From Fear to Freedom: Living as Sons and Daughters of God

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For all those who live in fear of never quite "measuring up," this honest account of one woman's spiritual crisis provides a new look at the transforming power of God's grace in the midst of weakness. Readers will be encouraged to relinquish the role of spiritual "orphan" and embrace a forgiving heavenly Father.

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From Fear to Freedom.......2004-01-03

HONESTY HONESTY HONESTY. This book is for every Christian. No one is exempt. Evangelical Christians understand we are saved by Grace through Faith alone, but when it comes to sanctification, we are so dishonest about our overwhelming need of God's grace every breathing second of our life. Worse yet, bad teachers & pastors keep pilling on more guilt of the law without a balance of Guilt, Grace & Gratitude.

Are Jack and Rose Marie bucking the heavy emphasis of law in our sanctification that the Reformed tradition advocates? Are the Miller's advocating a Lutheran position of sanctification as getting use to our justification? (More on Lutheran doctrine of Sanctification, read Lutheran Seminary Prof. of Systematics & Author of Christology David Scaer) I believe the Miller's are advocating the proper Biblical position that the body of Christ grows in their faith by being attached as branches to the vine. We are to keep our eyes focused on the Jesus Christ the author and perfector of our faith.

I was blessed by the quote at the beginning of the book by Francis Schaeffer "The present value of the blood of Christ." was proclaimed by Schaeffer when a crisis would present itself. I have reworked this quote after reading this book to say in all trying circumstances: "This situation is another opportunity to see God's faithfulness of Grace and Mercy work in my life." vs. the old defeating attitude, "Here I go again, another trial I can't control".

As a step father of two unsaved adult children 19 & 27, I found great encouragement from the Miller's new confidence in prayer for their daughter Barbara's salvation.

Several years ago, I dropped out of the Miller's Sonship course because I was afraid my mentor was going to abandon me in my orphan state and not raise me out. I have been passionately reading sound Biblical material on the implication of the Fall and how it radically turns me into an orphan fearing the unknown. Both Sonship and this book will be life changing for you like me. Nearly every page has a sentence or paragraph that I have highlighted. "Goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever"!

Has this book changed my life? Yes. Why did I give it four vs. five stars like the other reviews?

Rose Marie by her own testimony in Chapter 6 describes a true conversion experience of seeing her sins and the righteousness of Christ. "I was so deeply convicted of my sin against God and awed by his receiving love that I barely made it through lunch that day." "Was this a conversion experience? Many people have asked that question. I am not certain. I had known all the right Christian words. And I prayed and had seen answers to prayer, especially in matters of health, protection, and material provision for our family. (Rose Marie-that is common grace, not regenerating grace-my words) But before Switzerland my working religious outlook does not seem to have generated by grace. Below the surface, mine was a religion of self-control through human will power, and my primary interest was in self-justification, not in Christ's justification." Rose Marie must edit this section before its next printing and say I was not saved. I was trusting in my own righteousness. I could not forgive, and scripture is clear Matthew 6:15 "But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins."

Many details were left out. The story was shortened. I would like to know more about Rose Marie's relationship with her sister, mother and father when they lived in her and Jack's home. How did she handle a home full of people from the congregation that Jack was pastor when she had a mentally ill mother and sister to care for? Was her husband Jack adding additional burden? To my memory, Rose Marie does not share much about what her friends said to her during her struggles before her conversion experience in Switzerland. All her advice seems to come from her husband Jack.

"Why do I have such a hard time trusting God whenever the way before me is unfamiliar?" Read the book and be blessed!

Freedom From Legalistic Christianity.......2003-05-07

As a Christian who struggled with legalistic Christianity, the Lord used this book to open my eyes up to His saving G R A C E. I realized through this book that I can't do anything on my own and that even Christians try to live the Christian life without Christ. The Lord used this book to help me see that I don't need to live the Christian life by rules, laws, and regulations. Just by His grace. And when I come under His grace, everything else follows.

For every woman.......2003-01-25

I don't think there is a woman alive who would not be touched by this book. Rose Marie's struggles resonate with most women. We have given this book to many of our friends and they all have been encouraged.

