Desperate, Sarah Mae
Desperate, Sarah Mae
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Desperate
Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe

Author: Sarah Mae, Sally Clarkson

Narrator: Nan Gurley, Chelsea Thayer

Unabridged: 6 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 01/07/2013

Synopsis

Desperate is for those who love their children to the depths of their souls but who have also curled up under their covers, fighting back tears, and begging God for help. It’s for those who have ever wondered what happened to all their ideals for what having children would be like. For those who have ever felt like all the “experts” have clearly never had a child like theirs. For those who have prayed for a mentor. For those who ever felt lost and alone in motherhood.In Desperate you will find the story of one young mother’s honest account of the desperate feelings experienced in motherhood and one experienced mentor’s realistic and gentle exhortations that were forged in the trenches of raising her own four children.Also in Desperate:QR codes and links at the end of each chapter that lead to videos with Sarah Mae and Sally talking about the chapterPractical steps to take during the desperate timesBible study and journal exercises in each chapter that will lead you to identify ways in which you can grow as a momMentoring advice for real-life situationsQ & A section with Sally where she answers readers questions

About Sarah Mae

Sarah Mae, listed as one of the Christian Broadcasting Network's "Six Women Leaders to Follow on Twitter," is an influential blogger, conference host, and author of the best-selling ebook 31 Days to Clean: Having a Martha House the Mary Way. She makes her home in the beautiful Amish country of Pennsylvania where she celebrates life with her husband and three children.

About Sally Clarkson

Sally Clarkson is the beloved author of multiple bestselling books, including Own Your Life, The Lifegiving Home with her daughter Sarah, Desperate with Sarah Mae, and Different with her son Nathan. As a mother of four, she has inspired thousands of women through Whole Heart Ministries (www.wholeheart.org) and Mom Heart conferences (www.momheart.org). Sally also encourages many through her blogs, podcasts, and websites. You can find her at www.sallyclarkson.com and on her popular podcast, At Home with Sally, which has over 5 million downloads and can be found on iTunes and Stitcher.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joy on August 06, 2016

This is a difficult one to rate. I read this over the course of a few months with a group of moms for bible study. We had new moms, seasoned older moms and grandmothers, and those of us in between. The group was wonderful and encouraging. The book has it's ups and downs. I appreciated the encouragem......more

Goodreads review by Joy on January 25, 2013

Really good mothering book. The blend of Sarah Mae's honesty with Sally's wise, godly, and time tested wisdom, well, I loved it. I am an idealist and a dreamer and so I connect with Sally's writing so well. She is a beautiful writer and lover of God.......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on February 12, 2013

Desperate, Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe By Sarah Mae & Sally Clarkson I really want to like this book; several people I really respect love this book. I like the overall concepts of this book but there are so many little things that keep me from loving it. Desperate is team written by a young......more

Goodreads review by Meredith on April 12, 2018

I'm vacillating between one and two stars for this book. The only reason I finished it (and I skimmed the last couple chapters) was because I was reading it along with a small group of Christian moms I've been meeting with, so I felt like I had to finish it. This is the kind of book I had to call my......more

Goodreads review by sincerely on December 22, 2022

"The truth is, I cannot expect to do everything I set out to do. I not only need to consider my options carefully, counting the cost and asking myself if I can honestly do the thing well and follow through, but I need to take into account the season of my life. I have little ones in my care. This is......more

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