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The Sign Painter Reviewed By Conny Withay of Bookpleasures.com
- By Conny Withay
- Published August 6, 2014
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Author: Davis Bunn
Publisher: Howard
Books
ISBN: 978-1-4165-5673-2
“No way was she giving up
on this place, this home, this job, this church, this new chance at
life for herself and her little girl. Amy’s back was to the wall,”
Davis Bunn writes in his novel, The Sign Painter.
At
two hundred and fifty-six pages, this paperback targets those who
like stories of redemption, grace, and gratitude involving the
homeless. With topics of gang violence, drug use, and poverty, the
book would not be appropriate for immature readers. A reading group
guide with a total of fifteen discussion questions and conversation
with the author completes the book.
In this current day tome
inspired by a true story, thirty-two year old Amy Dowell is doing the
best she can taking care of her five year old daughter. When her
husband died of cancer almost two years ago, the mother never
expected to be homeless, jobless, and living in a beat-up truck
camper.
Eighteen months on the road land the mother and
daughter in central Florida where she hears through a local church of
a temporary job doing sign painting at Denton Chevrolet. Not only
does the church’s community director offers daycare for her
daughter, she provides a nice small apartment and a trusting
friendship.
While painting window advertisements for Bob
Denton at the car dealership, she encounters a circumstance that
solidifies her honest nature but she forces her to rely on the
church’s security team leader and a drifting ex-federal agent for
protection.
With a drug house dealing with gang activities
blocks away from the church causing problems, Amy begs for a normal
life while those around her ardently try to connect the dots between
cash, drugs, and thugs to help keep the neighborhood safe.
Being
wary and insecure in her new environment, the woman does everything
she can to shelter her daughter from harm as she learns to turn her
inner fears and regrets into godly responses to improve her daughter
and her lives.
As Bunn’s descriptive, tender tale provides a
heart-wrenching view into the bleakness of homelessness, a shimmering
hope by trusting God for every need is conveyed. Due to the honest
approach of being penniless, readers should not be surprised when
tears well up in their eyes more than once.
Thanks to Howard
Books for furnishing this complimentary book in exchange for a review
based on the reader’s honest opinions.