{"id":2008,"date":"2013-07-31T06:21:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T10:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/?p=2008"},"modified":"2013-07-31T06:21:21","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T10:21:21","slug":"claire-knows-best-by-tracey-bateman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/claire-knows-best-by-tracey-bateman\/","title":{"rendered":"Claire Knows Best by Tracey Bateman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Claire<\/p>\n

Claire Knows Best by Tracey Bateman<\/a><\/p>\n

Has your home ever been damaged by a natural disaster?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this slightly humorous book told in the first person, Claire Everett’s life gets more chaotic when a tree falls on her house during a storm. She must uproot her family and relocate to another home while her house is getting repaired.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Claire tries to make sense of her chaotic life. A divorced mother, she’s dating Greg, a hunky man who has a leadership role in her church. When Greg announces that he wants to become a pastor, Claire freaks out – she’s NOT pastor’s wife material.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, she struggles to raise her children while living in their temporary home while she pens Christian romance novels.<\/p>\n

She also struggles with her feelings of animosity towards Darcy, her ex-husband’s new wife. Darcy is pregnant, and she struggles to make Claire love her as a friend. Can Claire put her animosity towards Darcy aside?<\/p>\n

I enjoyed reading this novel. I also liked how the heroine was divorced. I don’t see many divorced women in Christian fiction nowadays. I also felt that the problems that Claire faced were extremely realistic. Teenagers and younger children are hard to raise, and having to do it without the help of a live-in husband is a something that many Christians face. Overall, this was a light, enjoyable read.<\/p>\n

I read the first book in this series, Leave It To Claire<\/a>, awhile ago.<\/p>\n

So, has your home ever been damaged by a natural disaster? How did you cope? Where did you live while your home was being repaired?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/p>\n

~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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