From Fear to Freedom: Living as Sons and Daughters of God.......2000-04-14

This book is absolutely amazing. God truly speaks through her writing! If you are a woman who struggles with feeling like she doesn't "measure up," hates being "out of control," read this book! There is GRACE for God's children and there is acceptance in HIM! He loves us and is with us at ALL times!

Life changing, real life examples, teaches grace.......1999-05-12

Rose Marie has done a wonderful job of weaving Biblical truths about personal grace and forgiveness with vulnernably told stories from her own life. If you live like an orphan when the King Himself is your Father, this book is for you. She helps the reader understand how we choose to live as rejected people, judged people, miserable people, complaining people, life's victims. She goes on to teach the loving grace and forgiveness of God. She also addresses those situations that are beyond our control, and how to accept and pray for others who hurt us. Its a whole new perspective for the person trained in leaglism. It added balance to my life in the form of personal grace that spills over to others, and has helped bring me closer to my loving Father,God.

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This book warms the soul
Perfectly delightful
Lewis & Dyer's second gift to the adoption community
Disappointing
A Beautiful, Thoughtful Book for Growing Chinese Adoptees

Every Year on Your Birthday
Rose A. Lewis
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
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ASIN: 0316525529

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In I Love You Like Crazy Cakes, Rose Lewis and Jane Dyer told the heartfelt story of one woman's adoption a baby girl from China. These sentiments are brought to life again in this touching portrait of birthday celebrations and unforgettable moments between a mother and her little girl: from joyous hugs for a new puppy, to quiet nights gazing at the stars remembering a faraway family. Capturing the richness of both Chinese and American cultures, Every Year on Your Birthday is a poignant tribute to the growing bond of love only a parent and child can know.

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This book warms the soul.......2007-10-15

I am an elementary school teacher and avid reader of Rose Lewis. Her new book, Every Year on Your Birthday, has brought so much joy to my students-who come from all types of families and backgrounds. That is what I love about Rose Lewis' and illustrator Jane Dyer's work. It strikes a chord with so many children and adults, no matter who they are or where they come from.
My enthusiasm for her work is equaled throughout our school, by teachers and students. We were all so excited for our library to receive a copy of Every Year on Your Birthday, it is rarely on the shelves! I can not say enought about her new book. It is beautifully written, incredibly illustrated, and (from her fans)certainly appreciated!

Perfectly delightful.......2007-08-01

Once again Rose Lewis and Jane Dyer so perfectly captures an extraordinary aspect of childhood...that being a birthday. The book and the experience of reading it will delight any child and any parent. I loved every word and every picture.

Lewis & Dyer's second gift to the adoption community.......2007-07-29

What a joy to open up that Amazon.com box and see the smiling face of Alexandra Mae-Ming Lewis, daughter of Rose Lewis, starring up at me rendered by Jane Dyer in her familiar and much-loved watercolor illustrations. If you and your little ones enjoyed I Love You Like Crazy Cakes (2000), I think you'll want to take a look at Every Year on Your Birthday.

Aimed at children 4-8 years of age, Every Year on Your Birthday is a sweet, simple and lovely book that illustrates, birthday by birthday, how the lives of Rose Lewis and her daughter have proceeded since they first became entwined in a hotel room in China. I think that many who have adopted from China will be able to identify with both the images and the experiences offered up in the book. For example, with my own girls now 4 and 6, I could identify quite completely with lines like "I think about how quickly your gurgles have turned to giggles." And I was equally moved by Jane Dyer's poignant illustrations showing the little one's progression from toddler to little girl; her illustrations could have been watercolor renderings of many of the snapshots awaiting placement in a scrapbook here at our house!

While Jane Dyer's illustrations were probably my favorite part of the book--I love watercolor and will admit to a particular soft spot for her work--I was also very appreciative of the way the book stayed connected to the child's history before her adoption. For instance, one section of the book celebrates the little girl's relationship with her "first friends," her orphanage "sisters" and those who cared for her in the Social Welfare Institute. And, as was the case in Crazy Cakes, the book offers a remembrance of the child's Chinese birth family, using the idea of looking up at the stars as a point of reference for them and a way to send them good wishes.

