Contemporary Fiction
Clouds
Back of the Book:
Coming home wasn’t supposed to feel this way. Five years ago Shelly Graham left Seattle with high hopes for her future. But her job as a flight attendant hasn’t taken her where she wanted to go. Now Shelly is home again, in a house alive with happy memories. Yet she feels strangely lost. Without direction. Alone.
Where is Jonathan Renfield when she needs him? Jonathan, who’d been her best friend nearly all her life, Her first and only love. Shelly hadn’t meant to hurt him when she left him behind to chase her dreams. And she misses him more than she’s ever admitted.
When she unexpectedly meets up with Jonathan on a trip to Germany and learns he is engaged, Shelly manages to hide her feelings from him and his fiancée. But she can no longer hide them from herself. Will she ever be ready to tell Jonathan the truth? And will she ever have the chance?
My Review:
I enjoyed this book very much. I can always find little bits of myself in every character of Robin’s. Shelly was no different. She had an overactive imagination that would come up with scenarios and ways events could unfold. I often find myself thinking of ways something could happen, or ways I think it will happen. Robin showed that this is not an entirely healthy line of thought when used to convince yourself of something. You get psyched up about something only to be let down because things didn’t go they way you had planned. She showed that it’s better if we don’t jump to conclusions.
Also, Biblically, she again showed how desperately God wants us to come to Him. Like in the Garden of Eden, He calls out, "Where are you?" Shelly was only using God when she needed Him. God wants us to come to Him even when we don’t think we need Him. Shelly had always seen God as aloof even though she knew He cared. I sometimes think of God like that, too, for which I need to change. Shelly’s encounter with God in chapter 23 was powerful. Everyone should read this book if only for the reason of finding God again.