 Genre: Adult, Christian, Non-Fic, Memoier/DevotionalPublisher: Love Truth Publication date: November 5, 2016 What if your child shot himself while you were in the next room? What if you held him as his heart beat for the last time? What if Satan whispered in your ear, “Now where is your God?” Find out how Jean Ann Williams reached out with her spirit and mind to the one true Father. Discover how the Lord God answered her, and walked alongside her in the most difficult grieving journey of her life.  
ean Ann Williams is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers. She writes regularly for Putting on the New blog and Book Fun Magazine on the topic of child suicide loss. Her book “God’s Mercies after Suicide: Blessings Woven through a Mother’s Heart” started out as a blogged book on her Love Truth blog. Jean Ann and her husband of forty-six years have thirteen grandchildren from their two remaining children. They reside on one acre in Southern Oregon where they raise a garden, fruit orchard, goats, and chickens. Jean Ann’s favorite hobbies are practicing archery, hiking through the woods, and big game hunting with her bow.
1. What did your writing process look like for God’s Mercies after Suicide?
The book began as short articles, which I wrote for opentohope.com. At about the same time, I started my Joshua-mom blog and wrote articles there. Those articles became a blogged book in the format the print version and e-copy is today. God’s Mercies after Suicide: Blessings Woven through a Mother’s Heart released in September 2016. 2. What type of research did you do to help in the writing process for God’s Mercies after Suicide? Research came from years of experience walking through the loss of my son, Joshua, by suicide. When necessary  3. What inspired the idea for God’s Mercies after Suicide? A preacher asked me to counsel a grieving mom during my own early grief years and, after this mom to mom encounter, I discovered God planted in my heart a desire to help other mothers who have lost children. 4. What do you want readers to take away from reading God’s Mercies after Suicide? They are not alone, and there is hope even after a child has died. 5. What other “hats” do you wear when you are not writing? I’m married to Jim for 46 years, a mom of two other children, and thirteen grandchildren. I enjoy the outdoors, hunting with my bow in the mountains every fall. I’m also a small-time farmer with goats, including a milker, and a flock of chickens. In the winter months, I read several dozen books by authors who write well and tell powerful stories. 
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I haven't read this book but I want to because I am a survivor of a past suicides attempts!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Debbie, for hosting my book, God's Mercies after Suicide: Blessings Woven through a Mother's Heart. I would love for you to read my book and do believe it would help encourage you.
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