Book covers are interesting.
At times, they seem not to be related to the book at all. Sometimes, they give
a clue as to what the story is about. In the novel, DO NOT BE DECEIVED, there
is an evergreen along with grasses on top of a house. We first learn of the
evergreen when Donna Verrill, a new student, introduces Cassandra, her friend, kiddingly
with, “This is Cassandra. Cassandra Walwyn. She lives in the house with a tree
growing out of it.” Others picked up on it, but were not as kind, ending the
statement with, “She’s weird.”
Several chapters later,
Cassandra asks her dad if they can take the tree off the house and decorate it
for Christmas. Her dad explains that if
the tree is uprooted from the roof, snow will drift down on her sleepy
head. So, the tree stays until much later in the book when something explosive
happens.
The tree is significant to the
story. Cassandra lived a desperate life. Desperation digs a hole, something
gets planted (maybe for good; maybe for bad). The tree had roots on the roof,
but, of course, they were shallow roots; nevertheless, it thrived. Like
Cassandra’s life, her roots in love were shallow. Her roots in God’s grace were
shallow. But, they were thriving nevertheless because of her perseverance.
I hope you read the book and
find out what happened to the tree and to Cassandra….
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