Making Light of Being Heavy-Kandy Siahaya

This title tells it all. This is a very charming and enlightening book about one woman's battle with the bulge.

Ever since she was a little girl, Kandy has always had a weight problem. Like many kids her age, this was a tremendous struggle for her during her school year. As her family tried to help her, she was still picked on in school, like so many other kids who are heavy. But, she took it and developed a unique sense of humor about it.

Kandy explores all the avenues of diet and exercise in this book and why they never worked for her. She also explains the stigma surrounding heavy individuals in our society. She takes us through the possibilities of genetic predisposition and that sometimes people are heavy because it is beyong their control.

This is a remarkably entertaining book and a great source of information. If you are looking for a good read from a humorous woman, this definitely is the one. Nice job.

Shattered Reality-Kimberly Cheryl

How does any mother try to handle the fact that her 14 year old daughter has been sexually abused?

Kimberly Cheryl is stunned when she finds out that one of her favorite uncles has been abusing her daughter for the last five years.

She takes us through every emotion she feels as this nightmare unfurls for her and her family. In stark, descriptive language, you will feel like you are taking this journey with her, as appalling as it is. She will tell you about all the bumps in the road she had to face and the utter sense of loss that she felt when she couldn't get satisfaction for this horrible violation that was done to her daughter.

Chalked full of an extreme amout of information and resources, this book is a must-reat for any parent of a minor child. This book is a very brave undertaking for this mother and many will be grateful that they have read it. Good luck to you, Kimberly, and you family and thank you for your honesty.

No Experts Needed-Louise Lewis

About the Book:

Losing a job always delivers a hard blow, but it was especially hard for forty-something author Louise Lewis, one of many victims of the technology industry’s dotcom implosion. No Experts Needed: The Meaning of Life According to You! tells the story of how she pulled herself together and discovered a new life of meaning.

Just minutes after being “set free”, Lewis, a single woman with a mortgage to pay, sits in the San Jose, California, airport panicking over her future. While toying with the option of giving into depression, she receives a powerful message from God that instantly releases the weight of her worries. “This is just a new chapter in your life. You hold the pen, I’ll guide your hand, and together we’ll write one hell of a chapter.” through Spirit’s continued involvement, Lewis is inspired to ask normal, everyday people to answer Spirit’s question: what is the meaning of life?

No Experts Needed: The Meaning of Life According to You! weaves through a vast collection of spontaneous, thought-provoking answers and inspirational stories that demonstrate how the simple act of listening to Spirit can add meaning to every moment of your life.

My Review:

After being permanently laid-off from her administrative job, this author decides to "take time off" to decide what she would like to persue next. She asks "Spirit" for some guidance and gets an answer that tells her to pick up a pen and he will guide her.

Curious as to what she is suppose to do, "Spirit" leads her to the ultimate question to ask people---"What is the Meaning of Life?" And for the next two years she starts to travel and asks this very question to people that she meets along the way.

She covers a tremendous amount of ground in our own country and abroad and gets some remarkable answers. Every patter of life she seems to cross, poor and rich, urban and rural, black and white (and every race in between), and every age. She certainly gets some interesting responses to a question that seems to be too broad to answer, but everybody has an answer, not one seems to not know their own personal take on why they are here on this earth.

This is an astonishing and surprising book to read. I wasn't sure I would like it at first. It seemed to "inspirational" and "spiritual", but I changed my mind pretty quickly.

Grounded in her own self-assurance, this author holds a very unique balance between her spirituality and her wickedly entertaining sense of humor. It is a very enjoyable booke to read with alot of insight that makes you think. Delightful!

About the Author:

Louise Lewis’s twenty-year career in marketing and advertising sales in the high-tech industry ultimately led her to write her debut book. A Louisiana native, she now lives in Southern California, where she spends her time writing and volunteering at a local children’s hospital.

Thanks to Tracee and Pump Up Your Book Promotion for the chance to review this book!

Recovering Me, Discovering Joy by Vivian Eisenecher

This book is a wonderful and honest account of this author's battle with social anxiety disorder and alcoholism.

I, also, was diagnosed with a panic disorder and agoraphobia in 1980. So, I truly understand the "devastation" of the catastrophic experience. I also agree, that with the right medication and proper counseling this battle can be won. I can thankfully say that I, too, have beat this disorder. But, for those who have not, this book will definitely be of some service to you.

She also explains her self-destructive addiction to alcohol for self-medicating purposes. This, too, I could relate to. You would do anything to take away your pain and unfortunately this demon "seems" to have the answers, temporarily.

This is a very informative book for those who need some help and guidance. There is nothing like hearing it from the horses mouth, so to speak. She offers many solutions and suggestions for you to help you become a more successful and happy person.

I applaud this author for her brutal honesty and compassion for her fellow man as far as these disorders are concerned. It takes a very strong woman to lay out her life so that she may help others. Thanks for the encouragement and support and keep up the good work.