{"id":642,"date":"2008-10-13T10:05:18","date_gmt":"2008-10-13T15:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/\/?p=642"},"modified":"2009-02-26T11:14:39","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T16:14:39","slug":"home-another-way-by-christa-parrish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=642","title":{"rendered":"Home Another Way by Christa Parrish"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week, the<\/span>
\nChristian Fiction Blog Alliance<\/span><\/a>
\nis introducing<\/span><\/strong>
\n Home Another Way<\/a><\/span>
\nBethany House (October 1, 2008)
\nby<\/strong>
\nChrista Parrish<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>Christa Parrish graduated high school at 16, with every intention of becoming a surgeon. After college, however, her love of all things creative led her in another direction, and she worked in both theater and journalism.<\/p>\n

A winner of Associated Press awards for her reporting, Christa gave up her career after the birth of her son, Jacob. She continued to write from home, doing pro bono work for the New York Family Policy Council, where her articles appeared in Focus on the Family\u2019s Citizen magazine. She was also a finalist in World magazine\u2019s WORLDview short story contest, sponsored by WestBow press. She now teaches literature and writing to high school students, is a homeschool mom, and lives with her family in upstate New York, where she is at work on her second novel.<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>After her mother\u2019s death and her father\u2019s abandonment, tiny infant Sarah Graham was left to be raised by her emotionally distant grandmother. As a child she turned to music for solace and even gained entrance to Juilliard. But her potentially brilliant music career ended with an unplanned pregnancy and the stillborn birth of her child.<\/p>\n

In an attempt to escape the past, Sarah, now twenty-seven, is living life hard and fast\u2013and she is flat broke. When her estranged father dies, she travels to the tiny mountain hamlet of Jonah, New York to claim her inheritance. Once there, she learns her father\u2019s will stipulates a six-month stay before she can receive the money. Fueled by hate and desperation, Sarah settles in for the bitter mountain winter, and as the weeks pass, she finds her life intertwining with the lives of the simple, gracious townsfolk. Can these strangers teach Sarah how to forgive and find peace?<\/p>\n

A story of grace, of God\u2019s never-ceasing love and the sometimes flawed, faithful people He uses to bring His purpose to pass.<\/p>\n

If you would like to see a video book trailer of Home Another Way<\/a>, go HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you would like to read the first chapter of Home Another Way<\/a>, go HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

MY REVIEW:<\/h3>\n

Home Another Way<\/a> is beautifully written with such imagery that the reader can almost visualize the town of Jonah. The characters are so dimensional with both virtues and flaws that one can easily imagine them as friends and neighbors.<\/p>\n

Related in both first and second person, Home Another Way<\/a> is primarily the story of Sarah’s unwilling sojourn in the town of Jonah. As Sarah interacts with the townspeople, her hardened heart begins to be touched even as she fights to remain aloof.<\/p>\n

Home Another Way<\/a> revealed the tragedies and secrets in the lives of many of Jonah’s residents and the manner each person dealt with them. It is truly a story of God’s grace and miracles that is told with such realism that the reader might begin to see their own life in a different light.<\/p>\n

Come and visit some of those who are participating in this tour:<\/p>\n

Abi at lighter side<\/a>
\nAmy at sprightly<\/a>
\nAmy at My Life<\/a>
\nAndrea at The Laughs Will Go On<\/a>
\nAngela at One Baby, Seven Dogs, and a Mommy<\/a>
\nApril at Projecting A<\/a>
\nApril at Living In A State Of Constant Kansas<\/a>
\nBarbara at Victoria Hill Farm<\/a>
\nBecky at Savvy Mom<\/a>
\nBonnie at Bonnie Writes<\/a>
\nBrittanie at A Book Lover<\/a>
\nCamille at There is a season<\/a>
\nCarolyn at Serenity<\/a>
\nCeeCee at Book Splurge<\/a>
\nChristy at Christy’s Book Blog<\/a>
\nChristy at At Split Ends<\/a>
\nCourtney at A Mom Speaks<\/a>
\nDave at Dave Rhoades<\/a>
\nDave at Novel Spotlight<\/a>
\nDawn at Book Junkie Confessions<\/a>
\nDeanna at Deannna’s Corner<\/a>
\nDeborah at books, movies and chinese food<\/a>
\nDeborah at Country At Heart<\/a>
\nDebra at Soul Reflections<\/a>
\nDeena at A Peek At My Bookshelf<\/a>
\nDelia at Gatorskunkz And Mudcats<\/a>
\nEdyth at Great Reads by Jasmine<\/a>
\nElaina at Restore<\/a>
\nElizabeth at Count it All Joy<\/a>
\nErin at Life Around Here<\/a>
\nGretchen at Inspire Me<\/a>
\nJanis at The Nearsighted Bookworm<\/a>
\nJanna at Cornhusker Academy<\/a>
\nJenn at Adventures At Walden’s Pond<\/a>
\nJennifer at Quiverfull Family Blog<\/a>
\nJennifer at My Buckling Bookshelf<\/a>
\nJessica at Praise, Prayers and Observations<\/a>
\nKaren at Mommy of Three<\/a>
\nKarla at Ramblin’ Roads To Everywhere<\/a>
\nKim at Window To My World<\/a>
\nKrista at Welcome To Married Life<\/a>
\nKristi at Stamped With Grace<\/a>
\nKristinia at Loving Heart Mommy<\/a>
\nLaura at Laura William’s Musings<\/a>
\nLinda at Reading For His Glory<\/a>
\nLisa at Musings<\/a>
\nLori at Noggin Bits<\/a>
\nLynetta at Open Book<\/a>
\nMargaret at Creative Madness<\/a>
\nMelissa at Bibliophile’s Retreat<\/a>
\nMichelle at Edgy Inspirational Author<\/a>
\nMichelle at Just A Minute<\/a>
\nMichelle at Raising Little Women<\/a>
\nPam at Pam’s Private Reflections<\/a>
\nPam at Daysong Reflections<\/a>
\nRhonda at Whatever\u2026<\/a>
\nRyan at loves to read<\/a>
\nShera at Froggy Reviews<\/a>
\nStephanie at Punkin’ Press<\/a>
\nSunny at Life In The Estrogen Sea<\/a>
\nSusan at His Reading List<\/a>
\nTakiela at Beauty 4 Ashes<\/a>
\nTara at Tara’s View Of The World<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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