{"id":360,"date":"2008-09-01T15:07:15","date_gmt":"2008-09-01T20:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/\/?p=360"},"modified":"2008-09-01T15:07:15","modified_gmt":"2008-09-01T20:07:15","slug":"back-to-life-by-kristin-billerbeck-cfba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=360","title":{"rendered":"Back to Life by Kristin Billerbeck &#8211; CFBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5500\/1432\/1600\/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif\"><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\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:130%;\">This week, the<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><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><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 130%; color: #993300;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 130%; color: #993300;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0061378771\">Back To Life<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Avon Inspire (September 16, 2008)<br \/>\nby<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 130%; color: #006600;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kristinbillerbeck.com\/\">Kristin Billerbeck<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/SLs_NXJbLNI\/AAAAAAAABuo\/EZNWWuvqpuY\/s1600-h\/homekb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240852090160098514\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/SLs_NXJbLNI\/AAAAAAAABuo\/EZNWWuvqpuY\/s200\/homekb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kristinbillerbeck.com\/\">Kristin Billerbeck<\/a> was born in Redwood City, California. She went to San Jose State University and gained a bachelor&#8217;s degree in Advertising, then worked at the Fairmont Hotel in PR, a small ad agency as an account exec, and then, she was thrust into the exciting world of shopping mall marketing.<\/p>\n<p>She got married, had four kids, and started writing romance novels until she found her passion: Chick Lit. She is a CBA bestselling author and two-time winner of the ACFW Book of the Year for <em>What A Girl Wants<\/em> in 2004, and again in 2006 for <em>With this Ring<\/em>. Featured in the New York Times, USA Today, World Magazine, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Kristin has appeared on the Today Show. She is credited with jump-starting the inspirational chick-lit phenomenon. Most recently she has been names as a finalist for the Christy Award in the Lits category for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0061375462\">The Trophy Wives Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Her other recent books include: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1595543775\">She&#8217;s All That<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/SLtA0JLDX-I\/AAAAAAAABuw\/LbHtZQkRJlQ\/s1600-h\/back.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240853855935356898\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/SLtA0JLDX-I\/AAAAAAAABuw\/LbHtZQkRJlQ\/s200\/back.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLindsey realized when she married Ron, a man 17 years her senior, that the odds were he\u2019d see heaven before her, but she never expected to be a widow at 35. There\u2019s too much of life left for her to just sit around in mourning. But she can\u2019t seem to kick start the rest of her life.<\/p>\n<p>That is until she gets some help from Ron\u2019s first wife, Jane, who shows up unexpectedly at her door one day as the executor of her husband\u2019s estate. Jane is everything Lindsey\u2019s not\u2026 independent, stubborn\u2026 and a lot older. Plus she has one surprise after another\u2026 including a son named Ron Jr. (she insists he\u2019s not \u201creally\u201d Ron\u2019s son). But an unlikely friendship develops as each woman begins to reevaluate what is really important, and owns up to the mistakes they\u2019ve made in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Told in the alternating voices of Jane and Lindsey, and with the return of many of the witty characters of The Trophy Wives Club, this book is a lighthearted, relatable read for when life goes in a direction you never planned. With faith and friends, there\u2019s always light at the end of the tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to read an excerpt of chapter 1 of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0061378771\">Back To Life<\/a>, go <a href=\"http:\/\/thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/back-to-life-excerpt-of-chapter-1.html\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>MY REVIEW:<\/h3>\n<p>I did receive and read the book. However, I am buried under apples today and really don&#8217;t have the time to write a proper review. Hopefully once, the apples are all peeled and properly processed, I will have the opportunity to actually compose a proper review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Back To Life Avon Inspire (September 16, 2008) by Kristin Billerbeck ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kristin Billerbeck was born in Redwood City, California. 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