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Caroline A. Mendez, W, Roswell, Georgia, wrote “Threads of Wisdom: Trailblazers: The professional journeys of 15 trailblazing Christian businesswomen CEOs and their best advice and wisdom for … eternal success.”

What if you could interview high-level Christian businesswomen who are blazing a trail in business and ask for their best advice on success (eternal significance)? In this second book in the Threads of Wisdom series, 15 trailblazing women in the marketplace share their journeys, wisdom, and best advice in their own words.

Veronica White, OM, Chicago, Illionis, wrote “Singled Out.” While many memoirs focus extensively on storytelling, my book stands out by combining my personal narrative with actionable advice and resources, particularly aimed at single parents and entrepreneurs. My book deeply integrates the theme of community support and engagement, reflecting my real-life commitment to philanthropy and community-based initiatives. This aspect is particularly appealing to readers who value social impact. This book spans a range of experiences from personal loss and single parenthood to professional success in challenging fields like trucking and real estate. This broad spectrum of challenges and triumphs provides a comprehensive look at resilience. My book not only recounts challenges but actively demonstrates how to confront and manage them, making it a valuable tool for readers looking for guidance in their own lives.

Janet Fertig, DU, Sheldon, Iowa, wrote “The Butterfly Chase.” The book is targeted for children 0-12 years old. This humorous story teaches a lesson about owning up to our mistakes. The lyrical rhythm lends to read-aloud fun for children.

This is 90-year-old Janet’s first published book. She lives in Mesa, Arizona, and has a passion for exploring creative ways to help kids learn. As a former elementary teacher, Janet has always had a keen interest in children’s literature.

Linda Ross, EP, Lakewood, Colorado, wrote “An Imperfect Woman,” the first two chapters of which are devoted to Cottey College.

This historical fiction novel opens in 1891 with a clandestine scholarship interview in the office of President Cottey. Mary Pearson is desperate for an education to escape her joyless farm life and brutal father. Her future lies in that office. Mary’s decorum and answers must be perfect. She worries about her too big, borrowed shoes and Ma’s shabby purse.

Without a scholarship and a future, Mary will be living her life as just another overworked, beaten-down farm woman.

While at Cottey, Mary shares her college experiences with her sister via letters. Her poverty is a challenge but she graduates with honors. She is now a refined young woman, emerging from Cottey with hope and vowing to never look back at her life of dirt floors and crude wooden plates.

Believing perfection equals safety, she chases this illusion for decades. During her life’s journey, she transitions from a model of precise high tea protocol in 1900 to a woman shunning feminine norms in the 1930s.

She grows to question her false belief about perfection being the answer and finds new truths. She grows to question and face everything in her life, including a crippling past. Mary lives a long life. This is a story of what we are dealt, how we cope, and how we learn.

Deborah Malone, O, Prescott, Arizona, wrote “Doing What I Otter,”a beautifully-illustrated children’s book.

Oliver is a young, spunky sea otter who just loves collecting “treasures” and spends all of his time doing just that. Until one day when his kelp bed is so full of his things that there is absolutely no place for him or his family. Oliver soon learns that his time is much better spent on those he loves, who can love him back. He grows to realize the importance of friendship, and that in order to have friends, you must first be one yourself.

Barbara Stechow Harris, E, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, wrote “Sixteen Going on Seventeen: On Tour with the Trapp Family Singers.”

Tricia Klapprodt, HN, Mansfield, Texas, wrote “Court of the Seven Dances.” This is the second book of the Legends of Ilbeor series.

Armored in heritage and destiny, Alanda and Tostig remain trapped on divergent paths. Confident their newfound power will save those dearest to them neither forget the undeniable lure.

Fated to rock the foundations of Ilbeor, the two former messengers each discover the malice simmering in the veins of the very land itself. Alanda surrenders herself to the privileged fetters of the royal family in hopes the king’s mighty army will rescue her brother Kitz from the clutches of the elven overlord Altoneir. Trying vainly to race to her side, Tostig becomes a pawn in the unknowable plans of the gods he serves.

Can two ordinary people brought into great power use it to heal long-held wounds? Or will they simply become two more casualties in the eternal maneuverings of those accustomed to power?