Ultimate Makeover-The Transforming Power of Motherhood - Hardcover

Carrie Gress

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1942611714 ISBN 13: 9781942611714

Publisher: Wellspring, 2016

Synopsis

Imagine receiving a makeover that not only promised to make you more beautiful, but softened the rough edges of your personality, helped you gain control of your emotions, better manage your relationships, and grow in wisdom. And what if it could actually make you happy?

Sounds too good to be true, right? Yet every woman can experience this makeover with the gift of motherhood. Along with your new bundle of joy, there are real rewards just waiting to be claimed.

Motherhood is difficult—there's no getting around it. And yet, the challenges a woman faces when she becomes a mother don't have to be in vain. Instead of a series of frustrating, exhausting, or exasperating experiences, author Carrie Gress (a mother of four young children) sees daily life as an opportunity to grow gracefully as a woman, mother, wife, and friend.

About this title

About the Author

Carrie Gress has a doctorate in philosophy from the Catholic University of America and was the Rome bureau chief of Zenit's English edition. She is the co-author with George Weigel of City of Saints: A Pilgrimage to John Paul II s Krakow and the author of Nudging Conversions, published by Beacon Publishing in 2015. A mother of four, she and her family live in Virginia.

Review

This is not a book to be read once and put away on a shelf. This is a spiritual companion for mothers to turn to time and time again. Carrie Gress provides here a precious resource to help us navigate the ups and downs of real-life motherhood while growing in grace at the same time. With refreshing honesty, practical advice, and a wealth of wisdom from the Church, Ultimate Makeover will help any woman make the most of her motherhood. --Gina Loehr, author of The Four Teresas and Saint Francis, Pope Francis

Ultimate Makeover is an outside-the-box view of motherhood, offering a new perspective for not merely surviving but thriving as a mother today. --Vicki Thorn, founder of Project Rachel

Carrie Gress has a delightful sense of humor, and every mother I know will be able to relate to this book. --Terry Polakovic, founder of Endow

"I am grateful for this book. Up until now the Protestants have cornered this market by focusing upon the Proverb's woman: "Charm is deceptive and beauty fleeting; the woman who fears the LORD is to be praised" (Proverbs 31:30). What Carrie Gress has done is added a Catholic depth to a beautiful Protestant insight, but shown the depth through all the virtues and the lives of the saints." -- Msgr. Charles Pope"

Edition details

• Publisher: Wellspring
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1942611714
• ISBN 13: 9781942611714
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 141