The Atonement Child, by Francine Rivers

Dynah Carey, a student attending a Christian college, has her life all mapped out. She will marry her wonderful fiancee, Ethan and become the wife of an influential pastor. Dynah has lived her life obeying God, and then all of a sudden everything changes, truths she has lived her life by, suddenly become questionable.

On a cold night in January, Dynah is raped by a unknown attacker. She tries her best to pick up the pieces of her life and make sense of it all. Ethan, her fiancee, is angry, but is at the physical attack or her loss of purity?

Then the unthinkable happens.

Dynah is pregnant. Her beliefs are tested, because most of the Christians in her life push her towards abortion, believing that God would understand her situation. Dynah holds out, not sure what to do, and with that her future changes.

The pregnancy brings out family secrets that threaten to tear her family apart.

The Atonement Child is a controversial book that deals with serious topics from generational sin to how God chooses to heal those who follow him.

Reviewed by a staff member, First Regional Library

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