We own every book Jack Weyland has ever written. I've loved having our kids be able to read his books because they're always filled with goodness, but are so funny and interesting that our teens and young adults think they're great. Since we've enjoyed so many wonderful books of his over the years, I was extremely surprised that THIS Jack Weyland book has turned out to be my favorite one of all.
The Samaritan Bueno starts out as typical Jack Weyland fare--witty dialog, engaging characters, an interesting plot line with a thread of 'values' running through it. But if he ever wrote a book that keeps you off balance, wondering what will happen next and how the story will end, this is it. There were some parts when I wasn't sure where this whole thing was headed, and even a couple of places where I felt a little uncomfortable with how it looked like things were going. This is a book that will make you think, and may possibly even make you reconsider your views on a couple of issues.
As good as it was as it went along, I was unprepared for the profound impact that the last forty pages or so had on me. I was left in tears, not due to heart-wrenching, sad events, but because the simple events described there were SO right, SO moving, and SO true-- choosing to do the right thing even if it's humiliating in some respects, because you know in your soul it's what you should do; caring about others enough to actually BE the person who makes the difference in things that come up day to day; like regardless of how things look at the moment, that to just keep doing what your heart says is right and true is the best thing you can do; like how status and the apparent trappings of "success" don't matter as much as being deeply good and caring.
I love this book, and have such admiration and respect for Jack Weyland. Someone can only write a book like this by drawing from what's within their own soul and heart. What a blessing it is that an individual with a heart like this possesses the gift to be able to share it with the rest of us though what he writes.
Thank you, Jack.
Victoria
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