With Every Year on Your Birthday Rose Lewis and Jane Dyer have given another gift to the adoption community and to those who wish to better understand the experiences of adoptive families. For some, it will be a way to remind a child of the good time spent; for others, it may be used as a springboard for discussions about birth families and a life before adoption. Either way, it is a beautiful, heartfelt addition to the books on adoption from China.

Disappointing.......2007-07-27

This book lacks the emotional connection of 'Crazy Cakes.' Nice illustrations, but the story struggles to find its way forward.

A Beautiful, Thoughtful Book for Growing Chinese Adoptees.......2007-05-24

I Love You Like Crazy Cakes came out just as I was completing the paperwork for my daughter's adoption, and Every Year on Your Birthday arrived just in time for my daughter's 4th birthday.

When she opened her present, she held up the book and proclaimed, "It's ME!" I can't overemphasize how important seeing other Asian faces is to my daughter-- and our family goes out of its way to ensure that.

The illustrations are beautiful, the sometimes difficult subject matter of orphanage life is treated sensitively, even positively.

I highly recommend this book for Chinese adoptees-- and even other Asian adoptees-- although the content doesn't *quite* match all experiences, it is an excellent starting off point. For example, we talk about what we did on various birthdays, speculate as to how she celebrated her first birthday before she was adopted, how we celebrated her birthdays and GOTCHA days each year. What a wonderful, easy way to begin sometimes difficult conversations.

An excellent addition to any pro-adoption library!

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Enjoyable, but 'Beauty' was better
Enchanting book
Very Beautifully Written
A Real Beauty

Rose Daughter
Robin McKinley
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ASIN: 0441005837

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Twenty years ago, Robin McKinley dazzled readers with the power of her novel Beauty. Now this extraordinarily gifted novelist returns to the story of Beauty and the Beast with a fresh perspective, ingenuity, and mature insight. With Rose Daughter, she presents her finest and most deeply felt work--a compelling, richly imagined, and haunting exploration of the transformative power of love.

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Not her best, but still good.......2007-09-04

First off, I adore Robin McKinley's books, period, but of all her books, this has got to be the only one I didn't feel good about when I finished reading it. I thought the story was only so-so and that she over did the details. It's bad when you are forced to skim paragraphs...much less full pages. I think this is probably her weakest novel and that she should have only written one retelling of Beuaty and the Beast. The story was good, and if you aren't a hard core McKinley addict you could probably look at it objectively and not compare it to legendary books like the Blue Sword or the Hero and the Crown, but alas I cannot. The story is over done,detailed, and written, but I still think people should give it a good try. Give McKinley a try. The ending was disappointing, but refreshing, and it's worth reading atleast once.

Enjoyable, but 'Beauty' was better.......2007-06-23

In 'Rose Daughter,' McKinley expands on and enhances 'Beauty,' a book she wrote twenty years earlier. Both are retellings of the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast.

I actually liked 'Beauty,' the shorter work of the two, better as I didn't feel that 'Rose Daughter' added anything meaningful that wasn't already there. Part of what's missing for me is the natural progression in Beauty's relationship with The Beast - i.e. from fear to love through trust and compassion. In this book Beauty shows little or no terror at being completely uprooted from her family and forced to cohabitate with a beast-like creature. As a result, her ultimate love for this creature is less satisfying to the reader than it could have been. Still, I recommend it to readers who continue to enjoy the magic of fairy tales, adults included.

Enchanting book.......2007-05-28

I'll preface by stating that I haven't read "Beauty" yet---I just began reading McKinley a couple years ago when someone heartily recommended "Sunshine" (A "Beauty and the Beast" retelling if ever there was one, in my estimation!), and I was so enthralled by that book that I read "Deerskin" and "The Hero and the Crown" shortly thereafter. I am a firm McKinley fan at this point. "Rose Daughter" reminded me, in fact, of "Sunshine" in that the Beast stays true to himself (especially while being keenly aware of his own overblown pride, and what it has cost him), our protagonist Beauty recognizes this, and this enhances the depth of her feeling for him, which is another aspect of the choice she makes for him in the end. At one point in the book, she reminds herself of her own beauty eventually fading, & what will she have then to recommend her, particularly to herself? For all of those whose "inner princess" MUST win the handsome prince in the end, this is not your book.

