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God Only Knows

by Xavier Knight
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Looking for an escape after a messy divorce, a single mother returns to her hometown, but first she needs to confront her past—and finally face the dark secret she’s been hiding.
Julia Turner, an ambitious educator in her mid-thirties, leaves a high-profile job in Chicago to return to Dayton, Ohio to serve as superintendent of Christian Light, the K-12 private school system from which she graduated two decades earlier. A single mother with an ugly divorce and a complex childhood in her rearview mirror, Julia views her mission as a chance to contribute to her hometown and conquer the demons from her past. But she never expects to confront the one sin she and her childhood friends agree to bury as teens-the accident that left Eddie Walker hospitalized and incapacitated.
Meanwhile, Detective Peter Whitlock, Eddie Walker's older bother, is still determined to find the person(s) responsible for his brother's condition. As an unrelated investigation leads to another woman who is involved in the accident, the responsible parties must decide whether they will keep their dark secrets, or tell the truth and let God decide the outcome.

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  • Release date

    March 23, 2009

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

      • ISBN: 9780446595049

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780446544658

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      • ISBN: 9780446544658
      • File size: 370 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 12, 2009
      Knight (The Things We Do for Love
      ) weaves a somewhat implausible story line that delves into the past of four African-American teen girls who attended a mostly white Christian high school in Dayton, Ohio. Lurking in the minds of these now accomplished adult women is the memory of an attempted sexual assault from 20 years earlier, when the intended victim turned the tables on her white fellow student assailant. Julia Turner, a skilled educator, returns to Christian Light School (where the crime was committed) and tries to make a difference in the community at large. Turner soon realizes she cannot run from the past and its consequences when she is pressured by unlikely sources to face the truth. Close friends, a former romantic interest and the Holy Spirit's nudging convince Turner to bravely set a different course for herself. Fans of Knight's previous works will appreciate the author's underlying message of righting societal wrongs. But so much of the novel's dialogue is unnaturally stilted that it detracts from the impact the author intended.

    • Library Journal

      February 1, 2009
      Julia Turner leaves her high-powered Chicago job to return to her home town of Dayton, OH, to take the job of superintendent of Christian Light, the private school she once attended. Twenty years ago, she and her friends had been involved in an accident that left fellow student Eddie Walker permanently injured. Eddie's brother, now a detective, made a vow back then to find out what happened to his brother and who was involved; Julia must decide whether to come clean and risk everything. This taut inspirational urban tale will leave readers with deep questions to ponder. Certain to appeal to fans of Victoria Christopher Murray and ReShonda Tate Billingsley, this is recommended for public libraries and libraries with a demand for African American fiction. Knight is the pseudonym for "Essence" best-selling author C. Kelly Robinson ("Not All Dogs; Between Brothers").

      Copyright 2009 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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