First of all I owe an apology. Looking at my blog I realized that it has been over a year since I’ve posted anything. Every time I’ve done this I swear that I will post on a regular schedule. I love writing especially the creative side when the story comes together. I hate marketing and promoting, no wonder I’m horrible at it.
With that said, this blog isn’t about me. In fact I’m cheating a little in that it is a cross post. I am a member of the Over The Backyard Fence bloggers group where almost all of the blog members are authors.
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Cracks In The Sidewalk is a story based on true life. The author, Bette Lee Crosby interviewed the Grandparents extensively. It’s an amazing story of courage, love and forgiveness. It might not be an inspirational genre, but it was for me as in the end I found myself thinking, “God is Good.”
It’s a story that was thought provoking. For one thing I’m afraid I wouldn’t or couldn’t be so forgiving. And, yet you could see how the mother and grandparents always put the children first. It was unselfishly never about them.
I hate to risk putting in spoilers but nothing I can say takes away from the impact of the story. When the daughter, Elizabeth, is pregnant with her third child she is diagnosed with a terminal cancer. Instead of supporting and caring for her, her husband uses the children to extract financial funds from her father. The grandfather, after financing the son-in-laws failing business for over $100,000 finally says enough.
Elizabeth is forced to move in with her parents when her husband refuses to let her come back home and eventually stops bringing the kids to see their mother and grandparents.
Elizabeth is fully aware that her condition is terminal and wants more than anything to instill in her children that they are loved. She wants to leave them with memories that will insure they never feel abandoned. The bravery of Elizabeth is amazing. As she fights to stay alive and see her children, her parents are right there with her. Finally with no other recourse they take the fight to court where Elizabeth’s husband is ordered to comply to visitation.
You see the best and worse of humanity in this story. Sometimes it’s so horrible on the ugliness of the husband that it’s hard to believe it isn’t fiction. Can people really be so cruel? The husband with a failed business and unpaid bills disappears with the children and for years the grandparents don’t know where they are. Not only have they lost their beloved daughter, her children are lost to them too.
This story ends well. It brings tears, but also in the end you regain faith in humanity.
This is the first time I have read a story from this author and I might have missed it if not for Bookbub. I joined a few months back and would highly recommend it. I get a list of books everyday. Some are free and others at discounted prices. There is nothing I’d rather shop for than books so I start my day with a cup of coffee and Bookbub selections for the day. It doesn’t get much better than that.
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Lavada
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Survival is the first book in a new series, Earth Legacy. I just finished reading it and couldn’t put it down. Think, of our world on the edge of extinction. It’s been one hundred years since the Great War where Earths magic was taken. Magic you might say, but magic is all around us. Again think, visualize spring when earth awakens with blooms that have lain dormant. Now think, what if spring never comes. This is the world of Survival, a fantasy rich in emotion with characters you’ll remember and action that will keep you turning pages.
Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. I love this time of year and what a fun way to end a year. Only 10 more days until we see 2019.
