{"id":2868,"date":"2009-09-30T19:46:53","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T00:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=2868"},"modified":"2009-09-30T19:46:53","modified_gmt":"2009-10-01T00:46:53","slug":"its-not-about-him-by-michelle-sutton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=2868","title":{"rendered":"It’s Not About Him by Michelle Sutton"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week, the<\/span><\/p>\n

Christian Fiction Blog Alliance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

is introducing<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s Not About Him<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Sheaf House (September 1, 2009)<\/p>\n

by<\/p>\n

Michelle Sutton<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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\nMichelle Sutton, otherwise known as the Edgy Inspirational Author, is Editor-in-chief of Christian Fiction Online Magazine<\/a>, a member of ACFW<\/a>, a social worker by trade, and a prolific reader\/book reviewer\/blogger the rest of the time.<\/p>\n

She lives in Arizona with her husband of nineteen years and her two teenaged sons. Michelle is also the author of It’s Not about Me (2008) and It’s Not About Him (Sheaf House 2009). She has nine other titles releasing over the next three years.<\/p><\/div>\n


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

\"\"<\/a>Susie passed out while drinking at Jeff\u2019s party and later discovered she\u2019s pregnant. She has no idea who the father is and considers having an abortion, but instead decides to place her baby for adoption. Following through ends up being more wrenching than she imagined, but she\u2019s determined to do the right thing for her baby.<\/p>\n

Jeff feels guilty that Susie was taken advantage of at his party and offers to marry her so she won\u2019t have to give up her baby, like his birth mother did with him. But Susie refuses, insisting he should he marry someone he loves. Can he convince her that his love is genuine before it\u2019s too late? Can she make him understand that it\u2019s not about him\u2014it\u2019s about what\u2019s best for her child?<\/p>\n

If you would like to read the prologue and first chapter of It’s Not About Him<\/a>, go HERE<\/a>
\nLearn more about Michelle\u00a0 and her books on her Website<\/a><\/p>\n

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

It’s Not About Him<\/a> is Michelle Sutton’s second novel in her Second Glances series. Although many of the characters were primary players in It’s Not About Me<\/a>, this story can stand alone without a need to read the first one. The focus here is on Susie who found herself pregnant with no memory of how it happened after a drunken party and Jeff who offered to marry Susie even though he was not the baby’s father.<\/p>\n

There is more here than first meets the eye which I suspect is why this is called the Second Glances series. Although an unplanned pregnancy is traumatic enough for a single mother, there are underlying issues that cause Susie deep distress. Less than ideal childhoods have left both Susie and Jeff with difficulty trusting others and low self esteem.<\/p>\n

Michelle is not afraid to tackle some of the thorny topics that many authors shy away from. In this book alone, the reader will find characters who struggle with alcohol, premarital sex or its temptation, pregnancy, adoption, and physical and verbal abuse. Although the subject matter can be controversial, Michelle handles it all from a Christian viewpoint. This series should be a must read for all teens because it deals with the true issues they will encounter in their lives and presents them with sound advice on how to handle them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing It’s Not About Him Sheaf House (September 1, 2009) by Michelle Sutton ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michelle Sutton, otherwise known as the Edgy Inspirational Author, is Editor-in-chief of Christian Fiction Online Magazine, a member of ACFW, a social worker by trade, and a prolific reader\/book reviewer\/blogger the […]<\/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":[8,35,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-teen","category-young-adult"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"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=2868"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2888,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2868\/revisions\/2888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}