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Chill Out, Josey!
ISBN-10 0-373-78585-2
Steeple Hill
Romance/Chic lit
Russia? Not again. Josey's finally living the good life - she's got the
man, the (almost-perfect) wedding, the two-story Cape-Cod house of her
dreams. That is until her man drags her back to Moscow! Josey knows she has
the guts to follow her own dreams across the world, but she's not so sure
she can play the perfect wife while her husband chases after his. Josey's set on having the
perfect life…even in a world without hot water, decent take-out and size-two leather fashion. But can she find the courage to tell her man the secret that will change their lives forever?
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What critics had to say about Everything's Coming up Josey, book one in Josey's adventures!
Reviews
Romantic Times Magazine:
TOP PICK 4.5 stars! –Warren's fantastic book combines humor, romance and superb spiritual insight. The first-person narrative allows the reader to really know Josey and experience life right alongside her. Filled with life lessons, this book is not to be missed.
www.ARomanceReview.com:
A 5 Rose Review
...sure to please Susie’s fans. Josey is a wonderful, three-dimensional heroine and one that women will be sure to relate to...I highly recommend Everything's Coming Up Josey...a page-turner and will hold the reader’s interest until the end.
Endorsements
“Warren's characters are well-developed and she knows how to create a first rate contemporary romance...”
—Library Journal
Behind the Pages
“Why don’t you write your life story?” During my eight years as a missionary in Russia, friends from all over the world, in response to my letters, would pose that question. I’d shrug, saying….I’m not sure how to do it.
Fast forward three years. Chick lit is beginning to hit the shelves. An insightful editor at Steeple Hill challenged me to try my hand at this new genre. I thought -- what would I have to write about – missionary stories?
Thankfully, she had vision, and when I proposed an idea about a single missionary headed to Moscow for a year, she embraced it. Finally I’d found a venue for my story…although fictionalized…mostly.
I laugh that finally, I got to write about all the fallacies, all the frustrations, and all the foolishness of being a freshman missionary. Mostly, I got to write about the one thing that God taught me – that He’d been at work in my life to bring me to this place, and the places beyond, all my life. And that I didn’t have to be perfect. I just had to surrender and trust.
Just like Josey.
And in Chill Out, Josey, I let the adventure continue with more of my hilarious (at least I think so!) adventures as a pregnant woman navigating the bus, the subway and most of all LIFE in Russia. I hope you'll laugh (and cry!) with me/Josey as she trys to figure out just how to stop worrying about life...and just learning how to CHILL OUT, JOSEY!
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