Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Becoming Us by Robin Jones Gunn – 5 Stars – This book is an inspiration!



Jennalyn meets the main character Emily Winslow at the grocery store and invites her over to a luncheon she puts together with other friends, some are new to the group, they all meet about once a month to discuss whatever is on their mind that day.  Usually they are connecting with one another as they do have similar problems within their lives, and they find themselves connecting with God at the same time.  This group of “Haven Makers” discover friendships and joy in creating the families they all wish to create.  Emily has a husband Trevor and a daughter Audra.  They move from living with his parents in North Carolina, to California as Trevor is given a car lot by his Uncle.  He has goals he wishes to meet, so that he can provide for his family, and has trouble hitting those goals.  He and Emily struggle within their family as his family keeps upping the stakes in offers of help so that they will return.  They are very positive that this was to be only a temporary move.  Emily and Trevor didn’t have the same thing in mind.  They struggle to decide if California will be their forever home or not.  They struggle with their trust in faith in God and in their marriage.  The book was really well written and the characters were really well thought out.  Emily’s insecurity’s in making friends in her new city was something that I had struggled with myself when I made a move in the first year of my marriage.  I think this book has something in it for everyone to connect with, and I will be looking forward to reading some other books written by Robin Jones Gunn.  This book is truly an inspiration.

I received this book due to becoming a part of the WaterBrook & Multnomah "Launch Team".  I’m encouraged to post a review on their Facebook page for the book which I will be doing today with this review.  I found this book truly inspirational!  I gave it five stars!!  #BecomingUs #RobinJonesGunn

Description as found on GoodReads.com: From the author of the best-selling Christy Miller and SisterChicks series comes a new book of community, friendship, and circling the hard things of life with God and loved ones around a table.

Five young moms, including beloved Gunn character Christy Miller, gather to share meals and soon become unlikely best friends. The regular gatherings provide opportunities for the women to reveal their stories, and those life stories endear them to each other. They experience their lives naturally meshing as they raise their children together in community. In Becoming Us the group find ways to challenge, encourage, and help each other become the nurturing mothers they wished they'd had when they were growing up. They unite to be remembered for what they do as moms and not for what was done to them