{"id":11296,"date":"2018-01-14T20:23:06","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T01:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=11296"},"modified":"2018-01-14T20:23:06","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T01:23:06","slug":"book-review-no-one-ever-asked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=11296","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: No One Ever Asked"},"content":{"rendered":"

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No One Ever Asked<\/em><\/a> by Katie Ganshert<\/a>\u00a0is a great story!\u00a0 In 2018, I am making a concerted effort to read more fiction.\u00a0 I tend to lean towards Non-Fiction the majority of the time particularly in the areas of Theology, Christian Growth, Leadership, and Business.\u00a0 Those are all great things…but I need to sprinkle in some things that will help me be more creative.\u00a0 Two years ago I read the entire Harry Potter series in honor of a friend and was totally captivated by the story.\u00a0 I so enjoyed reading No One Ever Asked<\/em> because of all the areas that I can completely identify with…parenting, adoption, education, identity, etc.\u00a0 The book is every bit of 364 pages, but it’s one of those books that you just don’t want to finish because you don’t want to say goodbye to the families.\u00a0 The three main characters of this story are Anaya Jones, Camille Gray, and Jen Covington.\u00a0 When I first started the book, I worried that I’d have trouble keeping their stories straight.\u00a0 In the end, I realized that it was the beautiful way that God overlapped and tangled their stories that made this such a wonderful read.\u00a0 Rather than staying separate and in their own worlds, it was when they jumped in to the mess and began to truly talk to one another that amazing things happened.\u00a0 This is truly a story of redemption in the midst of a very difficult situation.\u00a0 All of the main characters struggle with fear in a variety of ways…things that all of us can resonate with.\u00a0 There are several references to Scripture throughout as well as mention of God intervening and the movement of the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n

I really enjoyed this book and would eagerly recommend it to others.\u00a0 The main idea of the book…just ask the question. Just have the conversation.\u00a0 Put your own pride aside and take a walk in someone else’s shoes and see what God is teaching you through that experience.<\/p>\n

Summary from the publisher’s website:<\/strong>
\nChallenging perceptions of discrimination and prejudice, this emotionally resonant drama for readers of Lisa Wingate and Jodi Picoult explores three different women navigating challenges in a changing school district\u2013and in their lives.<\/em><\/p>\n

When an impoverished school district loses its accreditation and the affluent community of Crystal Ridge has no choice but to open their school doors, the lives of three very different women converge: Camille Gray\u2013the wife of an executive, mother of three, long-standing PTA chairwoman and champion fundraiser\u2013faced with a shocking discovery that threatens to tear her picture-perfect world apart at the seams. Jen Covington, the career nurse whose long, painful journey to motherhood finally resulted in adoption but she is struggling with a happily-ever-after so much harder than she anticipated. Twenty-two-year-old Anaya Jones\u2013the first woman in her family to graduate college and a brand new teacher at Crystal Ridge\u2019s top elementary school, unprepared for the powder-keg situation she\u2019s stepped into. Tensions rise within and without, culminating in an unforeseen event that impacts them all. This story explores the implicit biases impacting American society, and asks the ultimate question: What does it mean to be human? Why are we so quick to put labels on each other and categorize people as \u201cthis\u201d or \u201cthat\u201d, when such complexity exists in each person?<\/em><\/p>\n

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through their book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission\u2019s 16 CFR, Part 255 <http:\/\/www.access.gpo.gov\/nara\/cfr\/waisidx_03\/16cfr255_03.html<\/a>> : \u201cGuides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No One Ever Asked by Katie Ganshert\u00a0is a great story!\u00a0 In 2018, I am making a concerted effort to read more fiction.\u00a0 I tend to lean towards Non-Fiction the majority of the time particularly in the areas of Theology, Christian Growth, Leadership, and Business.\u00a0 Those are all great things…but I need to sprinkle in some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,21,14,25,16,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adoption","category-bible-study","category-book-review","category-education","category-family","category-marriage"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}