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    The Perfect Life

    By Robin Lee Hatcher

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    The Clarkson family looks perfect to many—but looks can be deceiving.

    Katherine Clarkson has the perfect life. Married to Brad, a loving and handsome husband, respected in their church and the community. Two grown daughters on the verge of starting families of their own. A thriving ministry. Good friends. A comfortable life.

    She has it all—until the day a reporter appears with shocking allegations. Splashed across the local news are accusations of Brad’s financial impropriety at his foundation and worse, an affair with a former employee. Without warning, Katherine’s marriage is shattered and her family torn apart. The reassuring words she’s spoken to many brokenhearted women over the years offer little comfort now.

    Her world spinning, Katherine wonders if she can find the truth in the chaos that consumes her. How can she survive the loss of what she thought was the perfect life?

    “Robin Lee Hatcher is one of my favorite authors.” —Francine Rivers, New York Times bestselling author of Redeeming Love

    • Contemporary women’s fiction with inspirational elements
    • Full-length stand-alone novel
    • Includes a reading group guide for book clubs
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateFeb 5, 2008
    ISBN9781418537180
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    Robin Lee Hatcher

    Robin Lee Hatcher is the author of over 80 novels and novellas with over five million copies of her books in print. She is known for her heartwarming and emotionally charged stories of faith, courage, and love. Her numerous awards include the RITA Award, the Carol Award, the Christy Award, the HOLT Medallion, the National Reader’s Choice Award, and the Faith, Hope & Love Reader’s Choice Award. Robin is also the recipient of prestigious Lifetime Achievement Awards from both American Christian Fiction Writers and Romance Writers of America. When not writing, she enjoys being with her family, spending time in the beautiful Idaho outdoors, Bible art journaling, reading books that make her cry, watching romantic movies, and decorative planning. Robin makes her home on the outskirts of Boise, sharing it with a demanding Papillon dog and a persnickety tuxedo cat.

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    • 2/5
      Pretty typical reconversion experience: Katherine enjoys the title's "perfect life," so she has never experienced any tests of her faith. Suddenly, her husband, president of a charity, is accused of improper financial activities and of having an affair with a former employee. We can all breathe easy, though--the former employee is a nonbeliever and therefore obviously lying (roll eyes here). Anyway, Katherine freaks out over the embarrassment, indulges in a very fake self-torment over whether or not she can trust her husband, and refuses to pray about any of it for awhile, but that's about all there is to her supposed "test" of faith. Thank goodness the writing got better after about the 4th chapter, or I'd be feeling like I went through a total lobotomy.
    • 4/5
      An accusation of infedelity threatens to break a family apart.
    • 5/5
      I have learned great lesson to take in my life,