That Faith, That Trust, That Love: A Novel (Strivers Row) - Softcover

Ellis, Jamellah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812966562 ISBN 13: 9780812966565

Publisher: Villard, 2003

Synopsis

2002 Gold Pen award winner for Best Christian Fiction

Marley Shepherd should be on top of the world—she’s a lawyer at a prestigious law firm and engaged to marry the crown prince of Atlanta black society. But soon she begins to see that her life—and her fiancé—are not as perfect as she thought. Marley seeks comfort in her mother and grandmother, but they are too consumed with anger at each other, and too blinded by their past, to save Marley from the disaster that will turn her life—and theirs—upside down. Then Marley has a spiritual awakening . . .

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From the Author

I wrote this book for the ordinary person who struggles to overcome the extraordinary challenges of life--I think that includes us all. If you've faced situations on your job or in your relationships and wondered how you'd overcome them, God has a word for you. Through the lives of Marley Shepherd, a distressed lawyer who has doubts about her impending marriage; her mother, Pamela, who struggles to find happiness as a divorced woman; and Pamela's mother, Ma Grand, who can't figure out how to admit the mistakes she's made in life, That Faith, That Trust, That Love shows how God's faithfulness is a refuge--even when we don't realize or welcome it. For those of us who've tried to navigate life's storms on our own, we see through the lives of Marley, Pam, and Ma Grand that God is waiting and longing to carry us through those storms. When Marley, Pam, and Ma Grand are able to push aside the corrupt ministers and the hypocritical churches and open their hearts to God, they find peace and triumph awaiting them. I pray that this book entertains, uplifts, and inspires you. God bless!

From the Back Cover

Advance Praise for That Faith, That Trust, That Love

“With writing that is magical, Jamellah Ellis tells a true tale that is so heartwarming you’ll be smiling long after the last page.” —Victoria Christopher Murray, bestselling author of Joy and Temptation

“Scenes like the ghetto-fabulous wedding will make you scream, while others are so sad they might make you wail. Jamellah Ellis’s writing is beautiful, and her real-life honesty is even more magnificent. I believe that I hear angels singing.” —Sharon Ewell Foster, author of Passing by Samaria and Ain’t No River

“Fresh prose and keen insight . . . Well-paced, heartwarming and a timely challenge to traditional attitudes in the Black church today.” —Hamil Harris, The Washington Post

“The author crafts a memorable portrait of her protagonist’s passage of spiritual rediscovery while effectively fictionalizing life-altering circumstances that can break even the strongest of us.” —Tia Shabazz, executive director and founder, Black Writers Alliance

“That Faith, That Trust, That Love is an excellent debut novel from a wonderful new Christian author who I’m sure will be around for a long time!” —Pamela Walker Williams, PageTurner.net

About this edition

• Publisher: Villard
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0812966562
• ISBN 13: 9780812966565
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352