I must also add that the "flowery" descriptive passages (pun intended) are nothing compared to, say, a book written by Umberto Eco such as "The Name of the Rose", which I cannot recommend. When one is forced to read and reread and triple-read to even glean the sense of a paragraph, it is too much work for me. This book is nothing at all like that, altho I can see where it might bore a younger crowd, who have not the patience for descriptive passages of "Rose Daughter"'s type. But they are certainly no more present in McKinley's book than in an epic such as "Lord of the Rings". If you can wade thru the dense, entangled, and wonderful descriptive passages in "LOTR", this book is a piece of cake baked by Jeweltongue herself!

As for the allegorical names, I can heartily recommend some Charles Dickens to anyone who'd like to brood over them---he was the undisputed master of this technique (could "Uriah Heep" be anything other than a bad guy, judging from name alone?). I actually think McKinley used them to great advantage in this story to suggest that labels may not be everything there is to know about a person---Beauty knows her beauty will eventually fade, Jeweltongue knows she can be a shrew with her words if she so chooses, and Lionheart knows she is fearless only up to a point (she backs down fast enough when she thinks her guise may be penetrated, and harm befall her family). Things are NOT what they appear, people have enormous depth, and if this isn't the point of the fairy tale told here, it ought to be.

I've recently ordered "Outlaws of Sherwood", "Spindle's End" and one of McKinley's short story books as well, but I will surely take the time to read "Beauty" now. I hope I find it equally enchanting.

Very Beautifully Written.......2007-05-15

The story is familiar--
but her prose is absolutely riveting. I love the way she writes, and while she does border on being a little too dense and descriptive, for me it just means that I'll have more to discover in my third, fourth, fifth, sixth read. Beauty's sisters are a lot more passionate and dynamic in this book than in her last, in fact, all of the characters seem a little more well-rounded. I forget if she used first-person narrative in 'Beauty' but this book seemed more fairy-tale-ish, more mystical.

I love the book immensely, although I do understand that people who read it without much enthusiasm won't be as drawn in, and may find it slightly difficult to get through.

A Real Beauty.......2007-04-08

I had a remarkably hard time trying to describe something as complex and hauntingly beautiful as Rose Daughter. It took my breath away with all the beautiful descriptions and prose throughout. This book has continued to stay in my mind a few years after reading it and I still wish there could have been more. Ms. McKinley has really outdone herself here, and there is really only one way to describe a book like this...

Enchanting.

The Girls of Lighthouse Lane #2: Rose's Story (Girls of Lighthouse Lane)

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The Girls of Lighthouse Lane #2: Rose's Story (Girls of Lighthouse Lane)
Thomas Kinkade
Manufacturer: Avon
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ASIN: 0060543469
Release Date: 2005-06-14

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Katherine is the daughter of the lighthouse keeper. She dreams of becoming a painter. But in 1905, a girl can't grow up to be a famous artist -- can she?

Rose just moved to the town of Cape Light. She wants to fit in with her new friends, but Rose has a secret she can't share with anyone. . . .

Lizabeth is Kat's rich cousin who always gets what she wants. But Lizabeth soon finds out that money can't keep her from losing the most precious thing of all. . . .

Amanda's mother passed away, and now she keeps house for her minister father. When Amanda meets a very special young man, can she find the courage to be friends with him in spite of her father's disapproval?

The quiet New England town of Cape Light never seems to change. But in the year 1905, the lives of these four friends will be transformed in ways they never could have imagined. . . .

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Books.......2005-08-14

These were purchased as an early gift. Can hardly wait to give them to my special person.

i loved it.......2005-08-02

This book with all the others all was so great i loved it from the beging to end. I couldn't put it down.

READ IT .......2005-03-22

IT'S HART WARMING SERIES I LOVE! I couldn't put it down. You would love it to.

