{"id":3483,"date":"2009-12-04T18:48:24","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T23:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=3483"},"modified":"2009-12-04T18:48:24","modified_gmt":"2009-12-04T23:48:24","slug":"raising-rain-by-debbie-fuller-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=3483","title":{"rendered":"Raising Rain by Debbie Fuller Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5500\/1432\/1600\/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5500\/1432\/320\/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"74\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:130%;\">This week, the<\/span><br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianfictionblogalliance.com\/\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n <span style=\"font-size:100%;\">is introducing<\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"font-size:130%;color:#993300;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0802487343\">Raising Rain<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n Moody Publishers (September 1, 2009) <br \/>\n by<br \/>\n <span style=\"font-size:130%;color:#006600;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.debbiefullerthomas.com\/\">Debbie Fuller Thomas<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/SxlQjFzUsLI\/AAAAAAAADMo\/2IusJFT9_BY\/s1600-h\/Debbie_in_the_office.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411444991045447858\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 225px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/SxlQjFzUsLI\/AAAAAAAADMo\/2IusJFT9_BY\/s400\/Debbie_in_the_office.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Debbie writes contemporary fiction from an historic Gold Rush town in Northern California. By day, she manages after school and day camp programs, and she burns the midnight oil to write what she loves. Her first book Tuesday Night at the Blue Moon, is a Christy finalist. Raising Rain, her second book became available September 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Debbie has contributed to story collections such as <em>Chicken Soup for the Bride&#8217;s Soul,<\/em> and <em>Lord, I Was Happy Shallow,<\/em> along with articles in <em>Coping With Cancer<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>She has two teenagers and her husband is the executive pastor on Sonrise Church with 1,000 members. Debbie is a manager at Auburn Area Parks and Recreation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/SxlPZnTA4AI\/AAAAAAAADMg\/tWcHqd04VSw\/s1600-h\/raisingrain.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411443728726417410\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/SxlPZnTA4AI\/AAAAAAAADMg\/tWcHqd04VSw\/s400\/raisingrain.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n Raised to be a &#8216;new woman&#8217; by her mother and three college roommates in   the 70&#8217;s amid anti-war protests, feminist rallies, and finals, Rain   Rasmussen discovers that putting her career first has left her overdrawn   at the egg-bank, and her baby fever has now driven off her significant   other.<\/p>\n<p>When her terminally ill mother demands a Celebration of Life before she   dies; they all confront ghosts from the past on a &#8216;stormy&#8217; weekend in   Monterey. Bebe, the roommate closest to Rain&#8217;s heart, revisits choices   that have impacted Rain the most, raising doubts about God&#8217;s\u2014and her   own\u2014willingness to forgive and to be forgiven.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0802487343\">Raising Rain<\/a>, go <a href=\"http:\/\/thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/raising-rain-chapter-1.html\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Raising Rain Moody Publishers (September 1, 2009) by Debbie Fuller Thomas ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Debbie writes contemporary fiction from an historic Gold Rush town in Northern California. 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