Her Steadfast Faith Kept Her Spirit Alive -- Author Janie Bess Shares How Her Life Journey Taught Her to Fight, Live, Love, and Hope

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• Source: Xlibris
• On 5:38 pm EDT, Thursday August 13, 2009

FAIRFIELD, Calif., Aug. 13, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A revealing memoir uncovers the years of struggles she endured. From Mississippi, Janie Bess and her family moved to California, hoping that they would find a greener pasture there. It wasn't easy to start anew, but together as one family, they did. With her young mind, she tried understanding why her family was starting to break apart.

Her parents fight over religion and morals; her fifteen-year-old sister was date-raped, got pregnant, and married after high school; her sixteen-year-old sister had also gotten married and expected a child; and her father had to leave her because her mother and sisters preferred it that way. She grew up with heartaches and hurts, but it never stopped her from loving. She fell in love with David, and they got married later. Their relationship was also tested many times by problems and unexpected circumstances.

Janie, a courageous and resilient woman, vividly brings her characters of her family alive and catches everyone's interest as she relives the light and dark of her childhood and early adulthood. But when her son David is born, a double handicap of profound deafness and later, total blindness, this personal story becomes much more interesting when it becomes a personal mission for Janie to save her child from destruction. Readers will surely find this a compelling read while on an inspiring journey. For more information on Visions, log on to www.Xlibris.com.

About the Author

Janie Bess is a mother and military wife who raised five children, including David, her eldest son who was born deaf and later was permanently blinded. She believes that she was meant to write this so others could learn from it and be uplifted by its message. Her next riveting novel is fiction, based on true-to-life depictions of a military family who has to adjust to the strange customs and corrupt lifestyle while living in The Philippine Islands, aka The Divorce Capital of the world. Check out her website: www.janiepbess.com.

                        VISIONS * by Janie P. Bess
            A Faith Inspired Journey of The Human Spirit
                     Publication Date: August 18, 2008
           Trade Paperback; $19.99; 367 pages; 978-1-4257-9896-3

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