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The
Remember Box
byPatricia
Sprinkle
Zondervan, 2000
ISBN 0-7394-1479-8
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I thoroughly enjoyed this
journey with Carley Marshall to Job's Corner, North Carolina,
in 1949 when she was 11 years old. This story about civil
rights, the threat of communism, and community relationships
is told from the refreshingly innocent perspective of a child,
with bluntly honest expressions that often made me laugh out
loud. After growing up in a Baptist home for 11 years, Carley's
definitions of faith and God are challenged when she has to
go live with her Aunt Kate and Uncle Stephen, a Presbyterian
pastor. There is a strong family theme running through the
novel as Carley deals with the loss of her mother and the
fantasized image she has had of her father, and is enveloped
by the love of a new "family" in Job's Corner. Patricia
Sprinkle delves below the smoothed-out surface of life we're
all comfortable with to ask questions like "Where do
prejudices come from?" and "How can people be both
good and bad?" In Carley's own words, "I wish grown-ups
would all get together and make the same rules before they
start teaching them to children."
This book was both entertaining and thought-provoking, a must-read
for my mom! I'm looking forward to reading more from this
author.
~ Cindy
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