![]() ![]() Readers who may find Evans’ other books too sappy will be happy to know that in this modified rags-to-riches story, there’s not a lot of romance and no snow in fact, this book begins on the edge of a desert, and it mostly features a complicated man who’s chased by the demons of his past. Evans even admits in this novel that he usually writes Christmassy stories, but this isn’t one of those. When I got “The Broken Road,” I had to check the calendar, and it’s not December. She helped him see where his next step should be. She helped him understand where his life was heading. He couldn’t sleep without nightmares and had been seeing a therapist. ![]() Soon, he’d gained the thing he wanted but lost what he loved. He became incredibly wealthy, then betrayed his mentor for even more riches. He started by volunteering with the organization and worked his way up as a valuable salesman, then a motivational speaker for a product he knew to be a scam. He also had an eye for opportunity, so when someone invited him to a get-rich seminar, James knew he’d found his dream job. That job allowed him to gain self-confidence and experience, and a reputation for being a hard worker. On the way to California, he met a girl who showed him what life could be like and she helped him find a job. That someone was usually him, and it happened until James stood up to his father, turned the tables and then left Utah on an L.A.-bound Greyhound. Growing up, he said, it was a rare day when someone in the family wasn’t beaten. ![]() He even agreed to talk, to tell the truth… and so he began. Grizzled and sunburned, but recognizable as the con man he’d once been, Charles James was unashamed. There, in a diner on the edge of the Mojave Desert, sat a dead man. Still, he knew that guy, had seen him on TV, so Evans approached him, indulged in a bit of small talk and learned that his instincts were right. On his journey along Route 66, Evans never expected to see someone he recognized. In “The Broken Road ” by Richard Paul Evans, there are many side roads to be explored. Signs warn of curves and detours ahead, rough terrain and rest stops for the weary. Like most, it’s rarely smooth and straight. ![]()
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