Embrace Me
Lisa Samson
Thomas Nelson, Mar 2008, $14.99
ISBN: 9781595542106
Valentine and Lella are not just best friends; they are each other’s only friend. They earn a living working at Roland Wayfaring Marvels and Oddities show knowing they are freaks to the normals who gawk at them. Valentine has scars all over her body while Lella has no extremities. Whereas Lella also has no dreams, Val fantasizes of one day being romanced by a man while she listens to her mother’s copy of “Embraceable You”, but once the singing stops reality returns.
However, a newcomer with scars on his soul and in his heart joins the caravan. Augustus befriends Val, but Lella who wants the best for her buddy fears she will be left behind with no one to care for or about her.
Combining a deep need to belong to others, which means forgiving and accepting the hurts they cause, inside a set from Browning’s Freaks, Lisa Samson writes a powerful relationship drama that will shake the audience to the core. The cast is fully developed so that readers feel the anguish and loneliness each suffers. Adding depth to the emotional punch is the rotating story line between Drew circa 2002-3 and Val circa 2008-9. EMBRACE ME is a powerful insightful tale of love as Ms. Samson makes an ardent case that everyone needs loving mental and physical hugs.
Harriet Klausner
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