FIRST Wild Card Tour: In the Midst of It All *Giveaway*
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!
You never know when I might play a wild card on you!
Today's Wild Card author is:
and the book:
Grand Central Publishing; 1 edition (February 22, 2010)
Tiffany L. Warren, is an author, playwright, songwriter, mother and wife. Her debut novel What a Sista Should Do, was released in June of 2005 and has ministered to over 50,000 readers. Her second book, Farther than I Meant to Go, Longer than I Meant to Stay was a national bestseller. In 2006, Tiffany and her husband, Brent, founded Warren Productions and released their first gospel musical. What a Sista Should Do - The Stage Play debuted in Cleveland, OH at the famed Allen Theatre.
Tiffany is also the visionary behind the Faith and Fiction Fellowship tour. Presently, the authors have visited groups in Atlanta, Houston, New York, Baltimore, Washington D.C. and Charlotte.
Tiffany's third novel, The Bishop's Daughter was released in January 2009. Tiffany resides in northern Texas with her husband Brent and their five children.
Visit the author's website.
Product Details:
List Price: $13.99
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; 1 edition (February 22, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446195162
ISBN-13: 978-0446195164
My Review
The story begins with teenage Zenovia and her mother Audrey being witnessed to by another mother and daughter from a group of people know as "The Brethren". Audrey, who has schizophrenia, is instantly take with Charlotte and her daughter and wants to attend fellowship with them when invited, and Zenovia agrees to avoid an episode that is bound to ensue if she doesn't indulge her mother.
Zenovia has worked hard to get good grades in school and is determined to attend college when finished, but the more entangled in The Brethren she and her mother become, the more questions she has and the more she questions her faith and the faith of those in the fellowship. This teenage girl has her plate full as she tries to decipher where she stands in regards to the affections of three young men in her life as well.
Complicating everything more, is that Zenovia and Audrey have visions. Zenovia hasn't quite figured out why she has them, or what she should do about them either.
The book initially takes place in the mid-nineties, although I found while reading it, somewhat out of tune with that time period. I was a young adult at the time, and somehow don't remember roller skating and pagers being a prominent part of what young people did or had at the time. However, I admit to not being a part of the culture portrayed in the book either.
Generally speaking, I think this is a book that would be enjoyed by those that have dealt with or know something of the struggle that goes along side mental illness and/or have an interest in battling the effects of false teachings.
AND NOW...THE FIRST CHAPTER:
To read the chapter, press the the button that says, "Browse Inside This Book":
I have 3 copies of In the Midst of It All to give away.
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Reader Comments (45)
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Thanks for the review!!! For the record, I was also a nineties teen. Graduated from High School in 1992. Went roller skating three times a week and had an aquamarine pager on my hip most of the time :)
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