Nine Lives
The Personal Testimony of Dan Ellis and God’s Miraculous Healing from Death
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Publisher Description
People talk about cats having nine lives. I was beginning to wonder that about myself. Living a life so messed up I tried committing suicide countless times … but never was able to accomplish the gruesome task. I couldn’t even die.
Then I had a life-altering accident. I think there’s something to the saying, “Your time isn’t up until your time is up.” Evidently God wasn’t ready for my life to end. Sometimes the enemies we have, the world, the flesh, and the devil, want us dead. But it’s God who has the final word on the matter. This is the story of a life that won’t end until God says so.
My story is about survival – and God’s miraculous intervention in someone not expected to live.
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Endearingly neurotic, 32-year-old Jewish composer Henry Mann fantasizes about marriage with virtually every attractive, single woman he meets after being dumped by his girlfriend, Sheila. In the midst of his ongoing slump, Henry may have hit the jackpot with sexy Tamar Brookman when the two reconnect after a hot blind date, especially when Brookman later supports Henry in his ongoing effort to write a musical based on The Great Gatsby. Henry's other potential prospect is Christine, a pretty school teacher who first fails to set off sparks, but who starts to look like a catch after Tamar's trail of ex-boyfriends leads to jealousy and a schism. Elish's debut is noticeably short on plot, but he displays a nice feel for the ups and downs of New York single life and produces a solid, albeit stereotyped, roster of support players. Other small flaws abound: most of Henry's romantic moves are predictable, and some of the scenes in which he fantasizes about his would-be wives are painfully silly and mawkish. Elish shows potential in this likable first novel, but if this book were a blind date, Henry would barely get to first base, and he'll need a stronger follow-up effort to win over his potential audience.
