Shattered Souls by Dwayne Birch
By Yasmin Coleman • Feb 3rd, 2010 • Category: Book Review 2002 •
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Shattered Souls is a candid and emotional debut novel from Dwayne Birch. Britton, Indera, Damascus, and Chyna are friends bonded by unconditional love and tragic childhoods. Each character is colorful and memorable but underneath the humor and cool exteriors are scars that have not healed and souls that are truly shattered. Emotional baggage and repressed childhood memories are threatening to erupt and control their adult lives.
On the surface, Shattered Souls appears to be just another novel about friends and their antics, but when we peel away the layers we find four individuals who are haunted by the hurt and pain that was inflicted during childhood by those that they trusted and those that should have known better. Shattered Souls brings out a myriad of emotions…laughter, shock, tears, anger, sadness and joy. Its a story that entertains but also enlightens. Birch has done a fine job of addressing the after effects of abuse, neglect and abandonment. I recommend this page-turner to others but I must warn you that the storyline includes graphic sexual content and off da hook foul language. Fortunately these two issues were not enough to stop me from reading and enjoying this compelling storyline.
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Yasmin Coleman is a literary publicist and promoter, book reviewer and founder of APOOO Books and BookClub. In 2000, she founded APOOO, www.apooobooks.com, an online author and reader community dedicated to advancing African-American literature.
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