Adelaide Piper

Adelaide Piper-

Beth Webb Hart

**** ( 4/5)

Adelaide Piper is a “coming of age story” that follows Adelaide Piper thought her college years at a small liberal arts community in the late 80’s The focus of the book is on a traumatic event that robs Adelaide of her innocence and forces her to not only grow up but to contemplate. During this crisis, Adelaide has one of May spiritual awakenings that the author portrays through this book.

This book is a fast read and takes placed over a period of several years where we really get to do Adelaide Piper and the rest of her family, although some characters are more so than others. The book is a categorized as Christian Fiction, and themes of Christianity play an important role in the theme, it is not one where it is beaten down the reader’s throat. In fact, many of the references are rather subtle.

Although I did not go to college in the late 80’s, I could not truly relate to Adelaide college or life experiences, aside from the intricacies of southern societies which Ms. Hart touch on well ( Co-Cola being by favorite)

Overall, Adelaide Piper is a good book. Not a beach book, but perfect for a rainy afternoon.