The Interview - Softcover

Lane, Donna E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 154697573X ISBN 13: 9781546975731

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Sarah was seeking a way out of the prison of her past. What she found instead was the face of evil, using her past against her, and tempting her to walk into a new prison of his design. Who will save Sarah from her life in bondage? The Interview takes you on one woman’s transformational journey through the challenges, pitfalls, and complexities of spiritual warfare. Sarah Jacobson, a young reporter with a deeply troubled history, receives the career-making assignment of conducting the first interview ever granted by an extremely powerful but mysterious business mogul. During the course of the interview, Sarah must face the demons from her past and tackle direct challenges to her identity, her purpose, and her worth, while navigating through the enticements and manipulations of the enigmatic man. What she discovers will change her life forever.

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About the Author

Dr. Donna Lane is an award-winning author, a university professor of counseling, and a Christian Counselor in private practice. She is also the founder of the Cody Lane Foundation, which provides individual and small group discipleship and Christian education. She has presented at numerous local, regional, national, and international conferences and workshops on such topics as trauma, grief and loss, prayer, marriage counseling, toxic religion, early childhood education, parenting, narrative therapy, counselor education, and soul care. She is the author of Wilderness Meditations, a devotion for Lent. She is co-author of Strength in our Story: A study of the story of Joseph, a small group Bible study addressing the consequences of trauma and loss. With her husband, David Lane, she co-authored Strength in Adversity, a Biblical study on spiritual warfare, and co-authored and co-illustrated the children’s book, God Knows All About You. She is also co-author with her husband, David Lane, of Trauma Narrative Treatment and Gold Stone, resources for trauma treatment that have been used in Haiti, Rwanda, New Zealand, and Newtown, CT, following the shootings at Sandy Hook. She also co-authored the award-winning Ready to Learn series, which teaches preschoolers and elementary students needed learning skills. With her husband, David, she also co-authored the Christian marriage workbook, Please Share the Door, I’m Freezing: Creating Oneness in Marriage. With her son, Hayden Lane, she co-authored the book, Restored Christianity, which is currently in its second edition. Donna and David have been married since 1979, and have three wonderful children; Hayden, who is married to Natalie; Lindsey, who is an emergency veterinarian; and, Cody, who passed away in 2007 after a lifelong battle with a degenerative neurological disorder. They have two grandchildren, Coen and Petra. They live in the metro-Atlanta area.

Review

Sarah Jacobson is a young, ambitious reporter who appears to have the media world at her feet. Her hard-hitting and revealing interviews have gotten her noticed and promoted at a much younger age than most. In The Interview by Donna E. Lane, she is asked to interview a reclusive, powerful and rich business tycoon, who NEVER gives interviews. She realizes this is her opportunity to catapult her career into the stratosphere. Sarah, though, has spent her life running from her horrific childhood and the abuses she suffered as a little girl at the hands of her mentally ill father. What she doesn't know is that the interview with the unknown mogul will bring this pain straight to the surface. How can she cope? 

What I particularly liked about The Interview was that Lane used the story to explore the concepts of good versus evil, of power and control versus freedom of choice. Although this is nominally a "Christian"story, I didn't find that element to be at all intrusive. I would call it inspirational rather than Christian. What Lane so skillfully did was use the narrative to allow us, the readers, to question ourselves about trauma,forgiveness and the purpose of self. Yes, both the interview subject and the character representing good in the story were extreme caricatures of real people, but that allowed the author to present both arguments of the same story, which was excellent. 

My biggest take, and perhaps the most eerily scary of all,was the almost direct comparison between the attitudes and beliefs of the interview subjects and some of today's political leaders. I also enjoyed the way the author split the prose between first person (for the interview) and third person (for the background on Sarah). This was clever and always maintained good perspective as a reader.An excellent read and Lane should be congratulated on The Interview. - Grant Leishman for Readers' Favorite


The Interview by Donna E. Lane tells the story of Sarah Jacobson who lands a prestigious job as a journalist and her first major assignment is to interview an extremely successful yet elusive businessman. Sarah struggles to control the interview as the businessman seems to know too much about her past. The interview is told alongside the telling of Sarah's childhood, which was traumatic and terrifying, as she is abused by her drunken father. Life settles down for Sarah when at the age of sixteen she leaves home to live with her grandparents, but then her grandmother dies and life begins to spiral again.But the interviewee strangely seems to keep turning the conversation back to Sarah's life and, try as she might, she cannot persuade him otherwise.Reluctantly, Sarah finds that she is the one being interviewed and the reason is almost beyond her comprehension.

This is an unusual approach and one that takes a while to understand, but the novel is well written, and eventually the reader gets into the flow and gets used to the unusual style. It is essential for the reader to stay with the story to get its full impact. A book that raises questions, and that keeps the reader wondering. - Jane Finch for Readers' Favorite


The Interview by Donna E. Lane was an interesting read. In the book, Sarah Jacobson, a reporter, has been chosen to conduct an interview with a reclusive and powerful businessman. This interview could make her career soar. But when the man starts revealing secret personal and painful details from Sarah's life,she is at a loss for words.

The thing I loved about this book was the hidden meaning of the story. The Interview is about choosing who you want in your life from a religious perspective. I really appreciated what Lane was trying to say and how she said it. This is a book that anyone questioning their faith should read. - Jessyca Garcia for Readers' Favorite

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 154697573X
• ISBN 13: 9781546975731
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 322