Softly and Tenderly by Sara Evans

Softly and Tenderly

By Sara Evans with Rachel Hauck
Published by Thomas Nelson

My next book review will be Softly and Tenderly by Sara Evans.

Book Description

Maybe out there in the country she could catch her breath, learn to breathe again.
Happily married and owner of two successful boutiques, Jade longs to begin a family with her husband, Max. But when she discovers that Max has an illegitimate son—who he wants her to help raise—Jade’s life is turned upside down.
She flees to her childhood home, a rambling Iowa farmhouse, with enough room to breathe. There—while her mother’s health grows fragile, and the tug of her first love grows stronger—Jade begins to question everything she thought she knew about family, love, and motherhood. In the wide-open landscape, Jade begins to see a future that doesn’t rest on the power of her past but in the goodness of God's tender mercies.


Upon research of whether this was the County Singer, Sara Evans (it is) ... I found that she has written 2 other books in this series. 

The Sweet By and By was published in January 2010.

And Love Lifted Me will be published in January 2012.

I have already downloaded The Sweet By and By to read before starting Softly and Tenderly, so I will give a review of that one first.

Be on the lookout for it in the coming weeks!

God Bless!

BOOK REVIEW

The Waiting Place Learning to Appreciate Life's Little Delays

By Eileen Button

This book was a great departure from my usual reading lists.  The book was formatted in a way that you could read as little or as much as you wanted and then put it down to read something else and come back to this one again.  It took me a while to get through it because .. well, I had a lot of "Life's Little Delays" that stopped me from reading as much as I used to.  But all in all, this book was a great book that let me put those "delays" in perspective in my life.  Eileen Button showed that there are so many different ways to handle the "waiting" in your life -- whether it be for something as simple as wanting a yard statute removed or as heavy as praying for her baby to get well.

I would recommend this book to anyone who needs help with the waiting in their life.  It puts everything in perspective.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze®.com <http://booksneeze®.com/> book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 <http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html> : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”