Kirjahaku

This book was written after Abigail George became a mother, with the realization that many children's books were written to be read to a healthy child by a parent. From her experience volunteering and over ten years working in child protection, George was very aware that this is not always the case. The book was started out of her desire for something that could be read by anyone who has a child in their life that they love, allowing adults to speak value, purpose, and hope into the life of any child. The title was inspired by the wisdom of the author's late mother, who taught her that God was the person she should depend on more than anyone else. This allowed God to be the source of her strength in a challenging five-year period where she dealt with her mother's sudden passing, the breakdown of her marriage, breast cancer treatment, and an autism diagnosis for her youngest child. While thankful for the support of her church, family, and friends throughout that time, it was her relationship with God, and the assurance of His love, that carried her through. About the Author Author Abigail George is a single mother of two who still lives where she grew up, in South West Sydney. She loves music, writing, spending time with family and friends, and is heavily involved in serving at her church. Her childhood was a memorable one. Realizing that not everyone had the same positive experience she did, she began to volunteer every opportunity she could. From youth camps in Australia and New Zealand to serving disadvantaged communities in downtown L.A. to teaching sidewalk Sunday school to children in East New York to serving on mission teams in Uganda, George has been motivated by her desire to show the love of Christ.

Pushcart Prize nominated Abigail George is a South African blogger at Goodreads, essayist, poet, playwright, short story writer and novelist. She briefly studied film at the Newtown Film and Television School in Johannesburg.

Pushcart Prize-nominated Abigail George is a South African-based blogger, editor, essayist, poet, novella and short story writer. Her work has been anthologised widely, appeared numerous times in print in South Africa, online in zines based in Asia, Australia, Europe, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States, and across Africa in countries as diverse as Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Turkey, Uganda and Cameroon on Africanwriter.com, Bakwa, Botsotso, Itch: The Creative Journal, Jalada, New Coin, New Contrast, the New Ink Review, Nthanda Review and overseas journals.

Cecily is unhappy with her life, Beau, her brother, has moved on, their father is dying and Verona, their mother, who used to be a beautiful woman is not growing old gracefully. The narrator of the book is a middle-aged novelist who is having a nervous breakdown. As she exits the latest break from reality there is an undercurrent of secrets and lies in the fragments that she writes. Her characters have troubled lives and split personalities. As she tries to put her life back together she begins to write a story with a younger version of herself in her latest novel. The narrator is unhappy with herself and how her life turned out. Cecily is unhappy with herself and how her life turns out on the page. The diarist finds the way out. She finds restoration on the page and through living through these characters vicariously. Her faculties and energies are renewed and she is once again restored to health. The book is about hope and that overwhelming grief can be overcome.