To Know You

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Julia Whittakers rocky past yielded two daughters, both given up for adoption as infants. Now she must find them to try to save her son.

Julia and Matt Whittakers son has beaten the odds for thirteen years only to have the oddsand his livercrash precipitously. The only hope for his survival is a living liver transplant, but the transplant list is long and Dillons time is short. His two older half-sisters, born eighteen months apart to two different fathers, offer his only hope for survival.

But can Julia ask a young womansomeone she surrendered to strangers long ago and has never spoken withto make such a sacrifice to save a brother shes never known Can she muster the courage to journey back into a shame-filled season of her life, face her choices and their consequences, and find any hope of healing

And what if she discovers in her own daughters lives that a history of foolish choices threatens to repeat itself Julia knows shes probably embarking on a fools errandsearching for the daughters she abandoned only now that she needs something from them. But love compels Julia to take this journey. Can grace and forgiveness compel her daughters to join her

In To Know You, Shannon Ethridge and Kathryn Mackel explore how the past creates the present . . . and how even the most shattered lives can be redeemed.

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To Know You is a story of what a family goes through when one of their own needs a liver transplant- it is heart wrenching and heartwarming at the same time. The characters have all the emotions one would have when dealing with all the doctors, waiting lists, tests, etc. Ethridge and Mackel merge their talents into one amazing novel. * RT Book Reviews, 4 stars *

Author Bio

Shannon Ethridge is a best-selling author, international speaker, and certified life coach with a masters degree in counseling human relations from Liberty University. She has spoken to youth, college students, and adults since 1989, and is the author of 21 books, including the million-copy best-selling Every Womans Battle series.She is a frequent guest on TVand radio programs, such as The Today Show , The 700 Club , New Life Live! with Stephen Arterburn, and Life Today with James and Betty Robison. She also mentors aspiring writers and speakers through her BLAST Program (Building Leaders, Authors, Speakers and Teachers). Although grateful for the opportunities to influence this generation as a writer and speaker, Shannon remains most passionate about her role as a wife and best friend to her husband, Greg, and a mother to daughter, Erin, and son, Matthew. Learn more at www.ShannonEthridge.com.