SAHM I Am
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Publisher Description
For the members of a stay-at-home-moms' e-mail loop, lunch withfriends is a sandwich in front of the computer. But where else couldthey discuss things like…
Success: Her workaholic husband is driving Dulcie Huckleberry aroundthe bend. It's hard to love someone in sickness and in health whenhe's never home!
Art: Let the children express themselves, opines artistic ZeliaMuzuwa, and then her son's head gets stuck inside a kitty scratchingpost…
Health: Surely aches and pains are normal in an active little boy, yetthose of soccer-mom Jocelyn Millard's son don't seem to be going away.
Motherhood: Teen-mom-turned-farmer's-wife Brenna Lindberg can dealwith the mud and the chickens, but what about her husband's desire fora child of his own?
Indiscretions: However youthful, they can come back to haunt you,learns pastor's wife Phyllis Lorimer.Amends: These could stand to be made between officious list moderatorRosalyn Ebberly and her pampered sister, Veronica. Perhaps the otherSAHM I AMers can teach these two something about sisterhood.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Can a novel consisting entirely of e-mails be enjoyable faith fiction? Efken's charming, light debut offers a resounding and surprising "yes." Several stay-at-home moms (the "SAHM" of the title) from across the country become friends and confidantes through an e-mail chat group. Rosalyn Ebberly is the self-righteous moderator (her prov31woman@ home.com e-mail address is a tip-off) who, although exaggerated, will be recognizable to anyone who has ever regularly attended church. Some mothers rebel against her judgmental and self-glorifying e-mails by starting a subversive alternative e-mail loop, humorously dubbed "Green Eggs and Ham." The problems they chat about are familiar: the unfortunately named Dulcie Huckleberry is frustrated by her husband's long absences on business; Zelia Muzuwa is an artist whose creative home-schooling isn't going over well with her more structured husband; Phyllis Lorimer is a pastor's wife dealing with a demanding congregation. The flow between e-mails is surprisingly smooth, and the characters well developed through their correspondence. Efken keeps the mood light, although she's not afraid to tackle serious topics such as infertility, marital difficulties and chronic illness. Christian readers will savor this fresh entr e and likely want to start e-mail loops of their own.
