Rebecca Fisher. Canyon Country, Calif.: Rebecca Fisher Books, 2011. 336 pp. (Paperback).
This fiction book was a bit off-putting at first. The front had a drawing of a funeral home with a shadowy figure in an open doorway, and the blurb on the back spoke of “macabre and eccentric encounters.” Not calming bedtime reading.
Fortunately for a reviewer who dislikes anything even remotely Stephen King-ish, the book turned out to have much more of the eccentric than the macabre. The story, apparently based on events from the author’s life, is one of a young mother who flees an abusive husband and ends up living in a funeral home with her young daughter as she searches for a new life and new faith. While not the centerpiece of the story, the Christian viewpoint is clear and strong throughout the book.
The reading went quickly from a dreaded chore to a delight; the story is well told and engaging, and made for fine bedtime reading.
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