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Potter Springs

angela June 17, 2005
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Potter Springs tells the story of Mark Reynolds

and Amanda Thompson, a young couple living in Houston, Texas. Amanda is from a wealthy

family, and Mark is a minister at a very high-profile Baptist church. When they find out

that Amanda is pregnant—before their wedding—Mark is fired from his job, and they have to

relocate to a small town in the Oklahoma panhandle called Potter

Springs.

When Amanda has a miscarriage and finds out that it will be

impossible for her to conceive children in the future, she plunges into a deep depression

and becomes reclusive, not letting anyone in—even her husband. After an extended trip

back to Houston, she takes a wrong turn toward Mexico and continues that way, running

away from her husband, her problems, and her life in Potter Springs. As a hurricane

closes in, Mark rushes to Mexico in the hopes of saving his marriage.

I

really didn’t care much for this book. Britta Coleman is a first-time novelist, and her

writing tends to be very overdone and clichéd at times. Her use of simile is so abundant

that it becomes more of a distraction than anything else, and the underlying message is

so heavy-handed that it sours the story. (When Amanda is trying to decide whether or not

to go home, she sees a gardener working without gloves. He continually cuts his hand on

the thorns, and she asks him why he puts up with it. His response: “It is worth it for

the roses.” Amanda, of course, ends up interpreting this as a metaphor for life.) I

found it difficult to like the main characters—maybe I’m a cynic, but I grew very

impatient with Amanda in her depressive state and found myself questioning her

motivations. I couldn’t help but wonder why she didn’t get therapy or seek out adoption

or alternative fertilization techniques when she found out that she couldn’t conceive. I

was intrigued in the beginning by some of the smaller characters—the townspeople of

Potter Springs—but they turned out to be little more than stereotypes. I would have

really liked to see those characters fleshed out more. And the cop-out happy ending was

sappy, saccharine-sweet, and unrealistic.

Basically, Potter Springs

is a soap-opera-style story where love conquers all, regardless of the circumstances.

It’s a quick read, and it’s just fine if you’re the hopeless romantic type. But if

you’re looking for a strong story with characters that resonate with you, I’d skip this

one.

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