Promises to Keep: Diane's Story

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by Dean Hughes

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In Dean Hughes' Hearts of the Children series, Diane left her abusive husband, Greg, to protect herself and their daughter, Jenny. At book signings and speaking events, the question Dean hears more than any other is, “What happened to Diane?”

Promises to Keep picks up Diane's story years later. Diane is a single mom in her late thirties now, and Jenny is about to turn sixteen. Like most teenagers, Jenny is seeking her independence, and she and Diane are feeling tension in their relationship. Greg seems to offer Jenny the freedom she desires, and she keeps threatening to go live with him, causing Diane to look at the meaning of her own life. She has met Spencer, a man she is willing to consider marrying, but the complications in both families make such a marriage seem impossible. In which direction does happiness lie — or can Diane find it within herself?

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sarah, UT - December 30, 2009

Promises To Keep does a nice job of wrapping up the Thomas family story, though I did have a few issues with it.

LaRue's situation in this book is very different from how it was left in So Much of Life Ahead, for example, and there was no explanation given for the change. It was as if her last conversation in the other book had never taken place.

Also, because it focused so much on Diane and Jenny, there wasn't much mention at all of the other characters we all love, and their absence was definitely felt by this reader.

Lastly, as far as politics were touched on, there was only one opinion offered and shared, with no dissenting voice. It left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth, because I don't share the characters', or, apparently, the author's, political opinions at all. In the Hearts of the Children series, those politics were front and center, but there was much more of a balance there that was completely lacking in this book.

Aside from those…