A Wish and a Prayer

I just started this book and I'm honestly a bit confused by the structure. It started out in the point of Ms. Bernadine's view speaking to a foster child;s birth mother. Of course when she leaves said child is introduced and you learn that Ms. Bernadine scooped him up and brought him back to the town that she owns, giving him to a couple there to raise him. It's then revealed that this is something Bernadine just does, the town is full of foster children and each of them so far has met their birth parents with her working her magic, but it seems that this foster child, Brian/Preston, won't have that opportunity.

Anyways, after learning about what Preston's home life is like with his foster parents the point of view breaks into another character. It leaves from him to a man in the restaurant that Preston had gotten lunch from, it was a smooth transition but still a bit startling. especially because the Author wasted no time to tell exactly who this new character was and his business in the small 'hardship black town'. I'm guessing that he has an important role though along with every character introduced since the town is said to be made up of no more than sixty people. I think it’s especially so for this character because he is a teacher who moved to the town with his teenage son after his wife died, it’s also implied that he is the only white resident in this town too-- aside from his son. So, I’m guessing that he’ll play an important role. But yet again the author threw me through a loop, because the focal point seems to be Preston getting in touch with his birth mother. But the majority of introduction of Jack, the teacher, was focused on his crush on a waitress and a local restaurant. And when the point of view changed yet again to the waitress he had a crush on, her weak points were introduced straight away. Her reasoning for rejecting Jack’s advances were introduced straight away too, it left nothing to think about while reading. Going back I do have some questions but it seems that they’ll be answered very quickly if the pattern continues.

I’m just hoping that the book stays focused on Preston because his issues and faults seem a lot more interesting than that of the other characters I’ve met so far.