Callie

Women of Valley View, Book 1

De: Sharon Srock

Narrado por: Diane Marty

She can’t escape the mistakes of her past.

A baby is dead, and Callie Stillman blames herself. Haunted by memories of a tiny coffin, Callie can't understand how God could expect her to put her heart on the line a second time. But the evasive little girl in her Sunday school class is so obviously in trouble that Callie finds her resolve cracking.

They can’t trust anyone.

Iris and Samantha Evans are living on borrowed time. Deserted, orphaned, betrayed, and deceived, they need rescuing in the worst way.

He’s praying for a miracle.

Steve Evans had his life changed by God. A reformed drug addict, he’s searching for the family he abandoned 10 years ago.

A collision course.

The road to healing is rocky. But as Callie confronts her worst fears by bringing father and daughters together in a risky bid for reconciliation, she realizes that the Evans family aren't the only ones God wants to rescue from a tortured past.

Books in the Women of Valley View series:

• Callie, book one.
• Terri, book two.
• Pam, book three.
• Samantha, book four.
• Kate, book five.
• Karla, book six.
• Hannah’s Angel, book seven.
• A Makeover Made in Heaven, book eight.
• Iris, book nine.

©2015 Sharon L Srock (P)2016 Sharon L Srock

Lessons of trust and forgiveness

Callie is dealing with her own ghosts- fear that she was to blame for a child’s death. That fear is stopping her from becoming all God wants her to be. God uses this story’s event to work through that in Calli at the same time he is showing a teenaged mistrusting Samantha more of himself.
What I liked: it felt a little bit like every day life in the life of a Christian in modern Day America. So in that way, it was relatable for me.
I liked The friendship between the four women in the Bible Study. I liked the relationship between Callie and her husband.
I liked getting to know the characters.
What I didn’t like as much: in reality, I think it would’ve taken a lot more for Samantha and Iris, to trust, and to get through all of their problems.
The audio narration was pretty good, with a few minor technical problems .