For
Terese Luikens, a picture-perfect childhood it was not. Frequent cross
country moves, an emotionally absent mother and an alcoholic father who
ends his life by suicide when Terese is just thirteen years old.
The
sixth of seven children, Terese grew up in an unstable and chaotic
household–invisible to her mom yet cherished by her father.
This
heartfelt memoir documents the chain reaction of a tumultuous family
history. From her stormy childhood to the far-reaching effects of her
father’s suicide, Terese shares her inspiring journey to escape the
shame of her past, find healing and live, learn to trust, and discover
faith in a real and personal God.
A Heart’s Journey to Forgiveness is available at Amazon.
About the Author
Terese
Luikens has been married for forty-four years to the same man, although
she is on her third wedding ring, having lost one and worn out another.
She lives in Sandpoint, Idaho, enjoys being mother to three grown sons
and grandmother to her much-loved grandchildren. She is the author of A Heart’s Journey to Forgiveness,
a Memoir of her inspiring journey of emotional healing from her
father’s suicide. She facilitates retreats and workshops focusing on
forgiveness, and publishes her own blog, Why Bother?
ABOUT NAPOLEON: BOOK 1 IN LAYERS OF VERONICA SERIES
Title: Napoleon Genre: Women’s Fiction with an Attitude Author: Emilia Rutigliano Publisher: Emilia Rutigliano Pages: 387 Language: English Format: Kindle
They say that when a student is ready, a teacher appears.
What they don’t say is where to register, and how to matriculate in that teacher’s class.
That is a divine gift.
Veronica had it all: the looks; the brains; the personality; and the
wardrobe. Not to mention a perfect husband, a fabulous career and two
adorable children, until the perfect husband leaves her for another
woman.
Thus begin the daily routines of a typical New York City immigrant
with ambition whose teachers keep appearing, and for whom divine
interventions keep affording new opportunities.
Though it starts like ordinary connections going through the tried
and true, each relationship continues to delve into parts of her own
universe that Veronica didn’t know existed. A universe that is suddenly
open to her.
Title: Napoleon Genre: Women’s Fiction with an Attitude Author: Emilia Rutigliano Publisher: Emilia Rutigliano Pages: 387 Language: English Format: Kindle Purchase at AMAZON
They say that when a student is ready, a teacher appears.
What they don’t say is where to register, and how to
matriculate in that teacher’s class.
That is a divine gift.
Veronica had it all:the looks; the brains; the personality; and the wardrobe.Not to mention a perfect husband, a fabulous
career and two adorable children, until the perfect husband leaves her for
another woman.
Thus begin the daily routines of a typical New
York City immigrant with ambition whose teachers keep
appearing, and for whom divine interventions keep affording new
opportunities.
Though it starts like ordinary connections going through the
tried and true, each relationship continues to delve into parts of her own
universe that Veronica didn’t know existed.A universe that is suddenly open to her.
This is a different kind of heroine…
Welcome to the New American Dream, Dare to Dream…
Book Trailer:
About the Author:
Emilia I. Rutigliano scored fiftieth percentile on her SATs... and on her
LSATs... and on her BAR...Sigh...
But she nevertheless survived, and seems to be doing OK. She practices Law
read lore) in Brooklyn, New York
(read Nu Yawk). She was born in the former Soviet Union,
and emigrated in 1979. She is happily married to the same crazy Italian she's
been with since college, who suffers from a severe addition to travel (still in
acute form). Together they are doing a somewhat passable job with their three
precious darlings (who are now teenagers, thus elaboration is not necessary).
Which is why Emilia writes about Veronica. Veronica, though... is
interesting. And Emilia knows interesting.
So she weaved the tale about the interesting characters, places and events
from her own life. It is remarkable how if you choose to view a subject
objectively, it becomes downright artistically gorgeous. So Emilia views and
shows Brooklyn Russians as gorgeous, and the Barese intricacies as gorgeous,
and she even tolerates Paris, Singapore,
Vietnam and Malaysia
for the reader's interests.
Thank you, dear reader, for tolerating these scenes....
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Her first book in the Layers of Veronica series is Napoleon.
