Leaving Yesterday by Kathryn Cushman

This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Leaving Yesterday
Bethany House (October 1, 2009)
by
Kathryn Cushman


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

I graduated from Samford University with a degree in pharmacy, but I’ve known all my life that I wanted to write a novel “some day”. For me, “some day” came about five years ago, when I started writing and never looked back.

My third attempt became my first published novel.

A Promise to Remember was a finalist for the American Christian Fiction Writers Book-of-the-Year in the Women’s Fiction category, and Waiting for Daybreak was a finalist in Women’s Fiction for the Inspirational Reader’s Choice Award. Leaving Yesterday just arrived on scene and I’m very excited about it!

On the homefront, I’ve been married to the wonderful and handsome Lee for over twenty years now, and our two daughters are currently braving the worlds of elementary and high school. We’ve lived in Santa Barbara for the last seventeen years. When I’m not writing or reading or braving seventy degree holidays, you’ll find me watching the younger daughter play softball, or the older daughter building amazing high school theater sets



ABOUT THE BOOK

Alisa Stewart feels like she's lost two sons: her youngest to a terrible tragedy and her eldest, Kurt, to a life ruined by addiction. But now Kurt has checked himself into rehab and found a healing faith that seems real. It's like he's been raised from the dead.

But then a detective arrives at Alisa's door asking questions about a murder--the death of a drug dealer before Kurt entered rehab. Alisa fears losing her son again, and when she finds evidence linking him to the killing, she destroys it. Her boy is different now. He's changed and deserves a second chance.

But when another man is charged with the crime, Alisa finds herself facing an impossible choice: be silent and keep her son or give up everything for the truth.

If you would like to read the first chapter of Leaving Yesterday, go HERE





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The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764203827

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The code for this post is:
<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" border="0" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764203827">Leaving Yesterday</a></span></center><br /><center>Bethany House (October 1, 2009) </center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.kathryncushman.com/">Kathryn Cushman</a></span></center><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0qWCI0NLr3XMKdkax0YuS-52582ziua65d6iizBOBE6she6MzlRTTbArIy9UJDiRAjFUb-jJckPEz5sMZ-bSafoJX5hssaX_9LAxJIa2uhNCV3-ZH8zvML51m6yR_xO7diZmlA/s1600-h/mockup2_01.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0qWCI0NLr3XMKdkax0YuS-52582ziua65d6iizBOBE6she6MzlRTTbArIy9UJDiRAjFUb-jJckPEz5sMZ-bSafoJX5hssaX_9LAxJIa2uhNCV3-ZH8zvML51m6yR_xO7diZmlA/s320/mockup2_01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392272536579933314" /></a>I graduated from Samford University with a degree in pharmacy, but I’ve known all my life that I wanted to write a novel “some day”. For me, “some day” came about five years ago, when I started writing and never looked back. <br /><br />My third attempt became my first published novel. <br /><br /><em>A Promise to Remember </em>was a finalist for the American Christian Fiction Writers Book-of-the-Year in the Women’s Fiction category, and <em>Waiting for Daybreak </em>was a finalist in Women’s Fiction for the Inspirational Reader’s Choice Award. <em>Leaving Yesterday </em>just arrived on scene and I’m very excited about it!<br /><br />On the homefront, I’ve been married to the wonderful and handsome Lee for over twenty years now, and our two daughters are currently braving the worlds of elementary and high school. We’ve lived in Santa Barbara for the last seventeen years. When I’m not writing or reading or braving seventy degree holidays, you’ll find me watching the younger daughter play softball, or the older daughter building amazing high school theater sets<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:100%;color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI94nPpS_3_An7xoo1BZuy7kFXmy-YGJqth1AvadVuca3MMa12VgWKlXFm4Ars6GwImvJxGKt3589wHZvKFy2J2XjRx5z7X10bdsDNDQ8kC0kI_d1I7sVxPU4hyphenhyphenMgqgUq91Oqa_w/s1600-h/leavingyesterday.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 157px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI94nPpS_3_An7xoo1BZuy7kFXmy-YGJqth1AvadVuca3MMa12VgWKlXFm4Ars6GwImvJxGKt3589wHZvKFy2J2XjRx5z7X10bdsDNDQ8kC0kI_d1I7sVxPU4hyphenhyphenMgqgUq91Oqa_w/s320/leavingyesterday.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392270895202570162" /></a>Alisa Stewart feels like she's lost two sons: her youngest to a terrible tragedy and her eldest, Kurt, to a life ruined by addiction. But now Kurt has checked himself into rehab and found a healing faith that seems real. It's like he's been raised from the dead. <br /><br />But then a detective arrives at Alisa's door asking questions about a murder--the death of a drug dealer before Kurt entered rehab. Alisa fears losing her son again, and when she finds evidence linking him to the killing, she destroys it. Her boy is different now. He's changed and deserves a second chance. <br /><br />But when another man is charged with the crime, Alisa finds herself facing an impossible choice: be silent and keep her son or give up everything for the truth.<br /><br />If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764203827">Leaving Yesterday</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/10/leaving-yesterday-chapter-1.html">HERE</a>

Kathryn can be reached through the Contact link on her Website

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