MAYBE A MIRACLE - A NOVEL

BY Brian Strause

Just finished this book. *yawn*

I shall quote the intro :

When he finds his sister, Annika, floating facedown in the family pool the night of his senior prom, Manroe Anderson becomes a reluctant hero. He saves her from drowning, but despite his efforts she slips into a coma. What follows astonishes everyone: Within days of the accident, mysterious events begin to occur around Annika. Monroe's family members react to these apparent miracles in very different ways - Mon finds God, Dad finds the bottle, and the older brother Ben finds new ways to torture Monroe. In the end, Monroe must decide what's worth believing in, what's worth fighting for, and finally, who he wants to be.



Love this chapter :

YOU THINK LIFE IS FULL OF CHOICES, but that's not the way it is. Sometimes if you want to be able to live with yourself you have to do things you don't really want to do, things you never thought you'd HAVE to do. Sometimes, it's not like you have a choice at all. So even though I took a stand, it wasn't a big deal. It's something anyone would do. Well, not Dad. Certainly not Mom. But if Ben was even THINKING about it, then YOU probably would have done something too.

I'm not so special.

It's hard to see the truth when everything is designed to make sure you don't see it, because once you do, once you see everything for what it is, there's nothing to believe in anymore. Nothing but yourself, that is. And even that isn't always particularly convincing.

I'm not sure where that leaves God. If it's true that you can't love somebody else until you love yourself, what's the point of giving your love to God? The middleman always screws everything up - even if it is God or whatever you want to call Him. It's not exactly a secret: God separates people more than He brings them together. Maybe you should give your love to yourself and to the people around you. Maybe it's that simple. Maybe we're all alone until we realize that all we have is one another. Maybe that's what God really wants.
Maybe you already know all of this and don't need to hear it from me.




alrite. since someone request for one, i shall add a tagger soon. soon. =P