Echoes of the Widows

Echoes of the widows is clearly aimed at a focused audience, and intends to be a treatise on widowhood within the Christian faith, with particular examples drawn from the likes of The Book of Ruth to show the kinds of difficulties widows can face within communities and to exemplify behaviors and pathways within the scriptural context of the faith. On the whole, this book is written with a clear argument at its core - widowhood as such is a state with significant worries, woes and difficulties attached to it, however there are provisions within the faith for widows to be taken care of, and for them to remarry should they wish to. In essence then, this paints a picture of a naturally negative state being enlightened and improved by a scripturally-centered community spirit. Where it strays into unbelievable territory is when it seems to describe widow as being able to outlive their friends, their family, their children even, and so to be made miserable by the death of everyone they know, every support mechanism they have, and yet , somehow, for they themselves to go on untouched by whatever scourge has killed off everyone else. --- Tony Fyler, USA.