Daughter & Mom join Writers Unite to Fight Cancer

donnashellyDonna Richards and her daughter Shelley Rice co-authored the book, CHRISTMAS TREASURES FROM THE HEART. It outlines the wonderful times they spent with their family because of Donna’s  hard work and service to other people. It took her months and months to plan each activity. Her children and grandchildren look forward each year to the new activity that Grandma will provide for them. They adore this time together, and it means much more to each of them than just a simple giving of cash ever could. Shelly became passionate about putting this book together in a beautiful way in honor of her wonderful mother’s dedication to our family.

They  join with Pamela Goodfellow and other Goodfellow Publishing Services authors in celebration as they release their books. Each of them has been touched in some way by cancer. Together they formed the Writers Unite To Fight Cancer group to increase awareness and help find a cure for this dreadful disease by raising funds for cancer research.  In their own family, a sister-in-law and a dear friend have passed away as victims to breast cancer.  Donna and Shelly are grateful for the opportunity to take part in the GPS book celebration and fund raising benefit for the American Association for Cancer Research. The event will take place on September 25th, 2010 from 7:00pm to 10:00 pm where they will be launching their book, CHRISTMAS TREASURES FROM THE HEART, alongside seven other authors’ works, and contribute a portion of their sales to the AACR.  They invite you to make a donation to Writers Unite to Fight Cancer on-line.

Book Review of Jodi Picoult’s Handle with Care

Handle with CareHandle with Care Jodi Piccoult dramatically presents poignant issues surrounding a parent’s right to choose whether or not to terminate a pregnancy due to information obtained from testing. The readers opinion about the political hot topic of abortion is examined through medical, moral, ethical, legal, and social ramifications. The storyline is crafted as skillfully as her other novels, with her protective yet realistic presentation of yet another endangered child category.

Each character has their personal battles as well as involvement in with the precocious five year old, Willow, who has osteogenisis imperfecta type III. Sean O’Keefe, the father, views the world in black and white and is a police officer. He is married to Charlotte, the mother, who sees things in multiple shades of gray. She is a pastry chef who is so protective of Willow that all other matters fall to the side. Amelia, the half-sister, is a teen caught in the middle of the chaos who turns to self-mutilization and bulemia trying to cope. Piper – Charlotte’s best friend is the obstetrician. Marin is Charolotte’s attorney – who is having an identity crisis – trying to find her birth mother.

The narrative redefines love, law, family values, religious conviction in reviting colorful language. Delicate situations are practically compared to recipes that are graciously shared. This riviting page-turned is a must have for the personal library of family drama enthusiasts.