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The Dead Don't Dance

#1 in series

by Charles Martin
Tom Stechschulte
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Christy finalist Charles Martin writes faith-based novels that engage believers and non-believers alike with their realistic and touching stories of Southern living. In a quiet rural town in South Carolina, the end of summer is bittersweet for Dylan Styles. Faced with a terrible tragedy, he must struggle to understand the dramatic change that has come over him. Life will never be the same for Dylan, but will his soul be darkened by heartbreak or galvanized through hope?

  • Creators

  • Series

    Awakening

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    September 11, 2015

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781490663647
      • File size: 248974 KB
      • Duration: 08:38:41

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      When Dylan and Maggie Styles's son dies at birth, Maggie slips into a coma, and Dylan begins a dark spiritual journey. His best friend, Amos, a bald, black deputy with a deep Southern drawl, encourages him to return to teaching. When Dylan does, he finds students who deal with their own problems, such as rape, and overcome them with God's grace. Tom Stechschulte narrates this bittersweet love story with poignancy, capturing the breadth of emotion Dylan experiences. He characterizes quirky characters like Amos and a strange Vietnam veteran with skill. Although this title was a finalist for the Christy, an award for Christian fiction, the pace is slow. An abridgment might have been better. G.D.W. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 22, 2004
      Competent writing and a poignant plot combine to make Martin's first novel with newcomer fiction imprint WestBow an absorbing read for fans of faith-based fiction. In rural South Carolina, Maggie and Dylan expectantly await the birth of their first child. Tragedy strikes when their son is stillborn and Maggie slips into a long-term coma. Refusing to give up on her recovery, a devastated Dylan marks time earning money as an adjunct English professor at Digger Junior College. In a role vaguely reminiscent of the teachers in Mr. Holland's Opus
      or To Sir with Love
      , Dylan connects with his students in spite of himself and is able to offer hope to others amid his own disappointment and grief. As Dylan waits for some change in Maggie's condition, he reflects on his life and hers in numerous seamless flashbacks. Martin integrates faith elements into the story with a deft touch. But what makes this book sing is not the plot, which sometimes feels disaster-heavy (rape, abortion, coma, car accident), but the delightfully quirky characters. From Amos, the black, bald deputy who is Dylan's best friend, to Bryce Kai MacGregor, a Vietnam veteran who lives north of town in a drive-in movie theater, drinks Old Milwaukee beer and plays the bagpipes mostly in the buff, they are ingeniously imaginative creations. (May)

      Forecast
      :This promising novel marks the debut of Thomas Nelson's new fiction imprint, WestBow Press, which will also feature titles by Ted Dekker, Angela Hunt, Frank Peretti and Robert Whitlow.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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