Griffith kicks off a new trilogy featuring three African-American women who form the Sassy Sistahood. When Dana Rose's ex gets married, and then starts the business Dana had dreamed of opening, Dana has her friends and her faith to rely on.
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Marilynn Griffith is a deacons wife, a tribes mom and Gods evidence that theres always a second chance. When not chasing toddlers, helping with homework or trying to find her husband a clean shirt, she can be found scribbling furiously on her next novel.
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Thanks for reading my books. Contact me by email at marilynngriffith@gmail.com. Visit me on the web at marilynngriffith.com or sistahfaith.ning.com. Thanks!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
4 1/2 stars...Flawed People, Humor, Warmth, and the Hand of God,
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This review is from: Made of Honor (Sassy Sistahood, Book 1) (Life, Faith & Getting It Right #9) (Steeple Hill Cafe) (Paperback)
Marilynn G. is my pal. I say that right off, cause I hate those gushing reviews that you KNOW came from friends of the author, reviews that wouldn't dare or possibly know how to be honest if you smacked the gusher over the head with a sack of truth-serum. They gush and spew praise, but say nothing useful about the work at hand.
I want to be useful to you here, because I do want you to buy this book...because IT IS GOOD. I'm gonna gush, but I'm also gonna get critical, and I hope you trust that, despite my (not close, but affectionate) connection with the author, I'm not yanking your chain so you spend a few bucks. I simple will recommend you READ THIS NOVEL, because it's terrific...if you get past the beginning. That's the kicker: The first chapter pretty much sucks. It's strained, it's crammed, it's confusing, and some of the humor falls really flat. It's trying too hard to capture the quintessential Chick Lit voice, the one we heard in other novels, notably THE Chick Lit novel, Bridget Jones' Diary. (Which is fabulous, and you should read it, too! And the sequel.) But Marilynn Griffith, in this work, fails at that tone and voice. That's not a bad thing, though. Trust me. Persist through the pages. Once you get past that bumpy opening, you get an astoundingly good ride, smooth, touching, with only minor setbacks to the strained humor, which, thankfully, is eventually forgotten well into the tale. This is primo Women's Fiction. If you can get into a story of several women--and the men in their lives--and how they are all transformed by love, anger, jealousy, betrayal, forgiveness and the grace of God, you are going to dive deep into this truly human, warm-hearted, generous-souled effort. Forget the beginning. Plow through it to the meat. The meat is well-spiced and you'll find nourishment. You may already have grasped the plot, but here goes: Dana/Dane is a single gal staring at 30, who opens the story as a bridesmaid (with weight issues, in a too tight, unappealing dress) at the wedding of one of ther two best friends (Tracey and Rochelle, the Sassy Sistahs, once in the hundreds of hundreds in email, now down to three in real life and email.) Dana has been betrayed and hurt by the men in her life--brother, beaus, notably her one true love. There are disappointments with her father, too, a gambler-drunkard. She's been betrayed by some of the women in her life, too. (Can we say skanky-ho sister?) But Dana's got God, and she's sure he ought to be enough. (One truly hilarious moment has her asking this question to a single's group.) While Tracey marries to a former boyfriend of Dana's (to find trouble from honeymoon's day one), and Rochelle, single mom of Jericho, has her world rocked by a reappearance of Jericho's papa, and while Dana's new business consumes her life and health, Dana's once-true-love reappears as knight in shining leather. Things get a mite complex. Temptations and trials abound. She starts to lose control of her business, home, and relationships. But what is she about to gain, besides weight? Will Dana persist in singlehood, grasping it against all leadings? Will all her relationships fall apart? Will a terrible thing that befalls her undo her... or re-do her? Will she let herself love again the man who broke her heart, who sinned against her terribly? And what is God doing while things are going to hell in a soap basket all around her? This is a romantic novel--warmly, sweetly romantic. This is also a spiritual novel that doesn't shy away from depicting true faith, hypocritical faith, shallow faith, misguided faith, gentle faith, wacky faith, and shows how easily people can screw up their lives, and how gently and persistently God can put things back together. Made of Honor is a heart-touching novel with mercy and grace pouring out of its pages. There's no judgment in here, really. Just love and hope. Marilyn is gifted. Some of her passages sing to your heart, some whisper to your soul. Her editor should just let her write Christian women's fiction and advise her to dump the Chick Lit-tian aspects. Her strength is telling truth and mercy about women and men and families and friends...with a more serious tone than chapter one would lead some to believe. Ignore the tone and pitfalls of chapter one. First impressions can be wrong. The best is yet to come... Mir http://mirathon.blogspot.com
