Third Strand of the Cord

This is not my usual review style, but there are just too many important things to say about this book.  Third Strand of the Cord is mostly invisible, but is there to help with all the slings and arrows of the enemy.  The enemy makes his appearance in the form of Bryan, Caroline's ex. Bryan strikes at everything Caroline loves, especially her son, Trent.  Bryan is abusive, short tempered, and has his sights set on political greatness and will nothing short of perfection stand in his way.

Caroline needs help with Trent, his Down's syndrome has kept him delayed in his scholastic endeavors, his behavior is that of a child half his age.   Instead of finding help with the school district, she finds help in the form of a karate teacher named Lee.  Lee shows Caroline how she's holding Trent back.  He begins to show Trent how to do things for himself, simple things like peeling an orange, and more difficult things like vacuuming the house.

The devil that prowls like a roaring lion seeking to destroy Caroline is Bryan.
Lee is the one who helps her put on her spiritual armor.
Her neighbor, Sharron, is the one who stands with Caroline in prayer, like Aaron and Hur stood with Moses.

Catherine Richmond also treats several social ills and some social mores:

• domestic abuse
• verbal abuse
• physical abuse
• stigmas for birth defects
• using children as pawns in divorce cases

This is beyond a five star book, with two thumbs up, and sign language lessons for communication

My thanks to BooksGoSocial for allowing me to read and review this book and to NetGalley.com for providing the galley I read.