Healing Sands (Sullivan Crisp Series #3)

by Nancy Rue, Stephen Arterburn

Overview

With her life spinning out of control, Ryan Coe just wants to find a place where she can rest.

Ryan Coe feels lost. Her marriage is over, her kids are living with their dad, her God-life is silent, and her patience is practically nonexistent. To top it off, her once exciting job as a photojournalist has been reduced to taking pictures of enchilada festivals and B-level actors. But when she arrives at the scene of a crime and sees her son’s face through her zoom lens, her world crashes. Her only mission: to find out who really did this and why they framed her.

But before she can help anyone. Ryan's got to get her anger in check. She turns to Sullivan Crisp's Healing Choices clinic, but even that doesn't go according to plan. Quirky and unusual don't even begin to describe Sully, and Ryan soon realizes he isn't the quick-fix therapist she was hoping for. Between his unorthodox counseling and a group of women who are the first real friends she's had in a long time, Ryan begins to realize it's not control she's looking for, but something much more powerful.

• Inspirational contemporary read
• The third book in the Sullivan Crisp series, but can be enjoyed as a standalone
  • Book one: Healing Stones
  • Book two: Healing Waters
  • Book three: Healing Sands
• Includes discussion questions for reading groups and an excerpt from Healing Waters

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781595544285
Publisher:	Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date:	12/13/2009
Series:	Sullivan Crisp Series , #3
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Nancy Rue has written over 100 books for girls, is the editor of the Faithgirlz Bible, and is a popular speaker and radio guest with her expertise in tween and teen issues. She and husband, Jim, have raised a daughter of their own and now live in Tennessee.

Stephen Arterburn is a New York Times bestselling author with more than eight million books in print. He most recently toured with Women of Faith, which he founded in 1995. Arterburn founded New Life Treatment Centers as a company providing Christian counseling and treatment in secular psychiatric hospitals. He also began “New Life Ministries”, producing the number-one Christian counseling radio talk show, New Life Live, with an audience of more than three million. He and his wife Misty live near Indianapolis.

Editorial Reviews

In the third series entry (after Healing Stones and Healing Waters, selected as the 2009 Women of Faith Novel of the Year), single mom and photojournalist Ryan Alexander-Coe takes a job at a small-town newspaper to be closer to her two sons, who chose to live with their father after her divorce. When one of the boys is arrested, Ryan's anger spills over and brings her to the office of Dr. Sullivan Crisp. Sully is also in crisis, looking for the woman he blames for causing the death of his wife and daughter. Ryan and Sully may never find peace unless they turn to God for grace and guidance. VERDICT Recommended for readers facing storms in their own lives.\

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