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BOOK REVIEW: What She Left For Me 

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by: Laura V. Hilton

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Title: What She Left For Me

Author: Tracie Peterson

Publisher: Bethany House

ISBN: 0-7642-2776-9

Genre: Inspirational/Women/Fiction

Jana McGuire is stunned when her pastor husband doesn’t show up at the airport after her mission trip. She’s excited to share her good news with Robert. They’re expecting a baby! But the surprise doesn’t end there. When Jana gets home, she discovers that Robert has left with his secretary, divorce papers have been filed, and he has taken everything of value in the house—and the bank account. When the deacons show up, Jana learns she has to be out of the parsonage in two weeks. Left homeless and penniless, Jana has no choice but to go home to her mother, Eleanor, a woman who always seemed to hate her, and her great aunt, Taffy, who Jana hardly knew.

Eleanor is hardly thrilled when Jana shows up and shares her pregnancy and Robert’s infidelity with her. She unkindly suggests Jana get an abortion because she is familiar with how hard it is to be a single mother. Jana is still reeling from Robert’s betrayal and is desperate for answers as to why Eleanor hates her, and who her father isas well as reeling from Robert’s betrayal. Will Jana and Eleanor be able to face the horror of the past in order to have a future?

Wow! What She Left For Me  is a powerful story. At times it hit very close to home. The story is very well written, and it held my interest to the end. There were some total shockers in the story that hit me by surprise. I grew to care deeply for confused and hurting Jana, bitter Eleanor, and outrageous Taffy. I think I loved Taffy the most, since she was the anchor that kept sanity in the family, even though she was the most outrageous.