{"id":17343,"date":"2014-07-29T22:18:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T03:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=17343"},"modified":"2014-07-29T22:18:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T03:18:00","slug":"moms-night-out-by-tricia-goyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=17343","title":{"rendered":"Moms&#8217; Night Out by Tricia Goyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>MY REVIEW:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I missed the movie when it was in theaters locally but since I enjoy Tricia Goyer&#8217;s books, I thought I&#8217;d give this one a try. Oh &#8211; My &#8211; Goodness! This book was so funny yet so true. It has been many years since I had young children or teens in the house but I could so relate to the mothers in this book. There is so much truth in Allyson&#8217;s statement to her husband (paraphrased)&#8221;I&#8217;m living my dream &#8211; how come I&#8217;m not happy?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mom&#8217;s Night Out&#8221; was filled with slapstick humor that had me laughing out loud yet by it&#8217;s end the three women had come to realize what was really important in their lives. I absolutely loved this book and sincerely hope that the movie will be available on DVD soon so I can watch it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/divider2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10857\" title=\"divider2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/divider2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/divider2.png 317w, https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/divider2-150x28.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>A digital copy of this book was provided for review by B&amp;H Fiction through NetGalley.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MomsNightOut.png\" alt=\"Moms' Night Out\" width=\"255\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MomsNightOut.png 255w, https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MomsNightOut-99x150.png 99w, https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MomsNightOut-150x225.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/>Mom<\/i><i>s&#8217; Night Out<\/i> is a novelization of the hilarious family comedy that celebrates real family life\u2014where everything can go wrong and still turn out all right.<\/p>\n<p>All Allyson and her friends want is a peaceful, grown-up evening of dinner and conversation . . . a long-needed moms\u2019 night out. But in order to enjoy high heels, adult conversation and food not served in a bag, they need their husbands to watch the kids for a few hours\u2014what could go wrong?<\/p>\n<p>Chronicling one night out gone awry, three harried moms, their husbands, a sister-in-law with a misplaced baby, a tattoo parlor owner, a motorcycle gang, and a bewildered cabbie all learn to embrace the beautiful mess called parenting. This book spotlights the unfulfilled expectations and serial self-doubts many moms feel . . . then reassures us that the key is raising kids in a loving home. <i>Mom<\/i><i>\u2019s Night Out<\/i> is an endearing, true-to-life comedy.<\/p>\n<p>The <i>MOMS<\/i><i>\u2019 NIGHT OUT<\/i> film features Sarah Drew (Grey\u2019s Anatomy), Sean Astin (<i>THE LORD OF THE RINGS<\/i>), Patricia Heaton (<i>Everybody Loves Raymond<\/i>, <i>The Middle<\/i>), Alex Kendrick (<i>COURAGEOUS<\/i>), Robert Amaya (<i>COURAGEOUS<\/i>), Andrea Logan White (<i>REVELATION ROAD<\/i>), Kevin Downes (<i>COURAGEOUS<\/i>), and platinum-selling country recording artist Trace Adkins (<i>THE LINCOLN LAWYER<\/i>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14822\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/TGoyer-119.jpg\" alt=\"Tricia Goyer\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/TGoyer-119.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/TGoyer-119-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>USA Today best-selling author Tricia Goyer is the author of over 35 books, including the three-book Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors series and \u201cLead Your Family Like Jesus,\u201d (co-written with Ken Blanchard). She has written over 500 articles for national publications and blogs for high traffic sites like TheBetterMom.com and MomLifeToday.com. She is the host of Living Inspired, a weekly radio show. Tricia and family live in Little Rock, Arkansas. They have six children. You can find out more about Tricia at www.TriciaGoyer.com.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about Tricia and her books at <a href=\"http:\/\/triciagoyer.com\">http:\/\/triciagoyer.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MY REVIEW: I missed the movie when it was in theaters locally but since I enjoy Tricia Goyer&#8217;s books, I thought I&#8217;d give this one a try. Oh &#8211; My &#8211; Goodness! This book was so funny yet so true. It has been many years since I had young children or teens in the house [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,60,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-contemporary-fiction","category-humor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17343"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17346,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17343\/revisions\/17346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}