Converting Kate by Beckie Weinheimer

CONVERTING KATE

by Beckie Weinheimer

Young Adult Fiction
Viking
www.BeckieWeinheimer.org

5 Signed Copies will be given away on January 30, 2009





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Synopsis:

Kate was raised in the Church of the Holy Divine--it's influenced everything in her life from her homeschooling to her ugly handmade clothes. But ever since the death of her nonreligious father, Kate has suspected there's more to life than memorizing Bible passages.

Taking advantage of a move to a new town, Kate--to her devout mother's horror--quits the Holy Divine. She replaces it with the cross country team at her public school, her father's beloved book collection and services at a tradional Christian church. But these new diversions don't bring all the answers she's looking for. And as Kate struggles to come to terms with her father's death and her mother's blind allegiance to the Holy Divine, she discovers there's a big difference between religion and faith--and that the two don't always go hand in hand. Viking Books 2007

About the Author:

Beckie Weinheimer lives in New York City with her husband. She has two adult daughters. When she isn't writing or emailing she likes to take walks in the wooded park near her home, listen to books on her Iphone, watch movies with her husband, shop at local green markets, street fairs, and hunt for bargain clothing. She loves to travel and swim in very cold oceans. She finds cleaning to be therapeutic! Need your tub scrubbed?

Visit her website at: www.BeckieWeinheimer.org