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A psychologist paralyzed by fear.
A mother propelled by love.
A stalker bent on destruction.
Psychology professor Dr. Denilyn Rossi contends that the past is either a shadow that haunts us or a force that propels us. The choice is ours, she tells her students. What she doesn’t tell them is that her own past is a shadow she can’t seem to shake. Fear has immobilized her and is taking a costly toll.
Adelia Sanchez, however, has embraced Dr. Rossi’s teaching. She is ready to confront fear and render it powerless—using the trauma of her past to propel her to entrap the man who stalked and brutally attacked her.
As Denilyn’s past and Adelia’s present converge at the Kaweah River, a dangerous man bent on destruction threatens them both. Will he uncover the secret Deni and Adelia have fought so hard to protect?
A mother propelled by love.
A stalker bent on destruction.
Psychology professor Dr. Denilyn Rossi contends that the past is either a shadow that haunts us or a force that propels us. The choice is ours, she tells her students. What she doesn’t tell them is that her own past is a shadow she can’t seem to shake. Fear has immobilized her and is taking a costly toll.
Adelia Sanchez, however, has embraced Dr. Rossi’s teaching. She is ready to confront fear and render it powerless—using the trauma of her past to propel her to entrap the man who stalked and brutally attacked her.
As Denilyn’s past and Adelia’s present converge at the Kaweah River, a dangerous man bent on destruction threatens them both. Will he uncover the secret Deni and Adelia have fought so hard to protect?
Ebook Convergence Ginny L Yttrup 9781683227885 Books
"This book was quite a thrill ride once I got into it. In fact, I couldn't put it down until I finished it! It is the story of a woman, stalked in the past and now again in the present, and her bid to take back her life and freedom. At first, it was slightly difficult to follow. The first few chapters jumped back and forth from the past to the present to the future with two characters listed as the first person. Once I realized I had to pay attention to whose story was being told and in what timeline, the jumps began to make more sense.
The characters: The main character is Denilyn, a professor who is living in fear of a stalker that has re-emerged. Her inner monologue is fascinating and I liked the development of her character. Adelia, the other character who had a first person story, is different from Denilyn and yet is similar in her quest. The supporting characters, husband, students, fellow teachers, friends, etc. are seen through the eyes of Denilyn and Adelia. With Denilyn, you see how these people played a role in her emotional and physical support as well as who failed her and how it affected her life. Adelia is the lone wolf and you don't see much of her development until her story begins to converge with Denilyn's.
The story is a good mystery. I like ones that take some time to figure out but still give you enough clues to understand it without giving it away. Nothing comes as a complete shock, you get all the hidden gems as you read. I love that! I won't give away the ending because I found myself holding my breath. Needless to say, I was very pleased with the overall story and ending.
There is no language or inappropriate situations and I felt comfortable allowing my teenaged daughter to read it. It is intense on the stalking side, but it wasn't graphic. There are some references to going to church, Christianity, and trusting in God. Personally, I would have liked this expanded more, but the author chose to tell the story using more secular means instead of Christianity. Some of the early descriptions seemed a bit contrived, if I'm being very picky....but once you get into the flow of the book, about 2-3 chapters in, you find the words feed your imagination with Denilyn's and Adelia's worlds. The setting for the book sounds incredibly beautiful.
Overall, I would highly recommend this book as a good, clean mystery."
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Convergence Ginny L Yttrup 9781683227885 Books Reviews
- Ginny Yttrup returns, and every time she does, I'm reminded how much I enjoy her books. I wasn't sure she could top Home, which I intend to reread soon, but Convergence is pretty darn good. In it, Ginny goes back to her roots of dealing with deep psychological problems and questions, but adds her first foray into true suspense. She carries it off well.
Denilyn Rossi is someone I identified with and enjoyed rooting for. We're both highly educated women who write books, but behind the scenes, we have our own demons to take down--demons not everybody else understands. I felt for and with Denilyn not only as she tried to cope with her stalker, but tried to help other people see where she was coming from and why. When you can't express yourself, when no one wants to hear it, when no one agrees with or believes you...it's the worst feeling in the world, and Ginny nailed it. That's why it was so gratifying that she also nailed the relief and peace of throwing yourself in God's arms, and finding a support system that works for you.
Speaking of that support system, it's great--both the true support and the fake support. I loved Jaylan's character, for one, and would love for her to have her own book. Keith frustrated me for much of the book, but overall, his actions felt realistic for how he chose to cope. That is, he didn't make good choices, but the choices fit with who he was and how much growing he still had to do. And yes, I love that he came back and asked for forgiveness later, even if that still didn't mean a "happy ending." Adelia kept the pages turning, as I raced to find out who she was, what really happened, and what part she had to play in Denilyn's journey.
