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Something Old and Something New, Pearl Ada Pridham, 2025, Winged Publications

Cover--Something Old and Something New
Something Old and Something New

Something Old and Something New. Life keeps going around and around again. What’s new to a young person now was once new to generations before. Sort of.

Jennifer suddenly learns that she is about to become a great grandmother. Already. At fifty-five. Concern for her young granddaughter fills her heart. How can she reach out to her and help her?

With plans in place to travel through the mountains for a visit with her daughter’s family, she hopes and prays for a connection with her granddaughter.

Knitting gives her a way to pour love from her heart to her granddaughter and coming grandchild. As she knits, she reminisces back to her own teen years.

Her husband also prepares a gift. But will their son-in-law allow the gifts to be kept? He’s been furious at his daughter for getting pregnant. Not wanting to raise another child. Jennifer and her husband hope to intervene and try to soften his heart.

Jennifer’s thoughts keep returning to the sixties when she and her friends were growing up. She’s always had a caring heart and done her best to help people as God gave her opportunity.

I wrote Something Old and Something New as a sequel to Something I Haven’t Told You. It’s the third book in the Love Shines Through series.

You can get more information about these books, order them, and leave a review on Amazon. They are available on Kindle and paperback. The link is: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D126BM7V?ref_=dbs_p_pwh_rwt_anx_b_lnk&storeType=ebooks

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Something I Haven’t Told You, by Pearl Ada Pridham, October 12, 2023, Winged Publications

Something I Haven’t Told You

Something I Haven’t Told You is a repeated theme in Alison’s story.

As an adult, she looks back over her teen years, from the time she falls in love for the first time and finds herself pregnant at the age of fourteen. She faces shame, her father’s rage, and life-altering decisions. But she finds support in her sister, mother, and others. Despite being jerked into adulthood, life is good.

I started writing this novel nine years ago, after some years of volunteering at a pregnancy centre. Alison is a purely fictional character. My aim was to show the various repercussions that affect not only the young girl but also her family and entire community. The reactions of family members, counselors, school, doctors, the church. What can be supportive, and what is the opposite of supportive. God’s grace and forgiveness.

I hope readers will not only enjoy the story but also learn how to best support someone in a similar situation.

Many thanks to Cynthia Hickey of Winged Publications and Diane Tatum, editor. Also, to my many supporters who have encouraged me on this writing journey.

Available now on Amazon.com or Amazon.ca to download. Free to Kindle subscribers. Click here to download the book or order in paperback.

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Firstborn: A Novel, by Robin Lee Hatcher, RobinSong Inc. ebook edition, 2018.

Ebook Edition

Firstborn, by Robin Lee Hatcher, was a free ebook download. I read it on Kindle with a free app. Normally I prefer to read traditional paper books because I like flipping through the pages. This was my first time reading on this Kindle app, and it was okay other than the annoying features of the page jumping ahead or going black on me.

Themes of Teen Pregnancy, Secrecy, Adoption, Family and Forgiveness

Robin Lee Hatcher is one of my favourite authors, and this book is on a similar theme to my work in progress, so I wanted to learn from her approach. It centres around a young woman who, although she mostly lives by Christian values, makes a mistake and becomes pregnant in her teenage years.

The storyline alternates between Erica’s adult present life in the story, and her younger years in the ’70s. Hatcher uses month and year dates on some of the chapters to notify the reader of the timeline. I like this because as a reader you are not left guessing where you are in the story. Knowing what year it is also helps you understand the setting of the chapter.

The author explores thoughts and emotions in depth from the point of view of each character, especially at certain pivotal times in their lives. In this story the main character keeps her teenage pregnancy a secret, but it resurfaces into her ‘perfect’ adult life, causing untold disruption. The superficial perfection is shattered. Disaster looms, but in the end each character goes through much soul-searching and come out better for it.

I would consider this more of a Women’s Fiction than a Romance because the turmoil eclipses the elements of romance, although there is a sweet ending involving decisions of love. The story would be viable even if it ended differently, as it likely would in most real life situations.

The topic is relevant, exploring teen pregnancy, adoption, secrecy, family relationships, friendship, and spirituality. Life isn’t perfect, even for Christians. Acceptance and forgiveness are central to true Christianity, not superficial perfection. God doesn’t stand in judgement; it is people who do this to each other, ruining lives in the process.

Jesus Christ gave his life to bring forgiveness. Until the church embraces this gospel, it is a sham of destruction. Hatcher does a good job of bringing out this hypocrisy as each character in the story faces their own pride and unforgiveness and with God’s help is able to forgive the others, resulting in a satisfying ending.

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https://www.kindle/Firstborn: A Novel

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