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Title: The Crossing

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Serita Ann Jakes

Narrator: April Parker-Jones, Ann Marie Lee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-06-11

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 31 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Imprisoned by memories, Claudia Campbell lives each day in the shadow of a ten-year-old murder. Who can set her free?

On the way home from a football game, a decade earlier, a masked gunman opened fi re on a Texas school bus. Cheerleading coach B.J. Remington was killed, but her murderer was never found. Claudia, who had a close friendship with the young, spirited teacher, constantly relives the anguish of that day, caught in one moment in time. When her husband, the assistant district attorney, becomes determined to uncover the mystery of that tragedy, the secrets buried over the years threaten to tear their family apart.

Officer Casio Hightower will never forget the day his dreams were destroyed. A star quarterback with a promising future, Casio was on top of the world - until one bullet changed everything. He is eager to help Victor Campbell find B.J.s killer, the man who shot him. Maybe solving the case will help silence the demons driving Casio to hurt the woman he loves.

As the Campbells and Casio teeter on the brink of losing everything, will they be able to discover that what begins at the crossing ends at the cross?

Members Reviews:

It takes courage to face Domestic Violence!

Where does The Crossing rank among all the audiobooks you???ve listened to so far?

I was surprised this book tells the gut-bucket truth without being churchey.

What does April Parker-Jones and Ann Marie Lee bring to the story that you wouldn???t experience if you just read the book?

The uniqueness of voice.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Thou shalt not hurt!

Any additional comments?

Awesome effort!

Great Read

This book was an awesome surprise. We are usd to Bishop Jakes writing wonderful books but I was not sure what this book would be like. I could not put it down. I hated for snything to interrupt me because I wanted to know what each of these characters were going to do next. Great read.

Anemic

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

There was too much going on with too many weakly developed characters whose stories also never developed within the context of the novel and seemed to have no real connection to each other. Never made any sense why Claudia left Victor or whose parents had affairs with each other. Too many social issues with no real focus. The only thing to make this novel a 4 or 5 would have to be a complete rewrite.

What was most disappointing about Serita Ann Jakess story?

The entire story was disappointing, especially the agonizingly drawn out death of BJ with the ineffectual and implausible resolution of whodunit. Didn't make sense.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrators were monotone and whiny, with no real distinctions in the voices of the female characters except the whining of BJ as she was dying. They would be droning on and I would find that I had no idea what was going on or who was speaking, I will usually rewind but they made you not care what was happening making my only thought to just try to get to the end.

You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

None, only forced myself to finish because it was my book club read for the month.

Wow

Would you listen to The Crossing again? Why?

Yes, going to listen again and again. I use to listen and read books all the time as a child, and just got out of the habit. So glad I started again especially with this book.