Charming historical fiction........2004-09-11

Thirteen-year-old Rose Forbes loves her life in New York City in 1905. Her wealthy parents give her everything she wants, and she attends an exclusive private school for girls where she has many friends. However, everything changes when her mother becomes a suffragette, campaigning for women's rights. Because of her mother, Rose loses all of her friends. Her parents decide it would be best for the family to start a new life elsewhere, so they move to the small seaside village of Cape Light, Massachusetts. Rose makes new friends in Cape Light, but she worries her mother will once again cause her shame. But Rose soon comes to a new understanding of her mother's views when she begins to train an abused horse and discovers that girls are not allowed in horse races.

Like other books in this series, this book was a charming, old-fashioned historical novel. It will appeal to young girls who like historical fiction or horse stories, with its likable characters and quaint setting, as well as its story of a determined young girl.

Farmworker's Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America

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Memoir of a Mexican American Woman
Farm worker's Daughter
Inspirational Story of Farmworker's Daughter
A Disapppointing Biography
You Will Love This Touching, Personal Story

Farmworker's Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America
Rose Castillo Guilbault
Manufacturer: Heyday Books
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ASIN: 1597140341

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In this memoir, Guilbault invites us into her girlhood, revealing what it was like to grow up as a Mexican immigrant in a farming community during the turbulent 1960s. With openness, courage, and charm, she recalls her early struggles to learn English, to fit in with schoolmates with their Barbie dolls and cupcakes, to win approval, and to bridge the tensions between the home life and the public world to which she was drawn.

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Memoir of a Mexican American Woman.......2007-08-27

Rose Castillo Guilbault's memoir is a great addition to the narrow field of autobiographies by Mexican American women! Well written and honest, this memoir will help readers, teens and adults, experience what it was like to grow up as a working class Mexican American girl in Arizona and California in the 1950's and 60's. In spite of our cultural differences, after reading this book I feel a kinship to this author. I believe that Rose and I could have been friends if we had gone to school together. I look forward to her next memoir because I sense there is much more of her life story that needs to be told.

Farm worker's Daughter.......2007-05-09

We haven't read the book yet, but our eleven-year-old, grand daughter did. She liked it so much, that she patterned her school report about her grandmother on it.

Inspirational Story of Farmworker's Daughter.......2006-12-11

Teens will be moved and inspired by Rose Castillo Guilbault's memoir, "Farmworker's Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America" (Heyday Books, $11.95 paperback). The chapters in this richly detailed book arose from a series of essays first published in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Guilbault is best known as an award-winning broadcast and print journalist who now is vice president of corporate affairs at the Automobile Association of America of Northern California. Her memoir recounts the intellectual, cultural and emotional trek from her youth in the border town of Nogales, Mexico, to growing up in California's Salinas Valley. Guilbault fights bigotry, economic hardship and sexism. She eventually finds success in the world of words -- although the phrase "I can't" has no place in her vocabulary. [This review first appeared in the El Paso Times.]

A Disapppointing Biography.......2006-11-10

These biographical vignettes surely represent the experiences of many immigrants to the US. But they also describe the problems faced by most families as they struggle with the challenges of personal differences, adolescence, bad luck, and poor decisions. As a result it failed to inspire either my sympathy for the characters or a sense of need for immigration and/or social reform. Sadly, it is boring. The style is not professional; it is not even "good writing". I expected a story of hope and inspiration or a call to activism but was disappointed. I regret my reaction. Perhaps it would have been different had the story been told by a seasoned author.

You Will Love This Touching, Personal Story.......2005-08-04

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and it's beautiful, descriptive passages. It is a very touching personal story, told through the eyes of a young Mexican-American girl, as she struggles to assimilate into a new culture and new life in California. Please read this book to better understand the Mexican-American experience, and to appreciate the sacrifices and struggles made by people trying to assimilate into another culture. I know you will love this book as much as I did!

Agatha Christie: Six Mary Westmacott Novels (Giants' Bread / Absent in the Spring / Unfinished Portrait / The Rose and the Yew Tree / A Daughter's a Daughter / The Burden)

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Agatha Christie: Six Mary Westmacott Novels (Giants' Bread / Absent in the Spring / Unfinished Portrait / The Rose and the Yew Tree / A Daughter's a Daughter / The Burden)
Agatha Christie
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Release Date: 1988-12-12

Whatever Happened to Daddy's Little Girl?: The Impact of Fatherlessness on Black Women

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Healing is needed
It broke my heart
It Can Be True...
A must-read for African Americans of both genders
anti-feminist, overstated claptrap......from a sista!

