Bøker av Mary Ann Parfitt

In Starting Over Single, we saw Shelby leading a separated and divorced support group to fit in with her church community. The second book of the Starting Over Single Series follows Shelby on her journey of growth, exploring new relationships, pursuing a career, and building a life with her kids. As she struggles to find others who share her experience of heartache from divorce and the challenges of single parenting, she learns relationships are difficult. It is not easy to find love and learn to trust again. Will Shelby's love for Shawn come to fruition? Is he the right man for her? As her career grows, Shelby wonders if success will undermine her relationship with men.Looking back at how much she's overcome, Shelby sees that finding love doesn't always end in marriage. And that's ok.A healthy, happy relationship takes two people who are strong enough to be separate individuals, bringing their lives together to share the joy of life. Kids grow up and leave home. Parents die. Grandkids are born. Making the most of all our gifts in life is the key to happiness.

Shelby Good never thought that God's plan for her life would involve being a divorced, single mother struggling to get by. Being plunged into poverty with young children to care for she found herself feeling like, "What did I do to deserve this?" Being married young and having no education or work skills, she was not prepared to support her family. When she turned to the church for emotional help, to her surprise, she no longer felt like she fit in. Lost and confused, she went on a search to find other people who could relate to her. She began leading a support group for separated and divorced Catholics, where others had experienced the same feelings of rejection as she had. Together, with other groups, they fought for their place in the church community. In her new role as a leader in the church, she found herself and a new purpose for her life. This is a story of starting over amid pain and loneliness, building new relationships, enjoying life, and learning to trust again.