson
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Description
How did I get here?
He ripped back the zip, his heart pounding as red dust trickled in and landed on his face. He stood, brushing the dust from his eyes, a sense of vertigo launching itself up his spine. One step from the swag and his eyes snapped open. He started to lean into a void. Over a cliff.
Fifteen years after college graduation, four friends reconnect to keep a long-ago promise and go on a trip of a lifetime in the Australian Outback.
Eliza needs to disconnect from her high-powered fashion job to consider the CEO position she’s just been offered. Lincoln hopes to rekindle a past relationship and escape from another one. Bree looks forward to a fun getaway from home and her deeply buried disappointments. Andy wants to disappear from the mess he’s made of his life—possibly forever.
Dropped at a campsite in the middle of nowhere, the friends quickly discover they aren’t the same people they once were, and they begin to confront hard truths about one another—and themselves. Then a bizarre storm sweeps across their camp, scattering them across the desert. Wondering if they are part of some strange escape game, each of the friends meets a guide to help them find exactly what they need: purpose, healing, courage, and redemption.
But they’ve already traveled far down the road of life and course-correcting to become the people they were meant to be won’t be easy.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780785230724 |
| PRICE | $17.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 240 |
Featured Reviews
Sue G, Reviewer
WHERE THE ROAD BENDS is another beautifully written, thought provoking, modern day parable by DAVID RAWLINGS. There is a subtle Christian message running through the book.
The story takes place in the Australian Outback, miles from anywhere, with four college friends meeting for a reunion fifteen years after graduating. Lincoln, a wealthy stock broker, has arranged the trip. He is proud of his success, but is hiding a lot of hurt. Eliza is a successful budsiness woman, about to be made CEO of a prestigious fashion house, but she feels unfulfilled as she charts her own way through life. Bree is a happily married mother of two little girls, who has failed in her music career, is very fearful, and who constantly hears her mother's voice telling her what a failure she is. Andy has his own demons to battle, being addicted to gambling.
The four friends are hiding such a lot from each other and are holding on to so much resentment, hurt and disillusionment. They are asked by the tour guides and the people who help them when they are scattered during a sandstorm, where they have come from and where their lives are actually going. It is a question we could all ask ourselves! Also we are reminded of the importance of letting go of the past in order to go forward on life's journey.
I don't want to tell you any more and spoil the story for you, except to say that it is a really worthwhile read.
I was given a free copy of the book by NetGalley from Thomas Nelson. The opinions in this review are completely my own.
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