Somewhat Saved
Pat G’Orge Walker
Kensington, April 2008
$22.00 US, ISBN 0758218893
Rating: 4
Drama here, drama there, drama everywhere…
With all the drama going on in the world today, you would think church would be the one place you would expect to find peace and solitude, right?
Well this is definitely not the case in the small town of Pelzer, South Carolina. In fact, if you know what’s good for you, you’ll run the other direction as fast as you can when you see Crossing Over Sanctuary Temple. Why you ask? Because the colorful characters – Sasha Pray Onn and Bea Blister, members of the Mother’s Board – are not exactly the epitome of saintly church mothers. They are troublemakers, rabble rousers, and yes, they revel in it. And if hell-raising in Pelzer ain’t enough, Mothers Pray Onn and Blister take their shenanigans on the road to Las Vegas, better known as Sin City, and they fit right in.
They’ve traveled to Las Vegas to the annual Mother’s Board conference, hoping to oust Sister Betty, their arch rival, out of the nomination for president of the Mother’s Board. In the midst of all their chaotic, comedic capers, secrets from the past come back to haunt them in the form of Zipporah Moses, an aspiring songstress, who unwittingly shakes up the family tree, causing even more drama.
Although Somewhat Saved is the latest novel in the “Sister Betty” series, this was my first “Sister Betty” read ever! I’ve heard that Walker’s stories are laugh out loud and uproariously funny; so I went into this read with those expectations. Though the antics of the characters were indeed laughable, but the seriousness of the underlying message of salvation, redemption, forgiveness and honesty quietly, but effectively, shines through.
~~Renee Williams, All the Buzz