The Sweet By and By - Sara Evans

I was able to relate to Jade in this novel.  She didn't want to have anything to do with her past.  Her father was dead to her and her mother was for awhile a part of her past that she did not want to deal with.  Jade, a very talented and successful woman, is about to get married.  But when you get married you invite your family and in so doing with her, she had to deal with having her mother, someone who had not really been a participant in her life, come back into play.  It is a very well written novel about love and forgiveness.

I would definitely say this is a dramatic book, not in a bad way, but it helps you deal with the drama in your own life.  It helps you to think out, maybe I shouldn't be harboring so much anger and resentment towards this person.  Maybe I should be extending a Christ-like love which the Bible calls me to do.

I would definitely recommend this book to anybody out there. But I would especially recommend it to anyone going through issues of forgiveness and letting go of the past.
I will definitely read this novel over and over again.  I did not want to put it down the first time.