Courage in Patience
Beth Fehlbaum
(The Patience Trilogy #1)
Publication date: March 29th 2016
Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult
Courage to endure.
Courage to survive.
Courage to overcome.
Tenacious 14-year-old Ashley Asher claws her way back to normalcy after enduring six years of an unimaginable Hell. Uprooted from her negligent and selfish mother, Ashley finds solace in the safety of her father’s home. Building a relationship with her stepmother, she’s finally able to open up and confront the past that haunts her.
With the help of her stepmom, therapist, and a group of troubled adolescents, Ashley battles her demons, struggling to find the normal teenage life she’s always wanted. Can Ashley find the strength and courage to overcome the horrors of her past while fighting for the future she so deserves?
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Playlist The Patience Trilogy
Kate Wolf
David Wilcox
Everything But the Girl
Eliza Gilkyson
Shawn Colvin
Vangelis & Jon
The Avett Brothers
Mumford and Sons
Tom Russell
Rilo Kiley
Maroon 5
The Avett Brothers
David Wilcox
Iris Dement & Tom Russell
Tom Russell
The Avett Brothers
Chuck Pyle
Matchbox Twenty
The Fray
Tilly and the Wall
Hope in Patience
Hope to heal.
Hope to grow.
Hope to evolve.
Still shattered from the horrific events of her
childhood years, 15-year-old Ashley Asher is barely holding it together.
Battling her vicious and vile mother who still sees her as the villain and not
the victim, Ashley’s stuck in a cycle of self-injury and self-hatred as a
result--despite the many people who trying to pull her out of it.
Adolescence is hard, but throw in a new school, a
new family, and a father she hardly knows, Ashley's need for self-destruction
and pain intensifies. Her new therapist, Dr. Matt, may be unconventional with
bizarre antics, but he'll do whatever it takes to pull Ashley out of the
doldrums. Ashley just wants a crack at normalcy. But can her counselor and the
friends and family who love her teach her that "crazy is the new normal"
and that nobody has it easy?
Truth in
Patience
Truth in the
past.
Truth in
reality.
Truth for
tomorrow.
Finally adjusting to life in small town Texas,
Ashley Asher sees a glimmer of what happiness really is. Even her new
relationship with the attentive Joshua Brandt shows promise of a first romance.
But Ashley's fear of intimacy after years of unspeakable abuse may cause
friction and distance in their relationship.
Determined to prove to her that she's healing, Dr.
Matt, her beloved therapist, shows her that "life is messy." And he
doesn't know how messy it is about to get. When her mother decides that Ashley
belongs back in their hometown with her, Ashley is forced into another family
feud that she isn't prepared for. Refusing to leave behind the new life she
created in Texas, Ashley and her mother go head-to-head. But can Ashley finally
find the courage and strength to battle her demons when her mother might be the
biggest demon of all?
In addition to writing Young Adult Contemporary Fiction, Beth Fehlbaum is a high school English-Language Arts teacher who frequently draws on her experience as an educator to write her books. She has a B.A. in English, Minor in Secondary Education, and an M.Ed. in Reading.
Beth is a featured author on the 2015-2016 Spirit of Texas Reading List- High School for the Kirkus Starred Reviewed Big Fat Disaster (Merit Press/F+W Media, March 2014) and The Patience Trilogy: Courage (1), Hope (2), and Truth (3) (Steady On Books, April 2016).
Beth is a member of the RAINN (Rape , Abuse, Incest National Network) Speakers’ Bureau. She has a following in the young adult literature world and also among survivors of sexual abuse because of her work with victims’ advocacy groups.
She has been the keynote speaker at the National Crime Victims’ Week Commemoration Ceremony at the Hall of State in Dallas, Texas and a presenter for Greater Texas Community Partners, where she addressed a group of social workers and foster children on the subject of “Hope.”
Beth is in-demand as a panelist, having presented/appeared at the Texas Library Association Annual Conference, the American Library Association’s annual conference, YALSA, and N.C.T.E./ALAN, and she is a member of The Author’s Guild.
She is a survivor of a traumatic childhood, like Ashley in The Patience Trilogy, and the day-to-day manager of an eating disorder much like Colby’s in Big Fat Disaster. These life experiences give her a unique perspective, and she writes her characters’ stories in a way meant to inspire hope.
Beth lives with her family in the woods of East Texas.
You can find Beth online at http:www.bethfehlbaumbooks.com, http://www.uncommonya.com, on Facebook, and on https://twitter.com/bethfehlbaum.
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