The Sunday Morning Wife (Peace In The Storm Publishing Presents)

do not buy

Book downloaded.. started reading it.. it froze..called customer service
2 hours later problem not solved... freezes your nook.. waiting refund..

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Good from what i was allowed to read!!!

I was really getting into the book at the very first page however after getting to page 12 it frooze my nook!!! I was not able to do anything!! contacted cs and she tried to download it also and she got to page 12 and had they same problem! it started out very intersting and I really want to see how this turns out but I guess that will be a hard back purchase for me. Also I am still waiting for my refund/credit!

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Great book for book clubs!

Pamela D Rice's novel _The Sunday Morning Wife_ deals with domestic violence in what should be the perfect home. The main character, Yolanda, is married to the head minister of a large successful charismatic church. While he puts on airs that all is well at home, he comes home and repeatedly abuses his wife mentally, emotionally, and physically. This is a disturbing story which unfortunately is all too real.

Stories of domestic violence are not new to the literary stage. However, Rice places emphasis on the internal struggle of Yolanda to protect herself and the guilt associated with being a victim. This is for me where the greatest value in this book lies. All too often people outside of the violence assume that one could and should just walk away. But they do not realize how being dehumanized causes the victim to devalue herself and saps the strength out of her. Living day to day is the victim's greatest worry, leaving seems an impossible task. Rice successfully shows readers this struggle, and I hope enlightens them to this particular aspect of domestic violence.

Rice's prose reads easily and draws the reader into this disturbing world. She shows how easily violence can be hidden, and ignored by others, and how difficult it is to end it.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Good book

Ending was predictable but overall a good read.

Must Read!!!

This was an exceptional read. I would recommend this book as a must read

Excellent Read!!!

Excellent book, once I started reading I didn't stop until I finished the entire book!! Very touching & realistic story. Loved it & can't wait to read another book by this author.

Let down,!!!!!!!!

Could not get past page 70! What a rip off!

Was a good book until it left me hanging on pg 70!

Started off as a very good read and then I could not get past page 70! I am so disgusted!!! I see that I'm not the only one who has had issues trying to finish reading this downloaded book. I would give it a higher rating if I could JUST FINISH READING IT!

A bonafide page turner!

This book will not let you down! It is filled with Romance and Suspense!The characters are so well written that you will feel like they are real.The subject matter is very serious, but the message of forgiveness, prayer, hope, love and faith is inspiring! It was really hard to stop reading this book. I could hardly wait to see what the characters would do next.I will purchase more books from this author.

Started out good

The book froze up on page 12 was unable to finish the part that I read was
very good guess I will have to buy the paperback.

Seasons,

From the outside looking in, it appears Pastor Timothy Clarke and First Lady Yolanda have it all. Nothing could be further from the truth. Pastor is physically, mentally and emotionally abusive as well as an adulterer. Yolanda has tried to be the humbly obedient wife he demands, but it's hard when she fears for her life.

Andre Hunter has made himself known to First Lady Yolanda. While she knows that her thoughts are wrong, she can't help but wonder how it would feel to be truly loved. As Yolanda and Andre submit themselves to sin, life in the Clarke residence becomes more suffocating. Is the grass greener in Andre's neighborhood?

Pamela D. Rice's 'The Sunday Morning Wife' starts strong. Itching to turn the page, I was rooted in my seat and ready. Unfortunately, the story lost its luster and barely recovers. The characters and story lack authenticity. And as a Christian tale, it doesn't seem as if God is truly apart of the story. Eventually the passion reawakens and you come to appreciate the tumultuous journey.

Reviewed by: Crystal
3.5

Wonderful

simply wonderful

highly recommended if it does not froze.

never got a chance to finish what seemed to be a good book, only got to page twelve and it froze. after customer service tried to help, it will no longer open. I have yet to receive a refund.

kim

yes this book was getting good in then it froze up i was mad. i was about to take the nook back to the store and get my money.

Don't buy Nook version

Like some of the others mentioned, this book froze by Nook as it got to page 12, I also have the Nook on my PC, and it froze that too. Get the paper copy!!

