Relationships are like road trips.
Sometimes they’re an exciting adventure. But sometimesthey’re like a traffic jam going nowhere. Or even worse, they’re a wrong turnthat’s taken you hundreds of miles off your course.
With much-needed humor and honest advice, bestsellingauthor and speaker Chad Eastham helps you think through tough but necessaryrelationship issues such as:
· Why some people find happiness, while othersfind heartache
· Why pain hurts so much
· When to break up
· When to make up
Chad’s conversational tone, facts, and advice encourageyoung people to rethink life’s conversations, even the difficult stuff likeheartbreak. There is nothing in life that is too big, too painful, or toodifficult that God cannot make better and use to teach us about love. Nothing.
Gr 8-10-Christian author and speaker Eastham adds another title to his collection of relationship guides for teens. He uses humor, quotations from literature, Bible passages, and personal stories to help teens navigate through the pain and confusion of a romance's end. Eastham's down-to-earth style and older-brother tone allow him to deliver clear and honest advice. He also offers suggestions about how to spot red flags and handle breakups with dignity (e.g., finding inner peace and closure, turning to friends and family, etc.) and outlines behaviors that will likely result in greater heartache in the long run (e.g., begging to reunite, plotting revenge, etc.). One section covers the possibility of reconciliation. The use of Bible verses and the overall message that breaking up is part of God's plan and can teach readers valuable lessons for future relationships will limit this volume's readership. However, teens (and parents) looking for a Christian faith-based relationship guide will appreciate Eastham's personable approach and solid advice.-Elaine Baran Black, Georgia Public Library Service, Atlantaα(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.