About the Book
Book: Faces of Courage
Author: Susan K. Beatty
Genre: Christian Woman’s Fiction
Release date: May 11, 2021
Fear strangles even the faithful sometimes.
Despite every attempt to be brave, fear has defined Olivia Stanford’s life: with each new foster home, when her adopted parents died leaving her all alone again, trusting and marrying her husband, Frank, and coping with his football injuries and career loss.
Without faith, fear only grows in the face of adversity.
When Frank becomes abusive, Olivia enters a terror-filled life in her upscale Southern California home. Common sense demands she dig deep for the courage to confront him–to demand change. Fear and confusion push back.
And just as courage finally blooms within her comes the terrifying diagnosis: breast cancer.
Some say courage is found at the intersection of faith and grit. How will Olivia manage to summon either in the midst of this new battle?
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"Faces of Courage" by Susan K. Beatty is a book that caused this reader to smile and laugh and cry. This book deals with spousal abuse and Cancer. This book is a clean read and through the subjects aren't fun reading about this is a book that really shows that even when there is fear, when you do what needs to be done it is a face of courage. This book does not have a happily ever after for some of the characters but I still recommend this novel. I do include a warning that the abuse could be difficult for some to read if they have been in a similar situation. The author discussed whether it is a Christian wife duty to stay with her husband if he is abusive or if it is ok to leave.
About the Author
“Courage: The intersection of faith and Grit”
Susan K. Beatty is passionate about finding courage through faith and grit, particularly through the trials of breast cancer. Her daughter is a metastatic breast cancer “thriver” and has been an inspiration for her writing. Susan retired from a full-time job in 2017 and is now pursuing a novel-writing career. Her first novel, “Faces of Courage,” is in revision. Susan is the author of “An Introduction to Home Education” (AKA “California Homeschool Manual”), was the assistant director of the SoCal Christian Writers’ Conference and is the president of her local ACFW-OC Chapter. She is a professional writer/journalist. Susan is proof you can begin a fiction writing career after age seventy.
More from Susan
The words “You have breast cancer” can drop you to your knees. What’s worse is when those words are spoken to your thirty-one-year-old daughter. And worse yet when they are spoken to her more than once. My daughter Melanie has had three bouts with breast cancer, the second time classified her with stage IV metastatic breast cancer of which there is no cure. Over an eleven-year period, Melanie has undergone twelve surgeries, one removing two-thirds of her sternum to be replaced by a donor bone with titanium clamps.
Melanie’s courage during these battles inspired me to write about courage at the intersection of faith and grit. True-to-life stories follow characters through cancer and other issues confronting women today.
In Faces of Courage, I wanted to tell a story like Melanie’s but not exactly Melanie’s, a story nevertheless filled with growing courage. Melanie’s journey doesn’t include an abusive husband (Praise God!), but our terrorized heroine Olivia suffers from her husband’s mistreatment, confused by her misunderstanding of how God views her, and challenged by her lack of strong faith. Just as her courage matures and strengthen through these problems, she’s thrown by those knee-buckling words, “You have breast cancer.”
It is necessarily a gritty look at domestic abuse and the realities of dealing with cancer and its various treatments. I wanted to show Olivia’s growth as a wife, how she experienced the cancer, and how, with the help of faith and grit, her courage flourished.
In many ways, this novel is a tribute to women who fight these battles with bravery, even if that valor takes time to develop. I pray the reader, by witnessing another’s journey, is strengthened in her own battles.
Blog Stops
Book Reviews From an Avid Reader, June 21
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, June 22
Texas Book-aholic, June 23
Inklings and notions, June 24
For Him and My Family, June 25
deb’s Book Review, June 26
Locks, Hooks and Books, June 27
Gina Holder, Author and Blogger, June 28 (Author Interview)
Ashley’s Clean Book Reviews, June 28
Because I said so — and other adventures in Parenting, June 29
A Modern Day Fairy Tale, June 30
Musings of a Sassy Bookish Mama, July 1
cats in the cradle blog, July 1
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, July 2
Rebecca Tews, July 3
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, July 4
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Susan is giving away the grand prize package of a $50 Amazon gift card!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
https://promosimple.com/ps/10dbc/faces-of-courage-celebration-tour-giveaway
4 comments:
Debbie, Thank you for sharing your wonderful review!
Faces of Courage is definitely a fiction book that tells a very realistic life story that includes tragedy, hardships, and heartbreak as well as faith.
This sounds amazing!! I've read great reviews so far!
Debbie,
Thank you so much for your kind review. And thank you to those who have posted such nice comments.
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