What She Left for Me

Name: What She Left for Me
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Tracie Peterson
ISBN: 9781449803391

Author: Tracie Peterson

Narrator: Linda Stephens

Unabridged: 11 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/10/2008

Categories: Fiction, Christian Fiction, Religious

Synopsis

Award-winning, best-selling author of over 60 books, Tracie Peterson skillfully explores the deepest tests of faith and forgiveness. In What She Left for Me, a preacher's wife must lean on her battered family for healing. When Jana McGuire returns from an African mission trip only to find her pastor husband has taken all their money and left with his secretary, she is devastated. Left with no worldly possessions, Jana is forced to seek help from her distant mother and bubbly, welcoming great-aunt Taffy. But Jana soon realizes her mother's cold demeanor hides a tragic past, and the two must mend their relationships with God and each other.

About Tracie Peterson

Tracie Peterson is the award-winning, bestselling author of over one hundred books, including the Bells of Lowell series, the Brides of Seattle series, and the Heirs of Montana series. She was awarded the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for 2007 Inspirational Fiction and the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from American Christian Fiction Writers. Her books have won numerous awards for favorite books in a variety of contests, including USA "Best Books 2011" Awards Best Religious Fiction for Embers of Love. Tracie has found time to speak at writers' conferences, where she has a special place in her heart for new authors. She is often joined by her husband, Jim, whose background in history offers new authors insight into research. Tracie lives in Montana with her husband.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeni

**Update** Peterson did a barely average job tying together the stories of Lana and her mother Eleanor. In fact, this book dwells far more on Eleanor than Lana. Peterson attempts to resolve the conflicts that plagued the characters but does so in a manner that leaves much to be desired. This book di......more

Goodreads review by Elise

This was a powerful book about God's redemption and favor in our lives! It does have some sensitive topics but I appreciated how Peterson talks just enough about them to display God's grace and favor in our lives and how He redeems even the vilest......more