Jencey's Writer's Corner

Wait for Morning is the first book in the Forever Faithful series by Karen Kingsbury.   I would classify Karen’s writing as being the Christian version of Jodi Picoult.   She can convey through her writing stories ripped from the headlines well.   This book tackles the topic of drunk driving and how it impacts those around us.   Synopsis: Hannah is waiting for her husband Tom to come back from camping trip with their two daughters Jenny and Alicia. As their arrival becomes, later and later she begins to wonder if something has happened.   On the other side of town Brian has just lost his job although he has been sober, and trying to recover from Alcoholism.   He can’t fight the craving to stop at a bar for a few drinks to drown his sorrows.   He promised his family he would not drink anymore.   Brian leaves the bar and gets behind the wheel his life and three others change forever when he crashes into a family vehicle.   Once Hanna...

Thank you to Book Trib for a copy of Love Story by Karen Kingsbury.  She  is a new author to me, but also familiar to many who read her religiously.   My grandma is a huge fan of her writing and gets every novel of hers from the library.   Love Story shares the story of two couples John and Elizabeth Baxter and Andi Ellison and Cody Coleman.   It is a story of new beginnings for one and an origins story for the other. Synopsis:   John Baxter is the patriarch of the Baxter family and is married to Elaine.   They married after the death of Elizabeth Baxter.   His grandson Cole wants to know about the story of him and his first wife Elizabeth’s story of how they met, and became the family that they are today.     What is his story and will he feel comfortable sharing this story? Cole attends each session with his mother Ashley and has a desire to know his parent’s story as well.   Ashley is reluctant to share because her pa...