Kathy Reynolds
I Love You from the Edges
Karen Best Wright
ISBN - 13 - 978-1496911834
I Love You from the Edges is Karen's love story of raising her young granddaughters for several years, letting them capture her heart, her life, and her soul, and then having to give them back - resulting in a painful, yet spiritual journey of love, healing, and reunion. Along with her story, she includes suggestions on the "how's, what's and why's" one should consider when beginning the journey of raising someone else's child. Included is the health and wellness assessment program Karen designed specifically for grandparents and relatives raising children. Using her holistic approach, this assessment focuses on six aspects of wellness: physical, emotional, social, spiritual, mental/intellectual, and environmental. Whether you are a grandparent, great-something, aunt, uncle, or any relative raising someone else's child, this book is for you.
The Forgotten Roses
Deborah J. Doucette
ISBN-13: 978-0991121106
Rebecca Griffin has everything she could ever want – or so says her big-hearted, opinionated Italian-American family. But now her marriage is unraveling and her teenage daughter is hurtling toward self-destruction. While Rebecca struggles to hang onto her husband and save her daughter, she learns of the mysterious death of a young woman long ago at a local prison. As Rebecca’s mother, Eva, reveals their family’s connection to the girl, Rebecca is drawn into the story – it haunts her. A search for answers takes Rebecca from her small idyllic New England town, to the congested streets of East Boston and the tight-knit Italian neighborhood where most of her family still resides. As she tries to dig up the facts of the young girl’s life and violent death, the puzzle pieces in Rebecca’s life begin to take shape and she faces the difficult truth about her husband, Drew. Rebecca, her troubled daughter, Dana, and an enigmatic figure from the past, unknowingly embark on a collision course one desperate autumn night when the answers they seek come to light in the most forgotten of places from the most innocent of messengers.
Raising Our Children's Children: Room in the Heart
Deborah J. Doucette
ISBN-13: 978-1589799264
Based on Deborah Doucette’s personal experience raising a grandchild, this book examines the myriad factors involved in kinship care, specifically when grandparents begin to raise their grandchildren. Filled with true stories from people who have raised their children’s children, and including advice from Dr. Jeffrey R. LaCure throughout, this family-focused book looks at this fairly common relationship from all sides. Now in its second edition, Raising Our Children’s Children has been updated to include recent social developments, such as the trend toward multigenerational family living where children, their parents, and their grandparents all live under one roof.
Books I Love by Other Authors
Before I became a writer, I was a reader. I still love to get lost in a good book. Below are some of my favorites.
Crumble
Martin North
What does a trash truck, an unplanned teen pregnancy, murder, and an over the top lawyer all have in common? Find out in the first book of the Crumble series.
Welcome to Crumble, Texas, a wacky town where nothing is what it seems. Sit back, relax, and get ready to laugh because you never know what's going to happen next!
How To Hide Dead Bodies
Martin North
Someone's lost their head at Harksville Community College. Follow Detective John Foreman as he pieces together the clues of the Humpty Dumpty Murder. Notorious Crumble resident, Claudine Cranford rushes to save her friends from being swept up in the investigation, while attorney Ira Shapiro takes on his most fascinating client yet, The Gopher King of McAlister County.
The Liz Stone Mystery Series
