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Author Interview

Meet Jocelyn Green

“I’m an ordinary mom. I make lunches, wipe noses, play Chutes & Ladders, read bedtime stories, dispense Band-Aids, and give lots of hugs and kisses to my kids while they’ll still let me.” (From Jocelyn Green’s Website.) Jocelyn is the real deal, a former military wife who writes both fiction and nonfiction. She writes nonfiction to encourage military wives in the unique position they hold. She writes fiction that introduces real women from history as fictional characters and uses real-life examples of the heroism with which they served their families and country. She encourages and challenges her readers through fiction, so they can pursue what is real and eternal no matter their challenges.

Bookclubs

Book Clubs

Flowers are blooming in brilliant colors. More hours of daylight lengthen the days. Temperatures are warming; excitement is in the air. Parents and children are eager for summer break. Where will they go for vacation, what will they do, and, more important, what will they read? Kids have required reading lists for the summer (mine do!).

Novel Reviews

Great Book Reviews for May

Vanished by Irene Hannon

Hurt by Travis Thrasher

Unholy Hunger by Susanna Foth Aughtoman

Devotional

HOME OF THE WHOPPER

“And I want a chocolate cake with pink frosting and red Kool-Aid and chocolate-chip ice cream and—” I put up a hand, stopping my six-year-old daughter’s monologue. “I know exactly what you want, sweetie. Down to the last jelly bean.” “Jelly beans!” she said. “I forgot about the jelly beans on top of the cake. I want pink ones and red ones, no black ones at all, save those for Dad, and purple ones and—”