Biography & Memoir Have the courage to listen to what’s calling you
Kathy Izard new THE HUNDRED STORY HOME:
A Memoir About Finding Faith in Ourselves and Something Bigger Kathy Izard Kathy Izard was a graphic designer, wife, mother of four daughters, and volunteer at Charlotte’s Urban Ministry Center when an unlikely meeting with formerly homeless author Denver Moore changed the course of her life. Inspired by Denver’s challenge to do more than serve in this soup kitchen, Kathy quit her job to take on what seemed like an unimaginable task in her second half of life—to build housing for Charlotte’s homeless. Woven together in this motivational story of a call to social action is Kathy’s personal journey to define the meaning of home and her own struggle with faith, family, and fulfillment. Reading this book will not only make you believe you can change the world, it will also end up changing you. Thomas Nelson. Coming in June. 9780785219880. $16.99; $12.49
about the author Kathy Izard was an awardwinning graphic designer for twenty years before joining the staff of the Urban Ministry Center in Charlotte, N.C. as the first director of Homeless to Homes, a Housing First program for the chronically homeless. Kathy and her family live in Charlotte.
A searing, offbeat, often hilarious memoir of spiritual disintegration and re-formation
Jamie Wright THE VERY WORST MISSIONARY: A Memoir or Whatever Jamie Wright
After finding faith at a suburban megachurch, Jamie trades in the easy life on the cul-de-sac for the green fields of Costa Rica. There, along with her family, she earnestly hopes to serve God and change lives. But faced with a yawning culture gap and persistent shortcomings in herself and her fellow workers, she soon loses confidence in the missionary enterprise and falls into a funk of cynicism and despair. Nearly paralyzed by depression, yet still wanting to make a difference, she decides to tell the whole, disenchanted truth, and launches a renegade blog, Jamie the Very Worst Missionary. Against all odds, she wins a large and passionate following, which leads her to see that maybe a “bad” missionary—awkward, doubtful, and vocal—is exactly what the world and the throngs of American do-gooders need. A disarming, ultimately inspiring spiritual memoir for well-intentioned contrarians everywhere. Convergent Books. 9780451496539. $16.00; $10.99 CV18
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about the author Jamie Wright blogs at Jamie the Very Worst Missionary, and travels widely to speak in support of groups working against human trafficking. She lives with her husband, their teenage sons, and their celebrity cat, Knives, in Northern California. 31
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