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"Cold stuck to her skin. She yearned for a hot cup of tea. A long soak in a warm bath. Something that might chase away the coldness that had seeped inside her bones long before she stepped outside." (2) Title:   Life After Author: Katie Ganshert Publisher:   Waterbrook & Multnomah Release Date:   April 18, 2017 Genre: Literary Fiction / Inspirational Contemporary It could have been me. Snow whirls around an elevated train platform in Chicago. A distracted woman boards the train, takes her seat, and moments later a fiery explosion rips through the frigid air, tearing the car apart in a horrific attack on the city’s transit system. One life is spared. Twenty-two are lost. A year later, Autumn Manning can’t remember the day of the bombing and she is tormented by grief—by guilt. Twelve months of the question constantly echoing. Why? Why? Why? Searching for answers, she haunts the lives of the victims, unable to rest. Paul Elliott lost hi...

I'm happy to introduce B.Lynn Goodwin to Just Commonly  today. B.Lynn Goodwin is the author of Talent: Real Life Doesn't Have a Script , a young adult novel on moving on from loss.  If you didn't get the chance to check out my review from earlier today, you can do so by clicking here.  Without further delay, here's B.Lynn. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  Five Ways to Cope With Loss Our lives are filled with all kinds of loss. Breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend is one kind. Divorce and loss of a parent are two more. Losing a keepsake or heirloom can tear at your heart. Losing a battle can rip away your sense of safety and security. In TALENT , Sandee loses a role in her high school’s production of Oklahoma!, but she gains two important jobs for the show. A few weeks in to the rehearsal period, she has a much bigger loss. She finds several tools for coping. She also discovers talents she never knew s...

Title:   And It Was Beautiful Author:  Kara Tippetts Publisher:   David C. Cook Release Date:   March 1, 2016 ABOUT THE BOOK "I was here. I saw beauty. I embraced it." -Kara Tippetts How do you live out extravagant love in the everyday moments? How do you celebrate grace when your life turns out differently than the one you dreamed? Kara Tippetts discovered how to find joy in the small moments of life. She learned how to hold tight to hope even while battling intense physical and emotional pain. And she lived out the truth that God can redeem any story. In her final book, Kara offers gentle reflections on living and dying well. She invites us to cultivate soft hearts even when we face great disappointment. Her ideas for living are hard-won, wrestled with in the crucible of family, illness, and faith. And her constant reminder is that whether we are in the midst of dark days or mundane moments Jesus is always there, life is surprisingly bea...