The Gingerbread House
Novella
Jacqueline Hopper
Ebook
.99
Prism Book Group
October 2013
From the publisher:
Keren Joel has a phobia and,
without realizing it, she's passed it on to her son, forcing her to seek
professional help. What she doesn't expect to find is the man who'd been her
best friend twenty years earlier, and his shrine to a moment that forever
changed the adults they became.
My review:
The Gingerbread House is a novella, a quick read, about
family, the past and the present, and what we hold dear.
Hopper's characters, the divorced Keren and her little guy
Sawyer, and the man from her past who couldn't let go, Jared, are in a real
pickle. Keren unwittingly transferred her fears onto Sawyer who now needs
professional help to avoid a lifelong existence of stranger fear. I worked in a
mental health dept. and encountered such issues.
Keren seeks help from a child psychologist who uses
revolutionary methods to work with children, one of which is about to be
exploited by Hollywood. When Keren realizes the depth to which her former
neighbor and friend, Jared, had never forgotten their past, she jumps between flattery
and outrage and a terrible guilt for a past wrong. They each have far to go to
using the past in a way that helps them move forward with their lives in a
healthy way, while also helping Sawyer.
In a novella there isn't the space or necessity to provide
lengthy treatment details. While Sawyer seemed to quickly resolve his issues,
the point is that two adults in his life worked together to make that happen.
Nice story, enjoyable!
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