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April 26, 2011 by
Lauren
I majored in education, but I always knew I wanted to be home when my kids were little. Thankfully, I married a very frugal man. Even though we we married right out of college, my husband was wise enough to suggest that we live on one income. For six years, we lived on one income…
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April 25, 2011 by
Lauren
I was never much of a princess as a little girl. I wasn’t quite a tomboy, but I didn’t really care for frilly or pink. My daughter, on the other hand, has loved all things girly since birth. While she can get dirty and play hard, she prefers to do it while wearing a pretty…
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Written on
April 20, 2011 by
Lauren
Over the past few years, I have enjoyed many of Tricia Goyer’s novels, particularly her historical fiction. In her new series, Tricia is exploring a new genre: Amish fiction. In Beside Still Waters, Tricia tells the story of Marianna Sommer. Marianna lives in an Amish community in Indiana with her family. Because she was born…
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Journalist Julie Baker was born in a sleepy town in the remote Columbian jungle, the only child of a missionary couple who spend their lives, literally, to serve the local people. Julie plays with the local kids, learns to chatter away in Spanish and a tribal language, learns to climb jungle trees and hunt for…
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Written on
April 12, 2011 by
Lauren
Families can be the source of great love, support and blessing. Unfortunately, family situations can also cause some of life’s greatest sorrows. In her new novel, Angel Sister, Ann Gabhart tells the touching story of an American family living in small-town Kentucky during the Great Depression. Although better off than many, the family of young…
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Written on
March 11, 2011 by
Lauren
What are your thoughts on vaccines? There are many conflicting opinions out there, and many people are very passionate about whether or not children should be vaccinated. In her new novel, Another Dawn, Kathryn Cushman explores this topic through the compelling story of a mother and her beloved son. Grace Graham is a single mother…
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Written on
March 1, 2011 by
Dawn
I stepped a bit out of my comfort zone with the latest novel I read, although I did so unintentionally. When presented with the mysterious sounding plot of Erin Healy’s new novel, The Promises She Keeps, I was intrigued, and being unfamiliar with Healy’s previous work, I was unaware that I would be reading in…
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