Overcoming the Hand You Were Dealt by Kisha Taylor ISBN: 978-1-944348-40-3

From time to time, we get a book that is just screaming, “Me next, me next.”  Overcoming the Hand You Were Dealt by Kisha Taylor was one of those books.  There are over 53,000 books in our to be read file, each with the hope that it will receive a review.

It is difficult to believe that this book is the first book out of the chute for this author. Taylor is a master storyteller who tells the story very well.

It does not matter that there are times this old Southern white male needed a hood-to-redneck dictionary. We speak the same language, Christian.

The author writes in such a way that you can feel the pain.  You can feel the betrayal. Readers follow as one person after another in the main character’s life hurts her in one way or another.

Then, we read in this true story of how the main character overcame all odds.  How she pulled herself up by the bootstraps she did not have and overcame.

We think Overcoming the Hand You Were Dealt would make a good book for a small group Bible Study.  The author makes no excuses for her character and she admits to mistakes along the way.

Five Star Review

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We give this book all five stars.  It is one of those books you won’t want to put down.  One that you want to think everything is rosey in the end, but it is about real life. You will want to buy a copy for all those independent black women in your life and maybe a copy for that redneck man, too.  

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Book Review: A Bridge Named Susan by Sharon Chase Hoseley

A Bridge Named Susan

By Sharon Chase Hoseley

Wow! I really don’t know what to say about such a wonderful book! A Bridge Named Susan is about the life of the author’s mother, who was named Susan.

Susan started out life with things against her, namely her own mother. She was a girl. They had a farm and farms needed boys, not girls, at least in Minnie’s opinion. Susan’s daddy, John, loved his little girl very much.

This book takes us from Susan’s early childhood through adulthood. Along the way, she faced many challenges and much heartache. There were some extremely tense and terrifying moments that got my heart racing as I read them.

Susan found strength in faith in our Heavenly Father and daily turned the struggles of her life over to Him. Things happened along the way to make her question her faith and if He had forsaken her, but in the end, her faith was rewarded.  

A Bridge Named Susan earns all five stars. It was a book that was hard to put down. I had to see how it ended!

Warning: Parts of this book may be a trigger for those who have suffered emotional or sexual abuse.

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Book Review: To Hear the Forest Sing: Some Musings On The Divine By Margaret Dulaney

To Hear the Forest Sing: Some Musings On The Divine

By Margaret Dulaney

To Hear the Forest Sing is a collection of different essays or musings, most of which came to Margaret Dulaney’s mind while walking through the forest with her dogs.

The essays touch on different aspects of the author’s life and most have an upbeat tone.  Many of these are spiritual in nature, but not espousing any one religion over the other.

There are several interesting stories that touch on connections to the hereafter.

If your taste in literature leans towards the more creative side of life, you will love To Hear the Forest Sing.  If you are searching for an answer to some of life’s questions, you just might find it in these pages.

We give To Hear the Forest Sing all five stars.  We think it is well-written and inspired.  It might be a nice gift to that poet inside of you or the one on your Christmas shopping list.

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Book Review: How I Got Here: A Memoir By Ceil Lucas

How I Got Here: A Memoir

By Ceil Lucas

 

How I Got Here: A Memoir is a memoir of the life of Ceil Lucas, an Arizona native who spent most of her childhood in countries other than the United States. It gives us a glimpse into her childhood in Guatemala and Italy, but also the depths of her family’s history here in the United States.

Though I have never left the United States, I could connect to Ceil on several occasions. Like my own family, Ceil’s family was living in what would become the US long before it became the US. Her people lived out their dashes in the same areas as our people did.

She talks of things that were going on in the world at the time, and specifically the US, of which the school children were not aware. She shares snippets of moments with her parents, interactions with others, going between countries and languages, and some of the confusing and funny moments that occurred due to her multicultural upbringing. She expresses her lack of motivation in the realm of religion as well.

Though it started off slowly for me, I ended up enjoying the book very much. I especially enjoyed the apricot tree story. In my life, it was a forsythia bush. You’ll have to read it to understand why this made me smile and wince at the same time.

There are minimal uses of profanity and no graphic intimacy scenes. It is a very well-written and interesting story. I give How I Got Here: A Memoir 5 stars.

I think that, if you love history and learning the stories of other families as I do, you will enjoy this book, too.

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Book Review: Keep Climbing: A Millennial’$ Guide to Financial Planning By David Rosell

Keep Climbing: A Millennial’$ Guide to Financial Planning

By David Rosell

We live in a very different financial world than our parents did.  Millennials have different hopes and dreams for their lives than generations past did.

Keep Climbing: A Millennial'$ Guide to FInancial Planning by David Rosell addresses this different financial world in a way that would be appealing to many Millennials.

Face it, most books on personal finance are about as entertaining as watching paint dry.  Rosell uses stories from his past adventures to illustrate the lessons he teaches in Keep Climbing

This book is entertaining while at the same time being educating. We live in a world where most young people look at text and respond with “TLDR”.  They do this because saying “Too long, didn’t read” is just too time consuming for this instant gratification generation.

We give Keep Climbing all five stars.  We think that the target audience will find it very helpful to them as they plan their financial futures.

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Book Review: Breaking Free: A Journey for Survival By Henry Radoff

Breaking Free: A Journey for Survival

By Henry Radoff

If you like excitement, you will love Breaking Free: A Journey for Survival by Henry Radoff. It is set in Nazi Germany just after Hitler took power.

This is a story based upon a true event.  It is well-written and about as exciting as it gets.  You will follow the main characters as they attempt to escape from the Germans.  Will they make it?

You might not like Holocaust stories; this one is different.  It is one where you sit on the edge of your seat the whole time.  If someone doesn’t make Breaking Free into a movie, we would be surprised.  

We give Breaking Free all five stars. We think this is an exciting story that we are glad we read. We would be very surprised it you did not have happy tears in your eyes as the book ends.

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Book Review: Passages By Anne Hamre

Passages

By Anne Hamre

Passages by Anne Hamre is a fictionalized account of a true family story.  It is the story of the grandparents of the author.  The big picture is true.  But, as we all know, we can’t possibly know every word or deed in the lives of our grandparents. Creative license comes into play to get the story from one point to the other.   This author uses this license well.

The first thing that came to my mind as I was pondering this review was the description many years ago of the movie Miracle on 34th Street. There is something in Passages for everyone. If you love history, it is in here. If you love drama, it is in here. This book will make you laugh and smile, but it will also make you cry.  There are very happy times and extremely sad times as well.

It is a book about choices and how those choices have played out in the lives of the author’s grandparents. It is a book of the hopes and dreams of a young couple in love and realities that seem to fight them every step of the way. We can all relate to life sometimes getting in the way of living.

It is about stepping forward into your dreams and not looking back, shedding tears as you reach for the smiles life may offer you. It is about going all in and holding fast to your convictions.

It is about the power of love and the love of family. It is one family’s story, but the story of so many.

Read Passages and ponder what it says to you. What is your family’s story?  

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