I received the following book in exchange for writing a review. While I consider it a privilege to receive free products to review, my review is my honest opinion and thoughts of the book.
I enjoyed the book, This Fine Life. It is a book about growing up and in Christ. It shows real characters struggling to find out who they are in Christ. The story is set the deep South in the late 1950’s and reveals the struggle of a young lady, Mariette Putnum, who doesn’t know what she wants to do with her life after high school graduation. Each of her parents have their own ideas as to what she should do, but she is quite undecided. The book takes a turn when Mariette is changed by one event. From that point on there is excitement and strain in relationships, which affect each of the characters’ decisions and emotions .
Based on the description of the book, the story was different than I expected in many ways, so I am hesitant to give away too many details because if you choose to read the book, I want you to have that same element of surprise of the unexpected.
I was able to take something from the real life struggles of the characters in This Fine Life. It really made me think through life’s trials and how we can always see the “finer” side of things if we try, if we persevere and have faith that God has everything under control.
“This Fine Life proves that growing into love can rip one apart, quitting might be the easiest thing, but walking away is out of the question. I bled with these characters as they struggled to become who they were meant to be. So real and so true to life.”
—Lauraine Snelling, author, Daughters of Blessing
Eva Marie Everson is a successful speaker, a popular radio personality, and the award-winning author of Things Left Unspoken. She is coauthor of The Potluck Club series and The Potluck Catering Club series. She lives in Florida.
“Available May 2010 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.”
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I was rather excited when the opportunity arose to receive five coupons for five free Freschetta Frozen Pizzas - pizza is our family's favorite meals. We generally eat homemade, unless we are visiting family and they order out. Frozen pizzas are a rare convenient treat that we buy when on sale. But these were pre-made and would come in handy on a busy night.
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Most of our family preferred the Zesty Italian, it just had more flavor. I found the sauce flavor of the 5-Italian Cheese odd, but I am use to a sweeter homemade sauce that we make ourselves using a puree or tomato sauce with our own sea salt, organic cane sugar and spices. As my son would say, homemade is BEST! Our girls really liked the pizzas and the opportunity not to help make dinner! It certainly saved us time on clean up and preparation the night we had these Freschetta Pizzas, even though it isn't a very healthy meal. But on a night that we were crunched for time, these pizzas certainly came in handy to get us out the door on time!
As much as I appreciated the convenience of the Freshetta pizzas that we received, I have to say that they were not the best frozen pizzas we have ever tasted. Our family tends to be pizza connoisseurs and know what we like about pizza, whether it is take out, frozen or homemade versions! Like I said though, it is a very easy meal.
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