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The Unexpected Guest: A Surprising Journey

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The Unexpected Guest is the life-story of a remarkable woman who not only learned to work through difficult life circumstances, but made life sweeter because of them. In addition, she managed to write about these difficulties in a way which inspires the reader, and leaves the reader feeling positive about life.

"Woman: point in the time, hub of the infinite, as fertile in your gifts as the seed..."
Señora Jan Guest, a woman of talent, she can transport her readers into the intimate world of women fighting for dignity and independence. Her touching tales of family life and relationship, told with sensitivity and love, provide inspiration and insights into human dilemmas. Soulful living requires you to create a spiritual life and relationships with people that support our soulful journey in the life. Soulful living involves changing the way many of us aproach life in the today`s fast-paced technology world: Jan Guest`s book show us how. Great book!
"Our memories of the family are a significant part of the mythology by which we live" -.Thomas Moore

This book gives a good account of religious events that reminded me of religious revivals I attended
during my teenage years. I don't remember slowing down to analyze what I was reading. It's compelling, seems like the author needed to clear her heart and soul. I recommend this book. It
helped me differentiate between faith, religion, and God.

This story is not only compelling, but given the hand Jan Guest was dealt in life, her grace and dignity are masterful.

An engaging writer and a spiritually grounded soul, Jan Guest words are trail markers on the path from doubt to faith.

This is a marvelous story about a strong woman who faced
adversities and struggles that could have shattered an ordinary
life. Leaving a home of abuse to face even more extraodinary events that could never have been predicted, caused her at times to search deeply for inner strength. She never weakened, but
instead turned to prayer and God for courage. You will enjoy
the journey reading Jan's life as she faced the death of four
husbands while raising a family. Jan tells her story beautifully
as she looks back into her past, but brightens as she looks to
the future.

Read her life! An archaeology of emotions spanning seven decades. Abuse, religion, marriages, unexpected losses - and a still small voice within that speaks to her when times get impossibly brutal. Jan has captured the zeitgeist of each decade - from depression poverty to American Airlines stewardessing. If personal is political - then these personal stories reward your attention. Jan Guest is more than a survivor - her life is ours in our times - and these recountings expand all our horizons.
THOM WORLD POET September 12, 2003