Leah is an unusual child who at the beginning of
the book has no friends because she is new to the small town and stutters.
Her parents throw her a big birthday party hoping the town folks will
come and begin to accept her. Instead she develops an imaginary friend who she
calls the Rainbow man who tells her how to paint pictures, which seem to be
prophetic. The town goes into an uproar
as she shows her pictures which seem to be dark and foretell danger that might
be coming.
This is an amazing book. It reminded me a bit of “the Shack.” It is certainly thought provoking. I didn’t know whether to believe Leah or
not. The question is, do you believe in
the unseen or not. Her friend Allie
believes in her, but even she questions at times. The parents’ marriage was in trouble, an
older couple whom they loved struggled with the wife having serious health
problems, and even the pastor of a church in the town struggled with his
faith. This book made me think about how
I might respond in certain situations.
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