Pieces of Granite (Coming Home) (Prequel)

By Brenda S. Anderson

Description:

A distressing diagnosis
A retreating husband
A prodigal brother

Marriage counselor Debbie Verhoeven excels at piecing broken families together, so she never imagined her own perfect family could be fractured.

When Debbie learns the child she’s carrying has Down syndrome, she takes the news in stride, but her husband, Jerry, begins suffering debilitating panic attacks that strike at his marriage, family, and faith.

Struggling to hold her family together, Debbie turns to her older brother for support, but he suggests the unthinkable. With no one else to turn to, her once-strong faith begins to crumble.

For the first time in her life, Debbie needs someone to lean on, but who is left to be strong for her?

Book Takeaway:

We're not alone in our struggles and shouldn't try to handle them on our own.

Why the author wrote this book:

Strong, self-sufficient women are lauded, and with good reason, but sometimes women try to be too strong and try to hold things together on their own, forgetting that God is our rock. I wanted to show how women can be strong, yet rely on God as their foundation.