An Open Heart: The Power to Forgive is the third book in a riveting trilogy written by Muriel Kennedy, a licensed clinical psychologist. While the first book, Heart and Soul: Learning to Communicate Through Thick and Thin, capitalizes on the relationship Jamaal, a young adolescent, shares with his mother and grandmother, the second book, Speak to My Heart: Each One...Reach One, focuses on peer influence, and Jamal's affiliation with Trevon, his best friend. The current text, An Open Heart: The Power to Forgive, introduces the reader to Jamaal's father, who battles with the fear of being...