Whatever Happened to Daddy's Little Girl?: The Impact of Fatherlessness on Black Women
Jonetta Rose Barras
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ASIN: 0345434838
Release Date: 2002-01-29

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Passionate and provocative, Whatever Happened to Daddy's Little Girl? explores the impact of fatherlessness on black women from a thoughtful and highly personal perspective. A woman who has herself "lost" three fathers, Jonetta Rose Barras interweaves her own experience of the "fatherless woman syndrome" with those of other fatherless black women, observations by psychologists and sociologists, and research findings. Barras concludes that factors such as the shift to a service economy, the "gender war of the 1970s through the 1990s," and affirmative action and quota policies caused black men to be "kicked to the curbside." Consequently, many black men began to perceive themselves as superfluous to their families, and by 1996, 60 percent of all black children were living in fatherless homes.

While some attention has been given to the impact of fatherlessness upon sons, Barras notes that very little has been paid to the effect on daughters. She powerfully shows the seriousness of this oversight, arguing that fatherless daughters often believe themselves unworthy and unlovable; strongly fear abandonment, rejection, and commitment; possess strong aversions to intimacy or, conversely, act promiscuously; overcompensate in work and relationships or oversaturate with food, alcohol, sex, or drugs; and experience extreme anger, rage, and/or depression. Barras offers suggestions to begin the healing process (on several fronts, for she is concerned too with the related issues of daughterless fathers and broken maternal trust). Perhaps one of the most important means of healing (both individually and societally) is the conversation Barras opens with this significant work. --Stephanie Wickersham

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What happens to a little girl who grows up without a father? Can she ever feel truly loved and fully alive? Does she ever heal--or is she doomed to live a wounded, fragmented life and to pass her wounds down to her own children? Fatherlessness afflicts nearly half the households in America, and it has reached epidemic proportions in the African-American community, with especially devastating consequences for black women. In this powerful book, accomplished journalist Jonetta Rose Barras breaks the code of silence and gives voice to the experiences of America's fatherless women--starting with herself.

Passionate and shockingly frank, Whatever Happened to Daddy's Little Girl? is the first book to explore the plight of America's fatherless daughters from the unique perspective of the African-American community. This brilliant volume gives all fatherless daughters the knowledge that they are not alone and the courage to overcome the hidden pain they have suffered for so long.

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What happens to a little girl who grows up without a father? Can she ever feel truly loved and fully alive? Fatherlessness afflicts nearly half the households in America, and it has reached epidemic proportions in the African American community. Jonetta Rose Barras knows from personal experience the traps and the fury of being a black fatherless daughter, and she makes her own life story the heart and soul of her book, alternating chapters of spellbinding memoir with the stories she has gathered from women all over the country.

In this groundbreaking volume, Barras identifies the "fatherless woman syndrome" and discusses the research that confirms that fatherless daughters are far more likely to suffer from debilitating rage, depression, abuse, and addictions, they tend to seek "sexual healing" through promiscuity or anti-intimate behavior and often end up fearing or despising the men whose love they crave.

Passionate and shockingly frank, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL? is the first book to explore the plight of the African American community's fatherless daughters. Like Hope Edelman's New York Times bestseller Motherless Daughters, this brilliant volume gives fatherless daughters the knowledge that they are not alone and the courage to overcome their hidden pain.

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Healing is needed.......2007-02-03

I am so pleased to write this review. I read this book several years ago, but continued to deny that this girl couldn't possibly be me. Well it is a cold day when you look in the mirror and see your reflection clearly. I am so thankful for the honest account provided by Jonetta Barras. Ladies please realize you have to heal to move on. When you continue to cover hurt and pain the situation only gets worse. Choose healing, forgiveness, and love. Soon you will realize that uncovering the layers of pain truly does reveal the real you. As black women we have so many burdens to bear, and father loss and absence is real and it impacts us in many ways. Let's finally stand up united take the hand of another sister so that we may all heal together.
Be Blessed........