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fearfully and Wonderfully made!,
This review is from: Made of Honor (Sassy Sistahood, Book 1) (Life, Faith & Getting It Right #9) (Steeple Hill Cafe) (Paperback)
Dana Rose has been a bridesmaid a whopping ten times. After all of these weddings, Dana has gained nothing but weight and a closet full of ugly bridesmaid dresses. Dana's hoping her faith and friends will pull her through. But she is going to need more faith and prayer then she ever realized. Dana finally opens her own bath and body/wedding favors shop, but her ex Adrian opens his own shop right across the street. Things go from bad to worse when Dana's back-stabbing sister comes back into town, and her wayward brother shows up after leaving his woman and son so many years ago. With all this added stress on Dana, will she be able to handle it all?
Made of Honor is an exhilarating debut novel by Marilynn Griffith. Griffith creates incredibly hilarious characters that will have you laughing out loud (I was laughing from the very first page of the book!) I also like the way the author incorporated her own knowledge of soap-making into the storyline. You'll see how Dana transforms when she allows others to help her and when she opens her heart to love. Made of Honor by Marilynn Griffith is a beautiful yet funny novel that is fearfully and wonderfully made.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Read!,
This review is from: Made of Honor (Sassy Sistahood, Book 1) (Life, Faith & Getting It Right #9) (Steeple Hill Cafe) (Paperback)
This book was certainly full of drama!! All of the characters had issues they needed to overcome, and they found the strength to overcome their problems through the glory of God. When Dana loses her job, she opens a shop that caters to future brides and other women who want to feel their best! In the meantime, her beloved ex-boyfriend, Adrian, opens a shop, right across the street from hers! And to make matters worse, it's a shop he opened with his now-deceased wife....a shop that both Adrian and Dana dreamed about opening together, and of course that didn't happen when Adrian ended up marrying somebody else!
Then there's Dana's sister, Dahlia. The two sisters are estranged since Dahlia has now shacked up with Trevor, another one of Dana's ex's. And Dahlia also has her eyes set upon Adrian. The two sisters try to work out their problems throughout the scope of the story. Also, Dana is tired of being a bridesmaid. She's got about ten bridesmaid dresses lined up in her closet, and she wonders if she'll ever be a bride. She's saddened that her childhood sweetheart married somebody else, and now that his wife is dead, he's back in town, trying to woo her. She's not sure if she really wants to be with him and she talks about her feelings with her best friends. The sassy sisters are close, and they try to motivate each other through motivational postings over the internet. Then there's Dana's brother, who's come back into town after being gone for a gazillion years. Dana and the rest of her family, knew he was playing sports for some time, but then he disappeared. They are stunned to find out he's been in a coma for the last four(?) years and has just awakened a short time ago. Then there's Dana's father who has a problem with booze, but finds solace in cooking for his family. This book was filled with a cast of characters who needed the Lord, or if they were saved, needed to be closer to Him and hear His voice about their problems. When Dana suffers from a traumatic experience, her faith is strengthened as she recovers and decides to have a ceremony, renewing her solid relationship to God. Griffith does an awesome job of showing how people with problems and issues can come to know the Lord. Also, I loved her descriptions. I almost wanted to eat the facials, soaps, and lotions she describes! Dana makes batches of vanilla lotion, lemon poundcake facials, strawberry beauty products, apple cobbler soap, etc. She uses fresh ingredients, and when she describes the scents of her products, and the scents of Adrian's candles, I wanted to pull up a chair and grab a plate and eat! I know that sounds weird but her descriptions made my mouth water, even though she was describing the luscious scents as a part of beauty products and candles!
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