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Paperback: 400 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.05 x 8.96 x 6.32
Life Support
By Robert Whitlow
Publisher: W Publishing Group; (July 2003)
ISBN: 0849943744
Love attempts to conquer all in Life Support (Charlotte, NC) Robert Whitlow's latest novel, Life Support (July 2003, W Publishing, ISBN: 0-8499-4374-4), focuses on a woman's struggle with psychological abuse and a violent episode that lands her husband in a coma. Along with the mental and emotional turmoil that ensues, the author also intertwines a love story that revolves around a divorce attorney who represents the accused woman and a music minister with an aptitude for playing classical pieces on the piano.
After Rena pushes her husband off a cliff in a fit of anger, it is revealed that he isn't dead but rests in a coma. Rena battles with two choices: pull the plug on her husband or let him live while hooked up to a life support device. Amidst the confusion and hidden motives, Rena's young attorney, Alex, who primarily serves as a divorce attorney, falls for a divorced music minister.
A story in which the author attempts to realistically explore the pitfalls, hardships, and all-encompassing power of love follows. Will Ted and Alex overcome their past-relationship difficulties? Can Rena conquer her hidden fears, and gain forgiveness from those she needs? That question, in addition to many others, is answered in Whitlow's latest psychological thriller, Life Support.
Book Description
A tragic accident in the Carolina mountains leaves a young man paralyzed and in a coma. Soon a fierce legal battle erupts between the man's wife who wants to terminate life support and the young man's father who wants to keep his son alive at all costs. Caught up in the turmoil is a young female attorney who takes the case and finds out that her client's husband isn't the only person in need of life saving measures. Life Support further positions best-selling novelist Robert Whitlow as "the John Grisham of the Christian market" (Publishers Weekly). A critically acclaimed author and practicing attorney, Whitlow’s fast-paced, true to life story reflects the power to heal that ultimately comes only from above. A combination of intrigue and inspiration, Life Support exemplifies why Whitlow has quickly become an award winning and acclaimed novelist.OTHER ROBERT WHITLOW BOOKS
The Sacrifice
Attorney Scott Ellis has returned home to Catawba, North Carolina. When Lester Garrison, a teenage racist with a shaved head and lightning bolt tattoos, is charged in a local shooting, Scott agrees to defend him. Determined to make his mark in the unpopular case, Scott throws himself totally into building a defense.While fighting for Lester's freedom, Scott volunteers as the advisor for a mock trial team at Catawba High School. To his surprise, the team sponsor is a teacher with a familiar face-Kay Wilson, the girl of Scott's high school dreams. Should he pursue a relationship with Kay or forget his rekindled feelings?
The darkness in Lester Garrison's eyes is not the only evil Scott faces. Frank Jesup, a student on the mock trial team, has his own problems threatening to explode. What Frank needs seems beyond Scott's capacity, but what will be the cost if no one reaches out to the brilliant young man? Ultimately, the stakes are much higher than Scott Ellis imagines, and the survival of many lives hinges on an unexpected sacrifice.
The Trial
Practicing attorney Whitlow follows up his successful debut novel, The List, with this Christian legal thriller about a small-town Georgia lawyer who lands a mysterious case. Called to defend a man accused of killing a wealthy Atlanta college student, the attorney, "Mac" MacClain, struggles to find the holes in what initially seems an airtight case for the prosecution. Whitlow intuitively understands the mandate to write about what he knows: the courtroom, the corner church, the small Southern community. Many of the book's details evoke a strong sense of place, and the courtroom scenes manage to maintain suspense without resorting to melodrama. The narrative falls a bit flat when Whitlow navigates Mac's emotional life. Like too many male characters in contemporary Christian fiction, Mac is a lonely widower (see also Frank Peretti's The Visitation, Ted Dekker's Heaven's Wager and, of course, the Left Behind series). Mac's wife and two sons perished years ago in a car accident with Mac at the wheel, and he struggles with grief and guilt. The novel opens with Mac sitting at his desk, trying to decide whether to kill himself with pills or a pistol. Whitlow does not sustain Mac's suicidal tendencies in a believable way; once Mac gets involved with the murder case, his energy drives it to its successful completion, making his automatic return to suicidal thoughts near the novel's end implausible. Despite this, Whitlow offers readers exciting courtroom drama and an authentic Southern sensibility.
The List
As a struggling young attorney fresh out of law school, Renny Jacobson was pining for the day he could afford the fast cars and sprawling homes of the partners in his Charlotte firm. And with news of his father's death and an ancient, secret inheritance, Renny's life was sure to change forever. But the inheritance and membership in the clandestine society which provided it soon threatens to change him in more ways than one. Renny's life—and the life of the woman he loves—depends on supernatural deliverance from the curse of The List.