It broke my heart.......2006-02-15

I spent a lot of time in tears while reading this book. It allowed me to really look at my own interactions with men and how terribly I was impacted when my father abandoned the family. I recommend it to all women and men who are considering breaking up. My hope is that it reminds them of the real damage they can do when one partner demonizes the other and seeks to drive them from thier daughter's life.

It Can Be True..........2005-09-30

Reading this book was a very startling experience for me. There were many passages that I personally related to, but there were others that did not apply. I gained a lot of understanding about just how grave and deep a mark not having a father can be, even if you have already resolved that there will never be a relationship. However, I can see how some would take offense to the implication that black women must overcome damage done by absent fathers as opposed to black men taking the responsibility to raise their daughters/children. Bottom line - in a perfect world, people who commit wrongdoing against others would be strictly accountable and make amends. But in THIS world, right or wronged, you must often find a way to piece things back together that you did not break. For the careful and reflective reader, this book can provide some insight into doing such, but only for those who can identify with the author's viewpoint. Not everyone has the responses she details and to another reviewer's credit, some of the contents of this book could be used to put down black women through "blaming the victim," but if you've truly experienced being a fatherless black woman in this American culture, it's not a concept you're unfamiliar with and you can find a way to work through it.

A must-read for African Americans of both genders.......2005-04-06

I was moved to seek out this book when, during a black male discussion group session, it dawned on me that nearly every woman in my immediate family had either poor or non-existent relationships with their biological fathers, whether due to divorce, premature death, substance abuse, lack of marital connection to the mother or other causes. This includes my mother, two sisters, two sisters-in-law, three maternal aunts, former wife, current wife and two of my three daughters. Nearly all of them have exhibited the life-choices and behavior patterns identified in Barras' book. As Barras' book illustrates, the implications of this echo beyond isolated, individual women and are clearly multigenerational, affecting black men as well. I found Barras' book to be eyeopening and extremely helpful to me as a son, brother, husband and father seeking to better understand and relate to the women in my life. With all due respect to Mr. Mingo's less-than-glowing review (I, too, am a journalist; the last time I checked, it was a professional, not amateur, pursuit), Barras' insights, observations and personal experiences combine to make an eminently credible and thought-provoking book, with practical, realistic solutions for our mothers, wives, sisters and daughters. I bought copies for several women in my family. All did not choose to read them; those who did benefitted immensely and recommended the book to others. A great companion book to this is "More Than Sex: Reinventing the Black Male Image" by Dr. George Edmond Smith.

anti-feminist, overstated claptrap......from a sista!.......2002-09-30

This is another example of what happens when good articles are extended into poor booklength works. The author's mother said the author's father forced her through a glass window once and yet the author blames her mother and all women with a backbone on fatherlessness in Black America. Daniel Moynihan's 1965 report on the Black family has been attacked by African-American thinkers of both genders, yet Barras hardly sees a problem with it. This book does nothing but blame women for being victims. Like all conservative rants, it blames feminists, rather than sexism for the problems that women have. This could have been an exciting, thoughtful book; instead, the author speaks in hyperbole and sees no problem with being ridiculously one-sided. Further, she's a journalist, not an academic or an author. Thus, not only should the book be seen as amateur, but it's written in an allegorical style that I found silly. This book should not be embraced by the African-American community. As a pro-feminist brotha, I can't understand why a sista would created this misogynistic tool to harm Black single mothers and womanists throughout the nation.

A Rose Remembered (Secret of the Rose #2)

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A Rose Remembered (Secret of the Rose #2)
Michael Phillips
Manufacturer: Tyndale House Publishers
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ASIN: 1414307888

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The second book in the Secret of the Rose series by Michael Phillips is now available in this beautiful repackage. The gripping story of a Prussian family's struggles following World War II, this book finds Sabina continuing her relentless search for her father with the help of the Jewish underground while desperately trying to remain hidden from the man she almost married. Strong Christian content is the cornerstone of this series and is sure to continue to delight historical fiction fans.

