{"id":6040,"date":"2010-10-11T17:09:09","date_gmt":"2010-10-11T22:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/\/?p=6040"},"modified":"2010-10-11T17:09:09","modified_gmt":"2010-10-11T22:09:09","slug":"snow-day-by-billy-coffey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=6040","title":{"rendered":"Snow Day by Billy Coffey"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week, the<\/span>
\n Christian Fiction Blog Alliance<\/span><\/a>
\n is introducing<\/span>
\n Snow Day<\/a><\/span>
\n FaithWords (October 11, 2010)
\n by
\n Billy Coffey<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n


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

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When you\u2019re raised in small-town Virginia by a redneck father and a Mennonite mother, certain things become ingrained. And when you marry a small-town girl and have two small-town kids, all you want to do is pass those ingrained things along.<\/p>\n

Like believing the best life is one lived in the country enjoying the pleasures it provides\u2014summer nights beneath the stars, rocking chairs on the front porch, deer grazing in the fields. And believing that no matter how iffy life can get sometimes, there are some things that are eternal and unchanging.<\/p>\n

But above all else, believing that in everything there is story waiting to be told.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where I come in.<\/p>\n

Billy Coffey was raised on stories. The first ones came on the front porches of relatives, tales laced with local charm and deep meaning. Then came the stories from people like Max Lucado and Robert Fulghum, who write with a charm and deep meaning of their own.<\/p>\n

Billy lives with his wife and two children in Virginia\u2019s Shenandoah Valley. If you drive by his house, you\u2019ll probably spot him on the front porch. If you do, give him a wave. He\u2019ll wave back.<\/p>\n

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

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In this debut novel, Peter is a simple man who lives by a simple truth–a person gains strength by leaning on his constants. To him, those constants are the factory where he works, the family he loves, and the God who sustains him. But when news of job cuts comes against the backdrop of an unexpected snowstorm, his life becomes filled with far more doubts than certainties.<\/p>\n

With humor and a gift for storytelling, Billy Coffey brings you along as he spends his snow day encountering family, friends, and strangers of his small Virginia town. All have had their own battles with life’s storms. Some have found redemption. Others are still seeking it. But each one offers a piece to the puzzle of why we must sometimes suffer loss, and each one will help Peter find a greater truth–our lives are made beautiful not by our big moments, but our little ones. (2010)<\/p>\n

To read an excerpt from Snow Day<\/a>, go HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Learn more about Billy on his Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Easily read in one sitting, Snow Day<\/a> follows Peter through one day of his life taken off from work due to a surprise snowstorm. Much of the book highlights Peter’s trip to the mega mart and back and the people he meets or observes along the way. The remainder of the book is spent with his family and other residents of his neighborhood. Deceptively simple, Snow Day<\/a> nevertheless covers a lot of ground. Each of Peter’s encounters leaves him (and the reader) with plenty to ponder about life and how much of it we miss along the way.<\/p>\n

Snow Day<\/a> is a book full of faith, love, humor and wisdom that is good enough to pick up the second time to really savor. Not what I expected but I\u00a0 received a real blessing from it. And don’t stop with Snow Day<\/a>, be sure and check out Billy’s website, especially his blog. It is now on my favorites list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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