March 2017 - AudiobooksNow Blog

From The Bravery on the Battlefield, to Their Journey to Recovery…”Portraits of Courage”, by George W. Bush

President George W. Bush has published a new book (Feb. 2017) that is a beautifully done tribute to some soldiers that he had to send in harm’s way after 9/11. It has been described as a vibrant collection of oil paintings depicting 66 of the soldiers, and a four-panel mural. President Bush painted the portraits, then gave the story of each soldier written in his own words.

It is a very daunting job, as President of the United States, to have to ask our military to travel into harm’s way for months, sometimes years at a time. President George W. Bush has made it his mission to create an initiative, The Military Service Initiative, to help post 9/11 veterans and their families in making a successful transition to civilian life. They also address issues such as veteran wellness, post-traumatic stress, and traumatic brain injury. Readers can see the faces of those who answered America’s call to service, and learn life lessons from their bravery on the battlefield, but also from their journey to recovery and the contributions they are making as civilians.

Net profits from all books will be donated to the Bush Institute Military Initiative, through the George Bush Presidential Center on the Dallas campus of SMU. The exhibit is open from March 2 to October 1, 2017.

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Friendship Isn’t Just One Thing…It’s “A Million Little Things”, by Susan Mallery

As life can sometimes be, the main character in author, Susan Mallery’s newest book, A Million Little Things, finds herself inundated with relationship complications. Mallery is a very gifted story teller, with her previous books being best sellers and extremely popular with women. Those most popular are “The Girls of Mischief Bay” and “The Friends We Keep“. Her latest offering delves into the dynamics of the complications when family and friendship connections blur.

Main character Zoe Saldivar is not happy being alone. It is one thing to be single, but single and lonely is another matter altogether. She has a best friend who has been that for years, but that friend, Jen, just had a baby who now consumes all her time and energy. Zoe has decided that she must be responsible for finding new friends, and new activities.

Before she knows it, her life is filled with complicated relationships, and she wonders if being alone wasn’t that bad after all. Zoe befriends Jen’s mother, Pam, who is a widow, then the guy she seems drawn to is Jen’s brother, and were that not enough, Pam is being seduced by Zoe’s father, Miguel. “Pam’s flustered, Jen’s annoyed,” and that is when Zoe longed for her “lonely” lifestyle back.

A Million Little Things has romance, friendship, and love, but it also touched other themes such as loss, second chances, responsibility, trust, coping skills, and acceptance. The reactions of the characters have been described as feeling real and human. It has also been said that the characters seem relatable or those who you would enjoy knowing.

“Friendship isn’t just one thing…… it’s A Million Little Things, and no one writes them with more heart and humor than book club sensation Susan Mallery.

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Live Like You Were Dying…”This Life I Live”, by Rory Feek

We have all heard the song sung by Tim McGraw…….Live Like You Were Dying……but for Joey and Rory Feek, the country song became their reality.
Rory and Joey met one day at Stan’s Truck Stop in Nashville, when Joey came in bringing a loaf of homemade banana – nut bread that she began to share with Rory, as she filled him in on her past life and how she ended up in Nashville, not knowing anyone, to take a chance on a career in music. Before they knew it, they had finished the banana – bread and knew pretty much everything about each other. As Rory told his sister later, he thought Joey was in his future, but he was not sure how it could possibly work out. And, at the same time, Joey was thinking that God had introduced her to Rory for a reason, but she was doubting the reasons why.

Rory was meant to write this story. After he and Joey married, Rory kept a blog going about their life in country music and their life as a family. Little did he know the sharp turn things would take when Joey received the diagnosis that everyone dreads to hear……an especially aggressive form of cancer. It became their love story as they invited so many into the journey of her illness. In the final months, the Feeks captured the hearts of millions around the world. They were very transparent in allowing those fans to see their love, their vulnerability, and how they chose to live their life in those final days. He had gone into their relationship looking for meaning and security in a world that seem to offer neither. After he gave his life to a higher power, he soon met Joey who would change his heart forever.

In This Life I Live, Rory not only helps the reader to connect with his and Joey’s story, but how to apply what he has learned to our own journeys when we allow ourselves to be open to those special moments in life, how to recognize them, and how we are all actually at the point of knowing that life will end. He gives an inspirational lesson of how to live your life “as if you were dying”.

“A gifted man from nowhere and everywhere in search of something to believe in. A young woman from the Midwest with an angelic voice and deep roots that just needed a place to be planted. This is their story. Two hearts that found each other and touched millions of other hearts along the way.”

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