Love Letters From The Edge by Shelly Beach and Wanda Sanchez Review

Love Letters from the Edge: Meditations for Those Struggling with Brokenness, Trauma, and the Pain of Life by Shelly Beach and Wanda Sanchez

Millions of women in the United States battle with after-effects of suffering so great they've developed post-traumatic stress disorder—the same suffering experienced by soldiers who've gone through war. Sexual and physical abuse, catastrophic accidents, abandonment, natural disasters, invasive medical procedures, and many other painful and overwhelming events can trigger symptoms they are little equipped to deal with and hard-pressed to recognize.

Love Letters from the Edge provides a voice for those struggling to express this pain and reveals intimate encouragement for those in desperate need to hear God’s words of love and deliverance. This heartfelt devotional focuses on the profound laments in the book of Psalms. Each meditation begins with a letter from someone in the throes of despair and then offers a tender response to their pain from God’s perspective.

Fresh, honest, and intimate, Love Letters from the Edge will reach readers who never expected to hear good news from where they are and point them toward the hope and healing of Christ.

Authors:

Shelly Beach was born in Muskegon, Michigan, and grew up along the shoreline of Lake Michigan. She won the Christy Award with her first contemporary Christian novel in 2008 and was nominated for the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association Book of the Year award that same year for her nonfiction. She has written two novels and authored or co-authored nine non-fiction books.

Shelly is the co-founder of the Breathe Writer's Conference in Grand Rapids and the founder of the Cedar Falls Christian Writer's Workshop in Cedar Falls, IA. She is also a co-founder of PTSDPerspectives.org and provides consultation services on post-traumatic stress disorder in medical, mental health, educational, criminal justice, professional, and faith-based settings across the nation. When Shelly is not writing, consulting, or speaking, she loves to travel. The parents of two adult children, Shelly and her husband Dan live in Western Michigan and love doting on their adorable and brilliant grandchildren and being entertained by their 16 year old dachshund, Beanie.

Wanda Sanchez Executive producer of the longest running radio talk show in the Northern California-San Francisco market. With more than 20 years of broadcast media experience in television and radio, Wanda is the executive publicist at WLS Communications, a public relations/media consulting/communications start-up in Grand Rapids, MI.

She speaks across the nation in prisons, in mental health and physical health facilities, writers conferences and at women's conferences on the topic of trauma, hope and healing. She can be found atwww.PTSDPerspectives.org or at www.WandaSanchez.com.

My Review:

This is a great book for anyone that is fighting a battle. It will help you meditate and try to relax. There are also some religious aspects to the book. What I liked best was the way I felt empathy for my traumas as I read through this book. It is definitely a book that has a  useful devotional and I recommend it for anyone that needs encouragement. I am giving this book a 4/5. I was given a copy to review from The Book Club Network Inc., however all opinions are my own.