Clara Walton is a daughter, sister, lover and professional counselor. Although Clara counsels women for a living, the one woman that needs her expertise is the one woman that she cannot help--herself. Systematically she engages in self-destructive behavior and although she tries to stop, she cannot. Through counseling and God she gains the courage to face her past so that she can eventually have a future. In Rebecca Simmons' debut novel, Nobody's Business, Simmons explores how the complexities of our past serve to destroy our future. I found this book to be well-written and exceptionally insightful. Simmons explores deep into the psyche of women that are hurting as she manages to grab the reader's sympathy and compassion along her quest. This novel will touch the lives of women that are coping with abusive childhoods and provide a roadmap to help heal their souls. Honest and captivating, Nobody's Business allows us to see how deeply buried secrets manifest themselves and become somebody's business--eventually. T. RHYTHM KNIGHT APOOO BookClub
Nobody's Business should become everybody's business
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
As a Christian and a counselor by profession, I am grateful that Rebecca Simmons has offered the world a more realisitic view of the life of those who are trained at giving help, but who may not always seek the help that they need in their own personal lives. Many times we choose to wear a mask because we are trying to maintain our reputations, because of how other people are going to perceive us if we confess that "excuse me, I need some help also!", or because of the fear of backlash. Clara has opened up the door for women to feel safe and motivated to seek out help from others when they need it. Bravo!!!I am eager to read the authors next book. I know that if she was this successful with her first novel, I can just imagine what we are in store for with the next. Keep writing, you have an audience who needs to hear. GOD Bless!
An amazing novel
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Nobody's Business is definetly everybody's business, and there's definetly something powerful for everyone to experience when reading Mrs. Rebecca Simmons "Nobody's Business." This novel is worth its weight in gold. I personally know more than 20 people that have read this masterpiece and all unamiously agree that it had you from the first page, which is why you won't put it down. From start to finish...I loved every page, the characters, plot, twists, & surprises. Mrs. Simmons did a superb job with this novel and I'm sure her next venture will also be astounding.
Very good, and easy reading.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
I thought this book was quite a page turner and found once involved with the characters, I could not put it down. I read it in one day. For this to be a first time author I think it was very good and cannot wait for the next book by this woman.
Nobody's Business is Everybody's Business!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Nobody's Business is everybody's business! This book can and will show why our relationship with our families, our health, and most important our selves, steams from issues that need to be revealed and released in order to have closure and to move forward with our lives. When you read Nobody's Business you will recognize so many of our sisters and brothers in this book who are just like you and me. It almost felt like a family reunion on paperback. Life is real and this book is real life. The author, Rebecca Simmons has reached deep down in areas of our souls that most of us pretend, "I'm alright, I'm doing just fine" and she has exposed what some of us hide behind our college credentials and front with our business breifcases.This book shows that the truth hurts yet the truth heals. In closing, to begin a healing process you have to uncover and expose the wound. Read Nobody's Business and prepare yourself to be healed.
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