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A Change Is Gonna Come
A Change Is Gonna Come by Jacquelin Thomas released on Mar 25, 2003 is available now for purchase.
352 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
About the author
Jacquelin Thomas
125 books414 followersJacquelin Thomas is an award-winning, best selling author with 94 titles published. Her books have garnered several awards, including two EMMA awards, the Romance In Color Reviewers Award, Readers Choice Award and the Atlanta Choice Award in the Religious & Spiritual category. Jacquelin was a 2005 honoree at the Houston Black Film Festival for the movie adaptation of her novel, Hidden Blessings. She was the first recipient to receive the Writers Achievement Award at the North Carolina Book Festival in Winston-Salem. She also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Romantic Times Magazine.
Jacquelin has published in the romance, women's fiction, inspirational and young adult genres. Her second book in the YA series, Divine Confidential was nominated for a 2008 NAACP Image Award.
Jacquelin is happily married to her best friend and is the proud mother of three children. Jacquelin and her family live in North Carolina.
Jacquelin has published in the romance, women's fiction, inspirational and young adult genres. Her second book in the YA series, Divine Confidential was nominated for a 2008 NAACP Image Award.
Jacquelin is happily married to her best friend and is the proud mother of three children. Jacquelin and her family live in North Carolina.
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April 13, 2015
A CHANGE IS GONNA COME is the story of four friends who all work together in the Family Services Department. Each woman has to trust God in the midst of their struggles.
Cordelia who to me was the main character in the book was a bible carrying goody, goody who always wanted to judge people. She was at the church each time the door was open. A debilitating illness strikes and her and she begins to question God faithfulness toward her. She goes through many emotions throughout her ordeal.
Tangie works with Cordelia and seems to be a desent person. She hates her mother. Tangie sees her mother as a loose woman and doesn't want to end up like her. The problem with this is Tangie is just like her. She has to trust God to deliver her from her lust demon.
Bonnie seems to be the person all the ladies go to when they have problems. Bonnie is a sweet woman who lost her husband and now lives with her dog. Bonnie loves the Lord and trusts him, but she has a self esteem problem. She does trust herself to live again after the death of husband. She's very crafty, but doesn't think she's good at it. She has to find that confidence within herself with God's help.
I saved Sabrina for last. This woman got on my last nerve. LOL
She has so many issues, I just felt sorry for her. First of all she only dated men that could give her things. Her reward to them was to sleep with them. She used so many men, I actually couldn't believe she had no remorse. She lied to her mother all the time. She told everyone's business she heard and to me was just a low down individual. She was broken and needed to be strengthen.
A CHANGE IS GONNA COME touches a lot of issues people face today, be it illness, brokeness, abandonment, lust and no self worth. It paints us a picture that only God can deliver you from these issues.
Great Job Ms. Jacquie.
Cordelia who to me was the main character in the book was a bible carrying goody, goody who always wanted to judge people. She was at the church each time the door was open. A debilitating illness strikes and her and she begins to question God faithfulness toward her. She goes through many emotions throughout her ordeal.
Tangie works with Cordelia and seems to be a desent person. She hates her mother. Tangie sees her mother as a loose woman and doesn't want to end up like her. The problem with this is Tangie is just like her. She has to trust God to deliver her from her lust demon.
Bonnie seems to be the person all the ladies go to when they have problems. Bonnie is a sweet woman who lost her husband and now lives with her dog. Bonnie loves the Lord and trusts him, but she has a self esteem problem. She does trust herself to live again after the death of husband. She's very crafty, but doesn't think she's good at it. She has to find that confidence within herself with God's help.
I saved Sabrina for last. This woman got on my last nerve. LOL
She has so many issues, I just felt sorry for her. First of all she only dated men that could give her things. Her reward to them was to sleep with them. She used so many men, I actually couldn't believe she had no remorse. She lied to her mother all the time. She told everyone's business she heard and to me was just a low down individual. She was broken and needed to be strengthen.
A CHANGE IS GONNA COME touches a lot of issues people face today, be it illness, brokeness, abandonment, lust and no self worth. It paints us a picture that only God can deliver you from these issues.
Great Job Ms. Jacquie.
January 8, 2009
Sometimes your faith is put to the test
So far this is book #2 that I've read by Jacquelin Thomas and I am not at all disappointed.
We meet 4 employees who are semi-friends
Cordelia-Christian who judges, divorcee with a teenage daughter that cares about her reputation
Bonnie-widower whose given up on life so she smothers her co-workers
Tangie-addicted to sex have mother issues and doesn't tell any of her business
Sabrina-shameless gossip who uses men for money and thinks she's the stuff
In the beginning the book reads slowly and although it's obvious what is going to happen it was a very good read. It shows how apparent God is in all of the ladies lives, although sometimes certain lessons had to be learned. We watch as they all gradually change and realize that life without God isn't worth living. It's in their time of need that they all reach out and find that their faith is there for them. In spite of it all these ladies all grow and build stronger relationships as friends and women of God.
So far this is book #2 that I've read by Jacquelin Thomas and I am not at all disappointed.
We meet 4 employees who are semi-friends
Cordelia-Christian who judges, divorcee with a teenage daughter that cares about her reputation
Bonnie-widower whose given up on life so she smothers her co-workers
Tangie-addicted to sex have mother issues and doesn't tell any of her business
Sabrina-shameless gossip who uses men for money and thinks she's the stuff
In the beginning the book reads slowly and although it's obvious what is going to happen it was a very good read. It shows how apparent God is in all of the ladies lives, although sometimes certain lessons had to be learned. We watch as they all gradually change and realize that life without God isn't worth living. It's in their time of need that they all reach out and find that their faith is there for them. In spite of it all these ladies all grow and build stronger relationships as friends and women of God.
September 18, 2008
A pretty good read with a spiritual overtone.
October 1, 2010
"A Change Is Gonna Come" is really good.
I gave it 5 stars.
I gave it 5 stars.
January 24, 2011
The prayers in the book are great!!
January 18, 2014
A must read, like "Waiting To Exhale" with a spiritual side to the story.
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