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Narrow Is the Way
The author shows how she reached out to her mother, Bette Davis, in the midst of controversy as both a loving daughter and a committed Christian
- GenresBiography
285 pages, Hardcover
First published April 1, 1987
About the author
B.D. Hyman
5 books8 followersB. D. Hyman (born Barbara Davis Sherry), aka B.D. Merrill, is an American author and pastor. Hyman is the daughter of actress Bette Davis and artist William Sherry. A born-again Christian, Hyman is the head of her own ministry and Pastor of her church based in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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December 11, 2013
I can't say anything different so I'll repeat myself!
This is the harshest, most self-serving compilation of garbage I've ever read. Bette Davis may not have been perfect but as I see it, she kept that girl warm, fed, and catered to like she was a fairy princess. That was her biggest mistake.
What I want to know, considering Christian charity, is why doesn't BD have any, if she's such a big Christian?
She's one of those false prophets, in it for the money, nothing else. I happen to be an atheist but part of me hopes there is some sort of reckoning for Christians like her.
Despicable. That's it in one word. Despicable.
I'm just glad I got the book from Amazon for less than $1.
Plus I read in an article that the reason they went to the Bahamas was to escape debt run up in the USA!!!
This is the harshest, most self-serving compilation of garbage I've ever read. Bette Davis may not have been perfect but as I see it, she kept that girl warm, fed, and catered to like she was a fairy princess. That was her biggest mistake.
What I want to know, considering Christian charity, is why doesn't BD have any, if she's such a big Christian?
She's one of those false prophets, in it for the money, nothing else. I happen to be an atheist but part of me hopes there is some sort of reckoning for Christians like her.
Despicable. That's it in one word. Despicable.
I'm just glad I got the book from Amazon for less than $1.
Plus I read in an article that the reason they went to the Bahamas was to escape debt run up in the USA!!!
July 17, 2015
"Narrow is the Way" is Hyman's followup to her bestseller "My Mother's Keeper" about her dysfunctional relation with her mother, Bette Davis. It's also the story about how the authors (B.D. and her husband Jeremy are both credited as authors although the book is written from B.D.'s point of view) became born again Christians. I found some parts of the book interesting, when it dealt with the controversy around the previous book and her relationship with her mother. Parts of the story of their religious conversion were somewhat interesting but it did seem a bit strange how they went from skeptic agnostics to devout Christians attending faith healing meetings, in such a short period of time. Much of the book deals with the Hyman family's move to Bahamas and how they helped build a church there and this didn't interest me at all, nor did I care to read about their lobster fishing trips. I still didn't feel I really got to know them. I kept wondering how they could support themselves and their family and affort to move to Bahamas and buy a boat, with neither of them working.
Hyman says her reason for writing "My Mother's Keeper" was to reach out to her mother when all other attempts to communicate had failed. I can buy her rationale, but I don't see how this sequel could serve any such purpose. It only seemed self-serving and again insulting to her mother. Only recommended to those who are really interested in the controversy about "My Mother's Keeper".
(Review from Sept 2013)
Hyman says her reason for writing "My Mother's Keeper" was to reach out to her mother when all other attempts to communicate had failed. I can buy her rationale, but I don't see how this sequel could serve any such purpose. It only seemed self-serving and again insulting to her mother. Only recommended to those who are really interested in the controversy about "My Mother's Keeper".
(Review from Sept 2013)
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