{"id":81,"date":"2008-01-09T13:33:31","date_gmt":"2008-01-09T19:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/\/?p=81"},"modified":"2008-09-16T21:40:04","modified_gmt":"2008-09-17T02:40:04","slug":"book-review-and-giveaway-happily-even-after-by-marilynn-griffith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=81","title":{"rendered":"Book Review and Giveaway &#8211; Happily Even After by Marilynn Griffith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/R4MJzb7bGtI\/AAAAAAAABJM\/HQ4jjZz5gy8\/s1600-h\/happily_cover_griffith_3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152973177916955346\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer\" src=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/R4MJzb7bGtI\/AAAAAAAABJM\/HQ4jjZz5gy8\/s400\/happily_cover_griffith_3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><em><strong>Happily Even After<\/strong><\/em> by Marilynn Griffith was my first book by this author and I wasn&#8217;t sure what to expect. Let me tell you, it was a thoroughly enjoyable read &#8211; humorous and outspoken but infused with spiritual depth.<\/p>\n<p>Tracey is unsure of her position as a wife, new mother, daughter-in-law, and member of her husband&#8217;s (and mother-in-law&#8217;s) church.  Tracey&#8217;s quest for acceptance and self-esteem takes her through many ups and downs as she touches the people in her life in surprising and positive ways.<\/p>\n<p>I was left with the message that being yourself is of more value than trying to be who you think others want you to be.  I would highly recommend this book and look forward to reading others by Marilynn Griffith.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I have an extra copy of <em><strong>Happily Even After<\/strong><\/em> to give away. If you will leave a comment requesting an entry, I will draw one name from all entries on Wednesday, January 16, 2008. Please leave me a way to contact you if you are the winner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happily Even After by Marilynn Griffith was my first book by this author and I wasn&#8217;t sure what to expect. Let me tell you, it was a thoroughly enjoyable read &#8211; humorous and outspoken but infused with spiritual depth. Tracey is unsure of her position as a wife, new mother, daughter-in-law, and member of her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","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=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":456,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}