Finding Grace

Author: Donna VanLiere

Genre: Memoir

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 2009

Pages: 213

Rating: Do Not Recommend

Synopsis: Finding Grace is the powerful, often humorous, and deeply moving story of one woman's journey of broken dreams. It is the story of how a painful legacy of the past is confronted and met with peace. This book is for anyone who has struggled to understand why our desires- even the simplest ones-are sometimes denied or who has questioned where God is when we need him most. This story is about one woman's unlikely road to motherhood. Finally, it's a book about the "undeserved gift which is life itself." It's the story of "Finding Grace."

Donna VanLiere has entertained millions with her inspirational stories. In her new book, she gives us a candid look into her own life, a life filled with suffering and pain, but one that ultimately finds peace with itself.

Review: I feel almost guilty giving this a "Do Not Recommend" rating because as a whole the story is good. However, this was a scattered memoir most of the way through, and the lack of organization/ editing drove me nuts. 

I also like memoirs in which the writer truly bears his/her soul and VanLiere never got there with this. This feels more like a high level overview.