It’s TBT, Reader Friends!
Today’s Throwback Thursday Book spotlight, Embracing Hope, is written by Janell Butler Wojtowicz. We’re traveling back in time to 2016, when Embracing Hope was released. Have you read it? If not, be sure to add it to your TBR pile!
About the Book
The Blurb: “Christian college dean Drew McKinley mourns his dead wife and still wears his wedding ring. He stumbles on a desperate journey to understand God’s motives for her tragic death. Crossing his perilous path is Allison, a graduate student and new employee in the dean’s office. Even as she deals with financial hardships, she recognizes Drew’s unresolved grief from her own loss. Putting up a roadblock is Chris Whitney, the handsome but egotistical student senate president. He carries the secret burden of a dysfunctional family and a below-the-surface temper. The road Drew must navigate is fraught with career upheaval, a reawakening heart, substance and domestic abuse, a violent assault, and the struggle for forgiveness and restoration. Will Drew finish his journey to embrace the hope God offers, the love Allison shares, and the guidance Chris needs, or will he turn his back on all three with catastrophic consequences?”
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About the Author
Janell Butler Wojtowicz, born and raised on an Iowa farm, was one of those kids who loved to write the dreaded “What I did on summer vacation” essay. She attended the University of Northwestern in St. Paul, Minnesota, earning a bachelor’s degree in, naturally, Written Communication, adding a Journalism Emphasis. She returned to Iowa where she worked as a reporter/editor at three small town newspapers for 10 years.
Janell left the small town Iowa life when she married, Frank Wojtowicz, a family friend who lived in Minneapolis. (By the way, her Polish last name is pronounced “Why-tow-vitch.) She worked in public relations at her alma mater, the University of Northwestern; Leadership Foundations, a nonprofit organization supporting inner-city Christian ministries; and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. Today, Janell owns a freelance service, A Portrait in Words, and is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers.
Much of Janell’s writing has been the “people stories” of trial, tragedy and triumph, which are reflected in her debut novel, “Embracing Hope.” The idea for the novel came after watching a BBC version of “Jane Eyre” in 2007. That night she dreamed the beginning, pivotal scene in the middle and the ending of “Embracing Hope”, and began writing it the next day.
She and Frank, live in New Brighton, Minnesota, a pleasant suburb of the Twin Cities. She has two step-sons, a step-daughter-in-law, and three step-granddaughters.
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Giveaway
Janell Butler Wojtowicz is giving away an eBook copy of Embracing Hope (international can enter). Leave a comment by 4/18/18 11:59pm EDT for a chance to win. I will use a random generator to pick a winner on 4/19/18 (be sure to come back and check if you won). To enter leave a blog comment.
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Toni Shiloh 
Thank you for sharing! Sounds like a good read!
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You’re welcome!
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Sounds like a book I would like to read. Thanks for the opportunity to enter this giveaway.
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Good luck!
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This book sounds like a perfect read for me, about 17 months ago I lost my Husband of 20 years to Kidney Cancer & there are times I ask myself why did I have to lose him. I have gone thru this twice in my life time, I lost my first Husband of 21 years to Type 1 Diabetes at the age of 46 & then I lost my second Husband. Grief is a difficult thing to go thru because it comes & goes no matter how much time goes by. I would love a chance to win this book. Thanks for your generosity.
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You’re the winner! Congrats.
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