Book Review: Mercy Come Morning by Lisa Tawn Bergren
"You are an adult now, Krista. You can fight off your own predators. But the biggest one you face is inside you. You know that, don't you?" Krista Mueller returns to her home in New Mexico around Christmastime to visit her dying mother who was officially diagnosed with Alzheimer’s twelve years ago, which was the last time she saw her mother when she admitted her to Cimarron Care Center. She carries around the ghosts of what her mother used to be, all the bad memories and blocks out the good. She’s afraid to love and forgive. While there, she re-meets her high school sweetheart, Dane McConnell, a doctor there, who reminds her of what it means to love with mercy and grace. The first thing I noticed is that Mercy Come Morning has incredibly long chapters. Of 222 pages, it only has 15 chapters. I found myself often stopping in the middle of scenes due to lack of time to read instead of being able to find a good stopping point within the next few pages.