Mother of Prevention (Life, Faith & Getting It Right #4) (Steeple Hill Cafe) (Paperback)

by Lori Copeland (Author)

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Review
"More than just entertainment. Every reader will find a nugget of truth and healing for themselves...a real treasure!"

Product Description
Moving to San Francisco offers Kate Madison a fresh start -- just what Kate and her two daughters need after her firefighter husband's tragic death. A move out of Oklahoma City's tornado zone and snakes and . . . wait. Earthquakes? San Francisco has earthquakes!

Kate arrives to find not earthquakes but friends ready to help, from fun-loving neighbor Mazi to Lee, the advice-giving mailman. Maybe Lee's tips can help Kate with her mother-in-law, whose agenda seems to be less to support Kate than to take over. Then Kate discovers Mazi has a painful secret and forgets her own troubles as she takes on her friend's. An ounce of prevention may be worth a pound of cure, but Kate learns that friendship, family and faith are worth much, much more.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Steeple Hill (March 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373785364
• ISBN-13: 978-0373785360
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,468,445 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Getting faith right when life goes wrong., April 22, 2005

By	Illuminating Fiction "Book Reviewer - http://... (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

That was the problem Kate Madison suddenly faced. One minute she is living the good life with a husband and two daughters in Oklahoma City, the next her life is ripped apart when her fire-fighter husband is killed on the job.

Not only does Kate have to struggle with her grief, she also battles a multitude of fears and the prospect of bringing up her daughters on her own. Things only get worse when she is told she should no long fly, and crucial part of the job she loves.

Desperate times bring desperate measures. Kate uproots her family and moves to San Francisco for a fresh start. It's not long before she makes a friend of her bubbling neighbor, Mazi. But things don't go as well as she had hoped and she soon realizes she's left one important thing out of her newly calculated life.

Mother of Prevention is a moving story of a young mother's walk through grief. The only disappointment I had was the fact that the back cover copy didn't entirely match the contents of the book. One element mentioned never eventuated in the storyline and left me disappointed. Not being a great reader of either first person narrative or Mom's lit, it took me a while to get into the book, but if you're looking for a light read with a well threaded theme of the importance of faith, then you should enjoy this story.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Boring, March 3, 2005

By	www.bookshipper.blogspot.com/ "www.bookshippe... (Montreal, Quebec) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

I bought this book because it looked like a good chick lit read.

The basic premise is that a 30-something with two young perfect, perfect daughters has a happy, happy life until her wonderful and perfect husband has the nerve to die in a fire (he is a firefighter).

While I am overdoing it on the description, this book had the feel of overkill in almost every aspect of the storyline.

Once our main character realizes that her husband has died, she decides to move her family to San Francisco (from Oklahoma). She hasn't been there two minutes and yet insists on buying a home. She of course, finds the "perfect" home but can't afford it - in rides the perfect real estate agent who finds her a loving home. However,surprisingly not all is on the up and up as she will soon find out. (This turns out to be the only twist in this predictable story).

Even her relationship with the next door neighboor (female) felt tedious to me. Our main character "uses" the neighbors loneliness and makes her an instant babysitter to two somewhat annoying and quite bratty kids.

This book was meant to be written as a heartwarming story of a suddenly single mother who needs to venture forth. But it comes off as making the main character selfish and the whole storyline boring.

This is definitely NOT chick lit material. It should be considered more as general fiction.

Even reading my review of this book bores me. This is just basically too boring for more words - so I will stop.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent depiction of loss of faith and redemption, June 20, 2006

By	Christina Lockstein "http://christysbookblog.... (Oconto Falls, WI USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Mother of Prevention by Lori Copeland surprised me, as I think it does many readers. The cover and promotion make this book look like light inspirational chick-lit, but the topics it handles are much deeper, and it takes the reader on a meaningful journey. Kate Madison's life is perfect: perfect job, kids, husband, home, etc until her firefighter husband is killed in the line of duty and everything Kate thought she could rely on, including God, seems to be in chaos. Kate has to face her fears of being alone as well as face the fact that her life will not be the way she imagined it to be. Kate's fears start spilling over onto her daughters making them frightened and dependent as well. Copeland does an excellent job of handling Kate's fears and her struggles with the Lord. Lots of us have turned our backs on the Lord when we feel that He has let us down, and we all have to learn that He's not the one who walks away; we do. Kate has a lot of lessons to learn throughout this novel, and not everything is tied up neatly when the story ends. There are a few laughs in this book and lots of great characters, but don't read this expecting chick-lit, read this expecting to be moved in your faith.