Despite a few story line flaws for technical merit, this is STILL an enjoyable read

Are there room in the annals of Christian living where a Pastor's wife should be relegated second fiddle to a man masquerading as a man of God...to be used, physically abused, and one hidden from view other than to be exploited by the whims and fancy of obtaining money for ill-gotten gains? No matter what station in life people purport to be or destined to arrive at, there are certain behavior patterns that should be adhered and honored, especially in any marriage where God is reverent for real Holy Matrimony. In Author Pamela D. Rice's book, 'The Sunday Morning Wife', there's lessons to be learned on how to treat a wife and how not to abuse, or even take for granted privileges that are reserved for those willing to do the right thing. Not so for Timothy Clarke. That wasn't his agenda. You see, ole man Tim thought he had it made: he found and married a woman who had money, beat her into submission every chance he got, and forced her to live a lie while parading around in a role that would truly define a snake in the pulpit. Yes, he was Pastor of BrightStar Tabernacle Church, a man with no regard but to the demons that possessed him. But this is not Pastor Clarke's story. It belongs to his wife, Yolanda Clarke, a woman who only wanted to be the best wife to a husband who she thought embodied all that a man of God should possess.

First and foremost, appearances are deceiving when only the outer shell is exposed, but both Timothy and Yolanda looked good together -- he of the debonair and suave persona with a killer physique that his congregation had come to adore and give reason to blindly protect him; Yolanda is no slouch herself. Beautiful, with good looks and the type of demeanor that commanded respect from both men and women, she considered herself the perfect wife to Timothy until she found out that beneath the veneer was a decadent and vile temperamental man...one much different than she ever imagined. Yolanda is in a bind, and in the right spot for Timothy to exercise abuse, lies, infidelity and a breach of contract that does shambles to God's covenant demanded for marriage. The gist of the story is a good one with the story moving moderately along as the main characters are introduced sporadically from Vicki, Timothy's 'other woman'; to Andre, who enters stage left with an agenda and a secret of his own; and to a few of the lesser characters, who in my opinion should have had much more than cameo roles, i.e., Ms Loleatha and Deacon Johnson. The author's main character epitomizing all the angst and misery of an abused wife, the pitfalls of infidelity, and applicable means in a predicted way of how she overcame and eventually triumphed. In the interim, she becomes a whipping post and a glutton for punishment at the hands of Timothy who only wants to have her inheritance money keep flowing and for Yolanda to stay in her 'place'. His affair with Vicki was superficial, with her only there to help bolster her meager means. Andre, who once had a fling with Vicki himself, enters Yolanda's life claiming to have changed. Will Andre actually be the one to take her out of her misery soon enough to be the factor that gives her sanity and hope?

There's nothing wrong with the premise and theme of this story, but it's a little one-dimensional based on the aforementioned. Nevertheless, the author manages to weave a fast-paced angled web with a few loose ends. Despite the flaws I found, they doesn't outweigh or over shadow the author's verv

OMG

Wow! the abuse some folks suffer. Yep even as the head of a Church. Good read and I'm hopeful it will help someone that's at a crossroads and needs to move on to save their life.

I Loved the Book

I The Loved book.You really never know what is going on in other peoples homes.I could not put it down until I read it all.

You never know what people are going through...

I finished reading my copy of this book this weekend and it was really really good. The flow was good, the storyline with the twists and turns were unbelievable. The way the author didn't drag out events in the book and went straight into them was great. I hate reading a book and having to flip thru pages to get to the good part. I certainly didn't have to do that with this book; I couldn't wait to read what was on the next page. After completing the book, I went back and read certain parts again just to reflect on what the author had wrote. Although this book is not based on a true story,the author captivated your mind with such a real yet unbelievable situation that makes you think. It leaves you wondering many things: 1-You never know what people are going through behind closed doors. 2-People are not always who they portray themselves as being. 3-If you are in a relationship, what's your place...1,2,3? 4-Who do we rely on the most in time of need. And finally, 5-If we just be patient, things will work themselves out. All I can say is WOW!!! And I can't wait for book #2...

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