Finding Grace: A True Story about Losing Your Way in Life...and Finding It Again

Written by Donna VanLiere

Narrated by Donna VanLiere

Finding Grace is the powerful, often humorous, and deeply moving story of one woman's journey of broken dreams. It is the story of how a painful legacy of the past is confronted and met with peace. This book is for anyone who has struggled to understand why our desires-even the simplest ones-are sometimes denied or who has questioned where God is when we need Him most. This story is about one woman's unlikely road to motherhood. Finally, it's a book about the "undeserved gift which is life itself." It's the story of "Finding Grace."

Donna VanLiere has entertained millions with her inspirational stories. In her new book, she gives us a candid look into her own life-a life filled with suffering and pain, but one that ultimately finds peace with itself.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Apr 20, 2009
• ISBN: 9781400181667

Donna VanLiere

Donna VanLiere is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Her much-loved Christmas Hope series includes The Christmas Shoes and The Christmas Blessing (both of which were adapted into movies for CBS Television), The Christmas Secret, The Christmas Journey, and The Christmas Hope, which was adapted into a film by Lifetime. She is also the author of The Angels of Morgan Hill and Finding Grace. VanLiere is the recipient of a Retailer's Choice Award for Fiction, a Dove Award, a Silver Angel Award, an Audie Award for best inspirational fiction, and a nominee for a Gold Medallion Book of the Year. She is a gifted speaker who makes regular appearances at conferences. She lives in Franklin, Tennessee, with her husband and their children.

Reviews for Finding Grace

[Mike Lowery · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Very healing. Words I needed to hear! Thank you for sharing your journey!

[tfs93 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I could relate to this story in many ways. I am so glad that Donna was able to overcome the setbacks in her life. I found the stories of how she was rewarded with her children to be very interesting. This book should touch many lives. I know it touched my life!

[suzieqkc · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Donna VanLiere is a woman who has been through the heartbreak of infertility. Through that lens she write about life's disappointments and how to cope with them. Definitely liked this book.

[anovelmenagerie · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

One of my life-long best friends is adopted. I recall us searching for and eventually finding her birth-mother only to discover that the genetics that she shared with them could never measure up to the love that she shared with her true family... the one that she was adopted into. I also know several mothers who have adopted their children. They have always known and truly believe that their children were destined to be theirs. I couldn't agree more and these are some of the best mothers I know. Donna VanLiere had every hope and every dream of a certain life and becoming a mother. After a childhood that included sexual abuse, she meets the man of her dreams and is fortunate enough to marry him. Her story takes the reader from the childhood dreams to her adult dreams of having children with her husband, Troy (who, by the way... sounds absolutely wonderful). However, after a tragic miscarriage, the couple is inexplicably faced with infertility. She questions God and tries to find his grace in her life as she craves from the depths of her soul to be blessed with children. Eventually, she does find that grace in the form of three beautiful children, two adopted from China and one from Guatemala. But, more than God's wonderful grace in these three children, she finds peace and grace in the entirety of her life. How she discovers it, she shares with the readers of this heartfelt book. I couldn't be more grateful for her moving words. On Sher's "Out of Ten Scale:" I needed this book at this stage in my life! Donna's story is one that brought me inspiration and reminded me that I have to be open to God's grace in my life in whatever form it is given to me. It may not be the way that I envisioned it and planned it, but His plan for me is greater than I can ever dream up myself. I pray for patience so much and it's still one of the biggest hurdles I face. I know that God is working on me and is preparing me for the greatness that will be the legacy of my life. This book helped remind me of that. For the genre Non-Fiction:Memoir/Spiritual, I am going to rate this book a 9 OUT OF 10.