Are You There, God?
Theresa A. Campbell
- As
- a
- young
- woman
- in
- rural
- Jamaica,
- Dupree
- struggles
- to
- maintain
- a
- home
- for
- herself
- and
- the
- ailing
- aunt
- who
- is
- raising
- her
- after
- she
- was
- abandoned
- by
- her
- teenage
- mother.
- The
- effort
- of
- life
- with
- no
- electricity,
- running
- water,
- or
- money
- often
- leaves
- Dupree
- battered
- and
- bruised,
- but
- she
- refuses
- to
- be
- defeated.
- She
- might
- have
- been
- forced
- to
- grow
- up
- too
- fast,
- but
- she
- will
- not
- succumb
- to
- the
- wiles
- of
- the
- devil,
- choosing
- instead
- to
- rely
- on
- the
- power
- of
- Almighty
- God
- to
- help
- her
- through.
After
- a
- brutal
- attack
- that
- takes
- her
- to
- hell
- and
- back,
- Dupree
- must
- reach
- for
- her
- inner
- strength
- once
- again
- to
- survive.
- Her
- journey
- for
- a
- better
- life
- leads
- her
- to
- Kingston,
- a
- city
- some
- people
- refer
- to
- as
- "Jamaica's
- Sodom
- and
- Gomorrah."
- There,
- she
- sees
- and
- experiences
- things
- beyond
- her
- imagination.
- Dupree
- seeks
- comfort
- in
- the
- arms
- of
- her
- Prince
- Charming—but
- he
- might
- just
- be
- a
- wolf
- in
- sheep's
- clothing.
Caught
- up
- in
- a
- web
- of
- lies
- and
- betrayal,
- Dupree
- fights
- to
- save
- her
- life.
- In
- pure
- desperation,
- she
- seeks
- an
- answer
- to
- her
- question,
- "Are
- you
- there,
- God?"
- Will
- she
- be
- around
- to
- hear
- His
- response,
- or
- will
- it
- be
- too late?
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