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Title of Book: Potter Springs
Author: Britta Coleman
ISBN Number: 0446577782
Publisher: Center Street
Publication Date: Jun 16, 2005
Reviewer: Mary Connealy

Potter Springs is one of those books that defy a category. It’s a complex story of love and forgiveness that Britta Coleman unfolds slowly and beautifully. Mark, a charismatic young pastor, is on track to be the head of a huge mega-church for all the wrong reasons. Amanda, his girlfriend announces she’s pregnant and Mark’s life begins to unravel. All his promise is stripped away when his private sin is made public. All the support and respect of his fellow believers vanishes.

Amanda, who adores Mark and was supposed to complete his picture perfect life, now doubts his love. Mark sees his elegant, vivacious girlfriend sink into depression. Mark has always lived a charmed life. Exiled to a small church, he hasn’t had much practice at failure and he doesn’t handle it well. He says all the wrong things to Amanda and she takes everything he says to heart because she’s leaned too much on him.

Buried along with Mark’s blind ambition and Amanda’s dreams of a happy family, is their faith in God.

Coleman did a wonderful job of creating characters I cared about in Potter Springs. It caught me and held me through to the end as the newlyweds slowly realize they can’t find happiness until they find God. The one thing Coleman fails at in this book is create believable secondary characters. These characters made the book compelling, but the trouble is, when it suited her, Coleman just changed them all. In the blink of an eye, Mark’s judgmental mom becomes supporting and forgiving. Amanda’s cold, unloving mother falls in love with Amanda’s father, after thirty years of a cold marriage. The backstabbing church elder turns friendly and pitches in to help Mark win Amanda back.

Suspend disbelieve about that and you’ll enjoy Potter Springs. Coleman has some important things to say and she says them in a really beautiful way. I did read it nearly in one sitting which qualifies it as a Sleep Robber.