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Jasmine Larson has spent the majority
of her adult life working a job that brought great
satisfaction from deep within. As a social worker, she
fought to keep children safe from physical abuse. Once up
on a time, Jasmine thought that she would share her justice
for cause with her husband-to-be; however, just when they
were about to be married, her fiancé left her high and dry
to take a well-paid job at a prominent law firm. From that
day forth, Jasmine vowed to never become involved with a man
who valued money more than anything else and especially if
he was rich. For many years Jasmine kept to her promise
until she met an attorney by the name of Terrence McKinley.
Not only did Terrence wear down her defenses against dating
in general; but, over a period of time he also proved to her
that having with a large bank account didn’t make the man –
it was his values and beliefs. Their love affair slowly
developed into something very special that later lead to an
engagement to be married. And, then fate decided to test
the strength their union by throwing an obstacle in their
path. Instead of trusting in Terrence’s judgment, Jasmine
chose to return to her old way of thinking and ended their
relationship. Will Terrence write Jasmine off as a lost
cause or will he do everything within his power to convince
her that they were meant to live a blissful life as man and
wife?
One True Thing was a novel that brought forth
mixed emotions from deep within me. Most of them were
annoyance towards Jasmine for her continued dislike of
wealthy people. Overall, Jasmine was a wonderful, caring
person otherwise she would not have been able to maintain
her job as skillful, compassionate social worker. On the
other hand, I admired Terrence’s nerve of steel to remain
firm with his love for Jasmine in spite of her particular
negative point of view. I personally would have kicked her
to the curb a long time ago. Yet, because of Terrence’s
willingness to never give up Jasmine was finally able to see
her unfairness. On the flip side, when the couple were
going through happy times all was sweet and loving. It was
during those moments where my emotions were on a delightful
high and Jasmine was a favorite heroine. I must admit that
Ms. Rainey successfully kept me reading One True Thing
to see just how much Jasmine was willing to sacrifice before
she finally saw the light. |
