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    Where the Road Bends
    Where the Road Bends
    Where the Road Bends
    Audiobook7 hours

    Where the Road Bends

    Written by David Rawlings

    Narrated by Simon Bubb

    3.5/5

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    How did I get here? 

    He ripped back the zip, his heart pounding as red dust trickled in and landed on his face. He stood, brushing the dust from his eyes, a sense of vertigo launching itself up his spine. One step from the swag and his eyes snapped open. He started to lean into a void. Over a cliff. 

    Fifteen years after college graduation, four friends reconnect to keep a long-ago promise and go on a trip of a lifetime in the Australian Outback. 

    Eliza needs to disconnect from her high-powered fashion job to consider the CEO position she’s just been offered. Lincoln hopes to rekindle a past relationship and escape from another one. Bree looks forward to a fun getaway from home and her deeply buried disappointments. Andy wants to disappear from the mess he’s made of his life—possibly forever. 

    Dropped at a campsite in the middle of nowhere, the friends quickly discover they aren’t the same people they once were, and they begin to confront hard truths about one another—and themselves. Then a bizarre storm sweeps across their camp, scattering them across the desert. Wondering if they are part of some strange escape game, each of the friends meets a guide to help them find exactly what they need: purpose, healing, courage, and redemption. 

    But they’ve already traveled far down the road of life and course-correcting to become the people they were meant to be won’t be easy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateJun 2, 2020
    ISBN9780785230748
    Author

    David Rawlings

    David Rawlings is a Christy Award-winning Australian author and a sports-mad father of three who loves humor and a clever turn of phrase. Over a 25-year career he has put words on the page to put food on the table, developing from sports journalism and copywriting to corporate communication. Now in fiction, he entices readers to look deeper into life with stories that combine the everyday with a sense of the speculative, addressing the fundamental questions we all face. Website: www.davidrawlings.com.au; Facebook: David Rawlings – Author; Instagram: davidrawlingsauthor.

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    • 2/5
      Thank you LibraryThing for allowing me to read this book. However, it’s one of the strangest stories I’ve ever read and I did not care for it. It’s the story of 4 college friends who have a reunion 15 years after college. Memories reveal a lot to be dealt with and how that is done is on the unbelievable side. I do not recommend this book.
    • 3/5
      Go on an adventure of discovery in the Australian Outback in this new release from David Rawlings, Where the Road Bends!Four college friends have not kept in touch well since graduation, but now, they get an opportunity (a strange one!) to reconnect, discovering hard truths about the people they have become and how they need to change.Like he does in his previous books, Rawlings uses this story of friends to deliver valuable insight and thought-provoking sentiments. While I do wish the characters had been a little more fleshed out, Where the Road Bends does prove to be an interesting story—especially given its atmospheric setting!I received a complimentary copy of this book and the opportunity to provide an honest review. I was not required to write a positive review, and all the opinions I have expressed are my own.
    • 4/5
      This is not a normal genre for me which will probably impact my review. I enjoyed the book and the setting in Australia but didn't connect well with any of the characters. But no matter what we read or who we are, we all come to a point in our lives when we wonder how we got to where we are in life.The novel starts on college graduation day when four friends decide that they will meet in Australia in 15 years to find out about each other's lives. When they meet 15 years later, none of them are happy with their lives or what they've accomplished of those college dreams.Lincoln is a stock broker and has just been promoted to a top level of management. He has never been able to find the woman of his dreams because that woman has turned him down in college but she is one of the four friends on this trip, so maybe he can still make it happen.Eliza has a high level fashion job and has just been offered a job as CEO but isn't sure that she wants it. She is no longer content with her job or her life.Bree is the happiest of the group and loves her husband and children but can't get over a huge disappointment from her younger days.Andy is the least content with his life. He is hiding his life from his friends and plans to start a new life in Australia and start over.These four friends haven't talked to each other as a group in 15 years and they end up being taken to a camp in the middle of nowhere in Australia. They have all changed in the last 15 years and aren't happy with their lives or the lives of their friends. What happens in the camp, gives them the possibility of changing their lives but they’ve already traveled far down the road of life and course-correcting to become the people they were meant to be won’t be easy.If you enjoy religious fiction with a strong message, give this one a try.Thanks to the publisher for a copy of this book to read and review. All opinions are my own.