The Atonement Child

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The Atonement Child will ask you to answer questions about yourself that you may not want to confront.  Dynah Carey's life is on track.  She's attending Bible college and engaged to a future pastor.  Her life is torn apart one night when she is raped.  After speaking to the police and seeing a doctor, she chooses to ignore what happened.  A few weeks later she realizes that she can't ignore that night.   She's pregnant with a rapist's baby.  Suddenly the preacher she's engaged to is asking her to get an abortion.  Her roommate is pushing her to do the same.   The college asks her to leave because unless she broadcasts that she was raped she is portraying an immoral image.  She eventually returns home where things aren't easier.

Dynah's mother has a secret of her own that is threatening to tear apart her marriage.  As Dynah's parents disagree on whether an abortion is the right answer to Dynah's situation, Dynah must decide what is right for herself.

Is abortion ever the right answer?  Do certain situations call for abortion?  Is God's will perfect even when we can't see it?  All these questions arise through the pages of this book.

Rivers crafted an amazing book that will challenge any reader.  Do we forgive past sins?  Can we be faithful to God through the good times and the bad?