BOOK REVIEW: Resilience, by Ica Iova

BOOK REVIEW:  Resilience, by Ica Iova

  Resilience

Although this is a used theme becaue sometimes life just takes you there, the ending makes it different.  Joanna was divorce with two children and an ex-husband, Louis, who was intent on relieving her of her parental rights.  In and out of court drumming up irrelevant issues, backed by his crazy mother as he repeatedly attempted to draw from Joanna everything the marriage had not.

An ugly situation just in those efforts however, when Louis was murdered that changed everything for Joanna since she was now the only ‘person of interest’ as far as the police were concerned simply because in anger, she had threatened him.  Who really killed Louis though?

Sometimes it seems everybody else does the job the police are supposed to do.  In her effort to find the real murderer in order to clear her name, Joanna hired an attorney, the only one she knew, whom she thought she could trust but feared their past may hamper his desire to help.

Some action is involved in the search for the perpetrator but more than that search was the discovery of love.  Resiliency the ability to overcome challenges… and bounce back stronger, wiser and more personally powerful” (definition from:  What is Resiliency).

Through the divorce, the court appearances, the fears of losing her children and the attempt made to make her seem guilty for Louis’ death, Joanna stood strong and bounced back, understanding that sometimes that’s life – she survived, thrived, found her happiness and prepared to move on into the future because sometimes in life, that is the only thing left to do.


                                                                     Reviewed by:  Connie Jordan
                                                                                                  February 13, 2016