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Books In Sync Recognizes Author Deirdre Kelley-Hall
About The Author:
Published author of Peace in the Storm, Deirdre Kelley Hall won awards for some of the articles that she wrote as a newspaper reporter in Southeast Arkansas for three and a half years. She returned to her native home of Houston, Texas where she has been employed as an ASE certified Automotive Service Manager for the last eight years. Early on she was a single parent raising three loving boys to manhood. She attributes her strength and perseverance, over coming great odds, to her faith in God.
Featuring: Peace in the Storm by Deirdre Kelley
Amy Alexander’s life changed in a way she could never have foreseen after her marriage ended. Fear became her companion when her ex-husband began threatening her children in a desperate bid for money to support his drug habit. While fighting emotional battles, Amy and her sons learn their strength is a prayer away. New relationships emerge and old ones are strengthened as they seek Peace in the Storm.
About The Author:
Deirdre Kelley works as a newspaper reporter in Southeast Arkansas. She has returned to school to further her education, seeking a degree in Journalism and English the Houston native became a single parent early on raising three loving boys to manhood. She attributes her strength and perseverance, over coming great odds, to her
faith in God.
Peace In The Storm Book Review:
Peace in the Storm by author Deirdre Kelley tells the often traumatic story of divorce from a drug addicted and abusive spouse. We meet Amy Alexander as she walks away from the courthouse and the battle to save her marriage. She is free of the violence and fear of her husband, Brandon. However she can’t help worrying about her future and whether she is strong enough to make it on her own and take care of her two sons.
Over the next several chapters we learn about how Amy’s children deal with an absent father and their memories of how Brandon hurt their mother mentally and physically. Fifteen-year-old Marshall seems to be the perfect son and student; hard working, mature, understanding, a good Christian teen. He steps into his new role as man of the house and is glad his mother no longer has to endure the bruises and the fighting. Like most seven-year-olds, Sean loves video games and playing with his friends. He struggles with the belief that since his father doesn’t visit, and yelled at him for no reason, that his father must hate him.
Peace in the Storm is well written with good character development and believable dialogue. Deirdre Kelley does a good job showing the stress and fear involved when dealing with a violent, unpredictable ex-husband. She also draws a clear picture of the joy of a new beginning, of rebuilding and reaching out to help others. Throughout her struggles, Amy discovers a great strength in prayer and the new friends she makes along the way. Just when you think the Alexander family will be okay, Brandon begins harassing and threatening the family for money to support his and his girlfriend’s drug habit, culminating with Sean’s disappearance one day after school.
Peace in the Storm is a wonderful work of Christian fiction. I understand that in difficult times, many people lean on their faith for direction. However, I occasionally felt the religious passages pulled me from this otherwise interesting story. I recommend Peace in the Storm to those who enjoy stories of faith-inspired strength and survival. I hope to read more from Deirdre Kelley.
Peace In The Storm by Author Deirdre Kelley
200 pages
AuthorHouse (May 16, 2005)
978-1420829808
Review Submitted by WR Potter for Reader’s Choice Reviews
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Peace In The Storm Book Details:
Publisher: Author House
Publishing Date: May 16, 2005
Paperback: 200 Pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1420829807
ISBN-13: 978-1420829808
Genre: Christian Fiction/ Fiction Inspirational
Print Price: $13.50
Deirdre Kelley Hall Author’s Page On Books In Sync
Author’s Websites:
http://www.myspace.com/cachlyn
http://christianworks.blogspot.com/
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Our Written Voices
by Members of The Written Voice
This book is a collection of various short stories and poems written by members of ‘The Written Voice’.
The profits obtained from the sale of ‘Our Written Voices’ will be used to support ‘David’s House’, a non-profit organization that helps families with critically ill patients in the hospital.
About The Authors:
‘The Written Voice’ is a featured writing group on the popular website for mothers, ‘CafeMom’. Established in May 2008, ‘The Written Voice’ welcomes writers and readers alike and is comprised of passionate, talented, and supportive women. Collaboratively, members of ‘The Written Voice’ created Our ‘Written Voices’, a compilation of their original works.
Book Details:
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publishing Date: 12/14/2009
ISBN Number: 78-1449901103
Number of Pages: 248
Genre: Short Story Anthology/Fiction
Book Proceeds Charity
Book Print List Price: $11.34
Submitted by Books In Sync
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Submission Date: April 2010
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Glee: The Music, Season Three – The Graduation Album $9.09 The commemorative release captures the bitter sweetness of senior year with the Glee cast’s triumphant versions of Queen’s “We Are The Champions,” Lady Gaga’s “Edge of Glory” and Jason Mraz’s “I Won t Give Up.” Glee fans will get a sneak peek of 8 new songs recorded for the season finale, including Bruce Springsteen s “Glory Days,” Beyonce’s “I Was Here,” Madonna’s “I ll Remember,” and Green Day’s… |
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George Harrison: Living In The Material World $17.00 Director Martin Scorsese pays tribute to one of music’s most renowned talents with this affectionate and informative two-part HBO documentary. The film explores Harrison’s childhood in Liverpool, his tenure with The Beatles, his interest in Indian culture, and much more through never-before-seen interviews with his widow Olivia, son Dhani, and friends and collaborators such as Paul McCartney, Ring… |
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Alien Anthology [Blu-ray] $52.33 In space no one can hear you kvell as you open this deluxe collector’s set. Along with “Alien” (1979 theatrical version and 2003 director’s cut), “Aliens” (1986 theatrical version and 1991 special edition), “Alien 3″ (1992 theatrical version and 2003 special edition), and “Alien Resurrection” (1997 theatrical version and 2003 special edition), there’s also two bonus discs bursting with extra featu… |
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Sleeping Beauty (Two-Disc Platinum Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo + BD Live) [Blu-ray] $31.87 Disney’s 1959 animated effort was the studio’s most ambitious to date, a widescreen spectacle boasting a gorgeous waltz-filled score adapting Tchaikovsky. In the 14th century, the malevolent Maleficent (not dissimilar to the wicked Queen in Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs taunts a king that his infant Aurora will fatally prick her finger on a spinning wheel before sundown on her 16th birt… |
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Men In Black $9.99 … |
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