All three of these books are Kindle Editions and I figured out how to share them if you have a Kindle or Cloud account! So let me know! :)
Long Time Coming by Edie Claire
I downloaded this one for free and than let sit there. Interesting how we do that isn't it? The story takes place when a daughter returns home to help ailing parents. Home to where she must face her fears, her slight PTSD, and the truth. Reconnecting with old friends, ghosts (literally) from her past, and even a crotchedy old man, all help her to overcome, accept, and move on to fulfill the life that she should have always had.
That is a really small, short synopsis of a really well written book. It doesn't delve deeply into the anxiety, depression, or PTSD but it touches on them, some symptoms, so that if you live it day in and out, you will recognize and associate with it. It moves you through the process of dealing with memories, nightmares, and how the main character deals with these problems, even through the living of day to day life. It has romance, a little suspense, a little bit of supernatural, and a great ending.
Kiss of Fire by Rebecca Ethington
This looked like a romance novel to me so I downloaded it and was VERY pleasantly surprised! In fact, I have decided I will let Olivia read it, anytime she wants. This is the story of a beautiful girl, marked at the age of 5. This mark or scar has driven her entire life. Her parents divorced over it, she hides it from everyone and therefore, hides herself. The book is set in her Junior yr in High School where she learns what the mark is, that there are others like her, that it isn't something to be ashamed of, that it isn't "bad" to want to look or allow yourself to be beautiful.
There is some great humor in this book, plus I was right, a little love story. Yet it is a teenage, real teenage, love story between two that have been friends for 12 yrs. It is a story of acceptance of others and of yourself. It tells of how to be different, yet acknowledge that it is a good thing, and that you shouldn't allow anyone to bully you.
A Different Blue by Amy Harmon
I grew up with Amy's big sister and know Amy from doing a weeks teaching course in her 8th grade Advanced English class when I was a Senior in High School. Amy is BEYOND talented in so many ways and I am very fortunate to be able to not just know her but to reap the benefit of her talents. As I've mentioned, there is nothing more fun than touting someone's name far and wide, especially when they are a good, normal person and deserve it. I've heard about this book for months, I've OWNED this book on my kindle for MONTHS and finally decided it was time to read it. Can you say, "Shoulda had a V-8" thunk moment? I absolutely loved Blue.
Blue is a wonderful in-depth character who is the product of her life. She believes her life is fated from the childhood she received and that she is unworthy of love because of it. Due to a mentor/ teacher who takes the time to understand, listen, and assist; she begins to realize who she really is and what she can accomplish with her life. She finds God and his atonement, she takes responsibility for her mistakes and consequences and discovers that her life really wasn't what the "child" in her envisioned it to be. It was however, a beautiful gift, that allows her to be a different Blue.
