{"id":2503,"date":"2009-09-07T20:30:26","date_gmt":"2009-09-08T01:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=2503"},"modified":"2009-09-07T20:30:26","modified_gmt":"2009-09-08T01:30:26","slug":"stray-affections-by-charlene-ann-baumbich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=2503","title":{"rendered":"Stray Affections by Charlene Ann Baumbich"},"content":{"rendered":"

MY REVIEW:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stray Affections<\/a> is a tender-hearted tale guaranteed to appeal to animal lovers. Overflowing with quirky characters, humor, and a touch of mystery, this story enchants and entertains and leaves the reader totally satisfied at the end. A story about faith, hope, second chances, and the power of love, Stray Affections<\/a> is an absolute must read.<\/p>\n

<\/embed><\/object><\/strong><\/p>\n

ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"StrayAffections\"In Stray Affections, the last thing that Cassandra expects out of her Sunday is to be mesmerized at a collectors\u2019 convention by a snowglobe. She\u2019s enjoying some shopping time, with husband Ken at home tending their brood of four young boys, when she\u2019s utterly charmed by the one-of-a kind globe containing figures of three dogs and a little girl with hair the color of her own. She can\u2019t resist taking the unique globe home\u2014even if means wrestling another shopper for it!<\/p>\n

The beautiful snowglobe sparks long-dormant memories for Cassie, of her beloved Grandpa Wonky, the stray she rescued as a child and the painful roots of her combative relationship with her mother, \u201cBad Betty\u201d Kamrowski. Life in Wanonishaw, Minnesota is never dull, though, and Cassie keeps the recollections at bay, busy balancing her boys, her home daycare operation, and being a good friend to best pal Margret. But after a strange\u2014flurrious, as Cassie deems it\u2014moment happens with the remarkable snowglobe, Cassie and the people she loves are swirled into a tumultuous, yet grace-filled, and life-changing journey.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a believer, I know the power of forgiveness and new beginnings, and of a God, and family and friends, who love me the way I am,\u201d Charlene Ann Baumbich says.\u00a0 \u201cThe heartbeat of change flows through those wonderful gifts.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the quirky, close-knit Midwestern small-town feel that made Charlene Ann Baumbich\u2019s acclaimed Dearest Dorothy novels so popular, Stray Affections invites readers to experience the laughter and the healing of second chances.<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"CharleneBaumbich\"Charlene Ann Baumbich is a popular author and speaker and an award-winning journalist. In addition to her Dearest Dorothy series of novels, she has written seven nonfiction books of humor and inspiration. A bungee-jumping, once motorcycle-owning grandma and unabashed dog lover, Charlene lives with her husband and rescued dog Kornflake in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. She loves telling stories, laughing whenever possible, and considers herself a Wild Child of God.<\/p>\n

To learn more about or purchase Stray Affections at RandomHouse.com click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MY REVIEW: Stray Affections is a tender-hearted tale guaranteed to appeal to animal lovers. Overflowing with quirky characters, humor, and a touch of mystery, this story enchants and entertains and leaves the reader totally satisfied at the end. A story about faith, hope, second chances, and the power of love, Stray Affections is an absolute […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-chick-lit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503"}],"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=2503"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2532,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503\/revisions\/2532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}