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A Rose Remembered .......2007-02-07

This second book in the series of the Secret of the Rose was even better than the first...I had to order the third book so I would have it right away. Excellent reading..

A Great Read!.......2006-11-02

I own several of M. Phillips books. The Secret of the Rose Series is a beautiful read. My own parents had experience with WWII living as young children in Germany so these stories touched my heart. A very moving story...I cried happy tears while reading!

Wonderfully Inspiring.......2002-04-24

Michael Phillips is wonderful in taking history and weaving a story of intrigue, faith and personal endurance. Historical fiction can be very exciting or very boring depending on the writer and he makes it come alive. You will be blessed by this series.

A great book!.......2001-09-25

I would highly recommend this book to anyone. It was very interesting and a great story! I'd give it more stars if I could.

A Fairy Tale.......2001-09-24

It was stretching the imagination that a government diplomat on first name basis with the president could be so naive and careless in his determined search for Sabina. To not be aware of being followed and putting people who aided him lives at risk was just too much. And when he does find Sabina again, he parks his car that has been chased for 2 months right out in front of the apartment she has been hiding in. The story is being stretched out over 1500 pages and nothing new has happened so far.

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Like Mother, Like Daughter
Marcia Rose
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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A sweeping saga of four generations of women, played out against a passionate portrait of America in the twentieth century, from "free love" in Greenwich Village to the Summer of Love in San Francisco, from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York to the fires of the London Blitz. Here is the engrossing story of Leah Vogel Lazarus, the matriarch of a family of women whose lives and loves become the rich tapestry of Marcia Rose's most dazzling novel . . . .

Leah -- Her gift for words propelled her from New York's Lower East Side into the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in the 1920s, a world ripe with intellectual and artistic ideas, wine, laughter, and love. Her passion and sensuality were fired by the love of two men . . . and by her crusades against injustice and poverty.

Jo -- World War II England was ripe for exposure, and Jo's stark photographs of the Blitz propelled her to fame. But behind the camera, her fairy tale marriage to an RAF officer was a hideous masquerade. Why had she run away from herself . . . and everything that she was?

Sarah -- A singer, she lived for the hushed and attentive listeners, the spotlight, and the music that calmed the discontent pervading her life. She embraced the sixties in all their kaleidoscopic glory only to discover that freedom was a prison -- and the baby girl who looked at her with her father's eyes only reminded her of all she had lost.

Annie -- Growing up in the shadow of one of the world's most beautiful, enigmatic women, Annie found salvation as a comedian, sure that her humor would make the whole world laugh and love her. Bright, funny, lovely, she forged a special relationship with her great-grandmother -- one that sustained them both through turbulent times . . . .

Four women, unique yet alike, strong yet vulnerable. Courage, passion, and exuberance would mark each one as her mother's daughter.

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Desert Rose
Linda Chaikin
Manufacturer: Harvest House Publishers
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ASIN: 0736912347

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Good Book, but..........2006-07-12

FYI: This book was published in an little different form under Nevada Jade. For Desert Rose, Ms. Chaikin revamped and to the plot but the story line and characters are similar to those in Nevada Jade.

Captivating........2003-08-23

I loved this book. Linda Chaikin is one of my favourite authors. She takes you to the Old West 1859 to Nevada where Virginia City is booming with silver. Annalee Halliday's father had struck it rich there! Annalee couldn't wait to tell her mother the good news. As the Hallidays travel from California to join him, they became trapped in a fierce winter fighting for survival. Marshal Brett Wilder is also searching for Jack Halliday...but not for the same reason. He is commissioned by the governor to arrest Jack Halliday for a murderer of a card dealer and for crippling Brett's father's arm who was a great surgeon. He rescues Annalee and her family from death. Annalee fights her attraction for the handsome lawman and her illness. She tries to deny the fact that she is not strong but her Lord could use her to have an impact on other people's lives. A great and wonderfull story about a young woman and her feelings of worthlessness and heartbreak and a handsome Brett Wilder who struggles with showing justice and mercy to the people who ruined his and his father's lives. I have news for everyone who likes this book. There is a sequel and it's called "Desert Star" and is due to be published in January!

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