Jump

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Pub Date 16 Mar 2016 | Archive Date 30 Jun 2016

Description

International Book Awards winning author of Amidst Traffic, Michel Sauret, delivers a bold, human novel confronting the challenges of embracing faith in a world of free-fall.

Ever since he was a boy, Christopher's parents made him jump off the tree in the backyard. This was to test his faith. Land safely and he might have enough faith to please God. But one year, Christopher breaks his leg, and suddenly it’s his little sister who seems to please their parents best. Distance grows between him and his father, especially as a sexual addiction takes root in his heart, launching him into a dangerous free-fall. Desperate for escape, Christopher looks to college, thinking he might find God on his own terms. Yet as he becomes entrenched in the secular haven of higher education, he discovers the “Cathedral of Learning” is no more of a savior than a tree. He flees once more, hitchhiking with an atheist set on his own spiritual journey. But as they end up in Selma, Alabama, Christopher and his new friend land in a church that won’t let them get away.

International Book Awards winning author of Amidst Traffic, Michel Sauret, delivers a bold, human novel confronting the challenges of embracing faith in a world of free-fall.

Ever since he was a boy...


A Note From the Publisher

Michel Sauret is the winner of the International Book Award (2013) for his short story collection, “Amidst Traffic” which was also a finalist in the USA Best Book Awards, Next Generation Indie Book Awards and the Indie Excellence Book Awards.



He is currently serving in the U.S. Army as a public affairs communications professional. His Army writing earned him the title of Army Journalist of the Year in 2008. His photography and articles have been published internationally and featured by the National Geographic, Army Times and USA Today.

Michel Sauret is the winner of the International Book Award (2013) for his short story collection, “Amidst Traffic” which was also a finalist in the USA Best Book Awards, Next Generation Indie Book...


Advance Praise

"Jump is a thought provoking work of inspiration. Both seeker and seasoned believer can find much to ponder and enjoy in this original work of imagination." - Christian Fiction Book Reviews

"Jump" is a thrilling story about a man's search for meaning and deep spiritual connection ... Michel Sauret has the rare skills of storytelling and insightful thinking, a combination of gifts that readers will root for ... This is a book packed with wisdom and uplifting lessons for seekers. - Five-Star Review, Readers' Favorite

This is definitely one that you are going to want to read ... ("Jump") will make you see how far a person can go, and how deep they can get, and their desire to find what they are looking for is the ultimate test. I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. A real deep and poignant novel. - Comfy Reading

As we journey alongside Christopher, we are taken through the darkness of abuse, addictions, and sexual aberration. And while that is a gritty and often grim journey, that is not the ultimate destination. Instead, God is found. Hope awaits. - Katherin Scott Jones, Book Reviewer

This is one of those stories that will touch you deeply and emotionally. There are so many messages wrapped up in the heartfelt story that you can take away with you after the last page is turned. - Tshombye K. Ware, Book Reviewer

"Jump is a thought provoking work of inspiration. Both seeker and seasoned believer can find much to ponder and enjoy in this original work of imagination." - Christian Fiction Book Reviews

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Featured Reviews

Jump by Michel Sauret is a story about faith. Faith in God, faith in yourself, and faith in the people around you. Ever since he was a little boy, Christopher's parents made him jump from a tree...yes, that's right, an actual tree, and every year they would make him jump from a higher spot on the tree. This was supposed to test his faith, and it did.

Until one day when he jumps and breaks his leg. Now that his leg is broken, it seems like his faith is depleting. He and his father are beginning to grow apart, and he's starting to realize things in the world that he never thought about before-like sex. Ever since that last fall, he's been on a path to ruin, and he wants to try anything he can to get out of that downward spiral.

Christopher goes to college, and hopes that this will be his revival, but unfortunately it's not. He can't seem to find what he's looking for, and this whole book is about his search for a higher power and the meaning behind our lives. I found myself loving this book, and hating it at the same time. I hated that I was getting pissed off at Christopher for the things he was doing, and I was getting upset that he couldn't find his way back to the faith that he had as a child. To be honest though, that is the work of a great writer, to make you feel as if you know this character and have emotions invested in them, that shows true talent.

If you are into faith based books, then this is definitely one that you are going to want to read. I really enjoyed it, and it will make you see how far a person can go, and how deep they can get, and their desire to find what they are looking for is the ultimate test. I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. A real deep and poignant novel.

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Jump

by Michel Sauret

One Way Street Productions

Christian, General Fiction (Adult)

Pub Date 16 Mar 2016

I was given a copy of Jump through the publisher and their partnership with Netgalley in exchange for my honest review which is as follows:

When he was a child his parents had him jump off branches of an old oak tree in order to measure his faith.  When he was ten for the first time his Father asks him if be wants a birthday present and when he says a toy gun his Father tells him he will get him a sword instead when he opens the gift on his tenth birthday he is dissapointed to find its a Bible.  He mumbles and curses under his breath.

When his Father takes him into a pet store to get a shock collar he thinks at first they are getting a dog but soon discovered the collar is to shock his strong willed little sister Arminelle into obedience.  But despite that Christopher is jealous of his sister she has a beautiful voice unlike most five year Olds.

By the time he is sixteen Christopher is hiding the fact that he is gay from his parents.  He wonders if you can "pray the gay away."  When he was Seventeen Christopher applies to colleges all over Pennsylvania, but none of them Christian colleges.  And when he was eighteen Christopher made his final Jump.

Christopher ends up going to Pitt against his Fathers wishes and his parents refuse to help him.    Christopher meets Lena at school and she invites him to her church but the church is unlike what Christopher is used to.  Despite going to church though Christopher still finds himself fighting his impulses.  But his new church seems to be a series of contradictions, pastors trying to make more money from the families. 

Finally Christopher seeks help for his born addiction. 

By November Arminelle is sending Christopher emails about their Mother's poor health, when he goes to find out what's being done he is distressed to find out his Father refuses to take her to the doctors to see what is wrong.  He insists that they are doing best for her by praying and laying hands on her. By Christmas of that year his Mother dies.  Despite all the prayers, angry and defeated Christopher heads back to college. 

After failing all five of his mid terms Christopher once again decides to leave this time he is unsure what he is searching for.  While on his search he ends up traveling with a young man named Stephon and while in one town Stephen's tires are intentionally flattened. Showing Christopher that prejudice still exists.

Jump is a novel about one young man's journey of self discovery as well ashes search for God.

I give this story five out of five stars

Happy Reading

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Writing about religion cannot be easy, so reading about it can be quite confounding. I loved the shock factor of the extremes taken by the charismatic churches as this is something I've encountered in my search for spirituality. The protagonist is very wimpish, in total denial, but opens himself up to the search for 'something better, fulfilling' - just as we all need to at one time or another.

This author's writing 'jumps' through a myriad of relative situations and manages to weave them together into a comprehensive culmination.

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