On that note, kudos to Ginny for the first suspense plot I've seen this year that kept me up at night. About three quarters through, I couldn't stop. I had to know what happened and how everything fit, and Ginny's conclusion both made total sense and surprised me. Even when I felt confident in some aspects of the story, I enjoyed being surprised. For instance, I had a good idea who the stalker was, but then Ginny threw me a couple red herrings so that I wondered, was another person behind this? It's rare that a suspense author can go for the "obvious" choice for a villain, and yet legitimately make readers wonder and suspect others alongside them.
The settings, especially the Kaweah River, make the book pop and lend authenticity. I don't think Convergence would have worked half as well if Denilyn was, say, dealing with her troubles in the heart of NYC, or evading a stalker in the Appalachian woods of TN or GA. The river often acts as a character in itself, and being neither a nature girl nor a huge fan of wilderness aspects in stories, I found that impressive.
I did struggle to keep up at times, especially between Adelia, Denilyn, who was who, and which was which at what point in time (see what I mean)? The jumping timeline was also a bit dizzying, although it worked a lot better than if Denilyn just kept telling people her feelings about ten years ago (which I've seen other writers do and, for me, it doesn't work). While Denilyn's final plan was daring and interesting, I have to agree--it was a little nuts, in that it didn't seem as well thought out as it should have been. I'm also not sure what Nicky and Bradley Mathison were even doing in the story; there was quite enough interesting and compelling stuff without them. Those things aside though, I enjoyed Convergence and now want to revisit Ginny Yttrup's other work. - This book was quite a thrill ride once I got into it. In fact, I couldn't put it down until I finished it! It is the story of a woman, stalked in the past and now again in the present, and her bid to take back her life and freedom. At first, it was slightly difficult to follow. The first few chapters jumped back and forth from the past to the present to the future with two characters listed as the first person. Once I realized I had to pay attention to whose story was being told and in what timeline, the jumps began to make more sense.
The characters The main character is Denilyn, a professor who is living in fear of a stalker that has re-emerged. Her inner monologue is fascinating and I liked the development of her character. Adelia, the other character who had a first person story, is different from Denilyn and yet is similar in her quest. The supporting characters, husband, students, fellow teachers, friends, etc. are seen through the eyes of Denilyn and Adelia. With Denilyn, you see how these people played a role in her emotional and physical support as well as who failed her and how it affected her life. Adelia is the lone wolf and you don't see much of her development until her story begins to converge with Denilyn's.
The story is a good mystery. I like ones that take some time to figure out but still give you enough clues to understand it without giving it away. Nothing comes as a complete shock, you get all the hidden gems as you read. I love that! I won't give away the ending because I found myself holding my breath. Needless to say, I was very pleased with the overall story and ending.
There is no language or inappropriate situations and I felt comfortable allowing my teenaged daughter to read it. It is intense on the stalking side, but it wasn't graphic. There are some references to going to church, Christianity, and trusting in God. Personally, I would have liked this expanded more, but the author chose to tell the story using more secular means instead of Christianity. Some of the early descriptions seemed a bit contrived, if I'm being very picky....but once you get into the flow of the book, about 2-3 chapters in, you find the words feed your imagination with Denilyn's and Adelia's worlds. The setting for the book sounds incredibly beautiful.
Overall, I would highly recommend this book as a good, clean mystery. - CONVERGENCE is one of those books that begin with a bang, drawing the reader into the life of Denilyn Rossi, best- selling author and Professor of Psychology at a California university. She is an insecure woman, paralyzed by fear and constantly looking over her shoulder for perceived threats. Are her “near-misses†accidents or the result of someone’s sick and vengeful plotting? Is she being shadowed by some unknown stalker or is it all her imagination? In her classes she preaches a mantra of strength and confronting your fears to her students but is unable to follow her own advice. She is also a character who could easily be used as a poster child for the unreliable narrator.
Next we meet Adelia, a strong and driven woman who is the antithesis of Denilyn. She is a woman with a plan.
The past and present of these women converge in this tale that pulses with an underlying sense of menace.
This suspense/psychological thriller also has a dash of Christian/religious undertones with lines like the following sprinkled here and there through the narration; “Circumstances aren’t ours to control and it is only faith, belief in what cannot be fully known or understood, that truly saves†or “I arrive with a skeletal plan, certain God would reveal the steps as necessary. Tonight, without a clear plan, I must turn away from doubt. I must choose to trust and follow HIM. It is not my strength nor my own plans that will get me through this. It is His power through me that will prevailâ€.
Told from two points of view and covering incidents from the past and present, this is a tale that demands the reader pay attention.
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