Showing posts with label Title: Broken Wings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Title: Broken Wings. Show all posts

Thursday, June 02, 2011

Broken Wings: Giveaway

Broken Wings: A Novel

About the Book:
Onstage, the singing duo of Gabe and Mitzi Steiner captured America's heart for more than two decades. Offstage, their own hearts have throbbed as one for sixty years. Only now, Gabe has retreated into the tangles of Alzheimer's, leaving Mitzi to ponder her future alone.

On the other side of Tulsa, everyone believes Brooke Woodson has found the perfect man--a handsome lawyer with sights on becoming Tulsa's next District Attorney. If only Brooke felt more sure. If only her fiancé could control his anger. If only love didn't come with so many scars.

When an accident lands Brooke in the hospital where Mitzi volunteers, the two women quickly develop an unlikely friendship birthed by providence and bathed in grace. And with Mitzi's help, kindness, and insight, Brooke learns how to pick up the broken pieces of her life.


More Fun!
The nice folks at Hachette Books are allowing me to give away one copy of Broken Wings.  They will only ship to the US and Canada, and not to P.O. Boxes.  To enter, leave a comment with your name and email address.  For a second entry, go to Hachette's website, find a book that looks interesting and leave me a comment with a link to that book's product page and telling me why you want it.  For a third entry (only good if you do the first and second entry), say a prayer for victims of domestic abuse and another for those affected  by Alzheimer's and leave me a third comment saying you did so.  This giveaway will close June 12.

Time to Party!
The @FaithWords Twitter account is hosting a Twitter party for Carla Stewart’s second novel, BROKEN WINGS. The party is scheduled for next Friday, June 3, and will be using the hashtag #brokenwings to talk about the book. You are invited to join in on the party, tweeting about the book, this book review, questions for Carla, etc. They’ll be sharing favorite parts of the book, hosting giveaways, etc. 

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Review: Broken Wings

Broken Wings: A Novel

About the Book:
Onstage, the singing duo of Gabe and Mitzi Steiner captured America's heart for more than two decades. Offstage, their own hearts have throbbed as one for sixty years. Only now, Gabe has retreated into the tangles of Alzheimer's, leaving Mitzi to ponder her future alone.

On the other side of Tulsa, everyone believes Brooke Woodson has found the perfect man--a handsome lawyer with sights on becoming Tulsa's next District Attorney. If only Brooke felt more sure. If only her fiancé could control his anger. If only love didn't come with so many scars.

When an accident lands Brooke in the hospital where Mitzi volunteers, the two women quickly develop an unlikely friendship birthed by providence and bathed in grace. And with Mitzi's help, kindness, and insight, Brooke learns how to pick up the broken pieces of her life.

My Comments:
In Broken Wings Carla Baker does as good a job with an "issue" book as any I've seen.  Brooke is abused by her fiancee and every element of the classic abuse case is there--the charming man, the apology, the lies, the isolation from family, the adoption of a lifestyle not her own.  Gabe has Alzheimer's and we get a full run-down on what that means.  Still, Broken Wings manages to be a story that educates rather than a text book.  Mitzi remembers her childhood and early adult life and tells Brooke about it.  Brooke breaks free from the abusive relationship and claims the life she was meant to live.  In some ways the ending is too good, but I much prefer ending a book with a smile on my face to having tears streaming down my face.  

The book is Christian fiction but not in an in-your-face manner.  

I'd like to thank the publishers for making a review copy available via NetGalley.  Grade:  B.

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