Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Author Sandra D. Bricker

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing
The Big 5-Oh!
Abingdon Press (February 2010)
by Sandra D. Bricker

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

For more than a decade, Author Sandra D. Bricker lived in Los Angeles. While writing in every spare moment, she worked as a personal assistant and publicist to some of daytime television's hottest stars. When her mother became ill in Florida, she walked away from that segment of her life and moved across the country to take on a new role: Caregiver.

One of Sandie's passions revolves around the rights of animals. She's been involved in fundraising for Lost Angels Animal Rescue for several years now; in fact, a portion of the proceeds of Love Finds You in Holiday, Florida will go to help the non-profit group with their expenses. And Lost Angels paid her back in a big way: They brought a free-spirited Collie named Sophie into her life after the loss of her 15-year companion Caleb.

It was her 8th novel that opened the door to finding her way as a writer.

In Sandie's words: "I guess most people would see my career as a publicist as a sort of dream job. But giving it up turned out to be the best thing that could have happened to me!" she declares. "Not only was I given the gift of getting to know my mother as an adult woman before she passed away, but I was also afforded the blessing of being able to focus completely on my dream of a writing career. I'm a Christian woman, first and foremost, so it was a bit of a dream-come-true when Summerside Press chose me as one of two authors to launch their new Love Finds You line."

ABOUT THE BOOK

Olivia Wallace has a birthday curse . . . or so she thinks. It was a broken heart on her 16th, a car accident on her 21st, pneumonia on her 30th, and a fall down a flight of stairs on her 35th. There were Ohio blizzards on her 38th, 39th, and 40th; and six days before her 45th, she lost the love of her life to a heart attack. Numbing grief stole that birthday and a couple more to follow and, on the morning of her 48th birthday, she received the call she’d dreaded ever since losing her mom so many years ago…she was diagnosed with stage-3 ovarian cancer. The doctors didn’t hold out a lot of hope, but Liv survived and maintained her faith. Months of surgeries and chemotherapy and radiation treatments followed.

But now, as her 50th birthday creeps up the icy Ohio path toward her, her hair has grown back, her energy level is up, and she is officially cancer free. It makes her nervous. After everything she’s gone through, Liv hates the idea of driving on icy roads and returning to work as an O.R. nurse in a local Cincinnati hospital.

Her best friend Hallie knows just the thing to break Liv out of the winter doldrums, while providing a safe haven of warmth, sunshine, and a time to regroup: a holiday in the Florida sunshine!

The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1426702353



10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, here's to a healthy and prosperous 50th. May this be a year of restoration. Of casting off the old and welcoming the new.

Stephen Tremp

lynette355 said...

I know we all sometimes put importance on sequence of events. Wouldn't it be wonderful to shuck off those old fears and jump into new situations with grace and energy.

Jm Diaz said...

I shall toast, and inevitably, drink to that.

The Old Silly said...

The magical B-day that rhymes with "nifty" is just a sign that you're really starting to get warmed up in life. Go get 'em! (wink)

Marvin D Wilson

Helen Ginger said...

Sounds to me like she's due a day, or year, of happiness and no stress.

Helen
Straight From Hel

L. Diane Wolfe said...

Yeah, it'll be the next big one I hit...

joe doaks-Author said...

Gosh, those ARE some tough birthdays. I'll never complain again. Great job on Animal rescue work, by the way.

Best Wishes Galen Kindley
Imagineering Fiction Blog

Nancy J. Parra said...

Oh- I love Sandra and all her books!!
Thanks for showcasing her. Hi, Sandy! *waves*

Carolyn Howard-Johnson said...

Nothing we ever do or learn is this world is every lost. We just move on using past experience. So I bet that former career as a publicist has served Sandra as an author. C'mon! Admit it!

Best,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Tweeting writing tips @FrugalBookPromo

~Sia McKye~ said...

I like the premise of the birthday curse. Oh she's definitely due a birthday with some fun.

Diane you do highlight some interesting books. :-)