McClendon Reviews: A Bridge Named Susan by Sharon Chase Hoseley A Bridge Named Susan By Sharon Chase Hoseley Wow! I really don’t know what to say about such a wonderful book! A Bridge Named Susan is about the life of the author’s mother, who was named Susan. Susan started out life with things against her, namely her own mother. She was a girl. They had a farm and farms needed boys, not girls, at least in Minnie’s opinion. Susan’s daddy,…..
Human Relations Indie Book Awards – Life Challenges Human Relations Indie Book Gold Winner (Tie) A Bridge Named Susan by Sharon Chase Hoseley (XLibris) Gold Winner (Tie) Falling Together: How to Find Balance, Joy, and Meaningful Change when Your Life Seems to be Falling Apart by Donna Cardillo (She Writes Press)
Pacific Book Review Star Awarded to Books of Excellent Merit  A strong woman’s trust in God is the bridge that helps her stay connected to her parents, her siblings and her husband through a life fraught with one challenge after another in this story of faith and family in this period-piece novel titled A Bridge Named Susan by author Sharon Chase Hoseley. Susan, a child born into a hardscrabble existence in the early 1900s in an untamed spot in…..
Pacific Book Review Star Awarded to Books of Excellent Merit  A strong woman’s trust in God is the bridge that helps her stay connected to her parents, her siblings and her husband through a life fraught with one challenge after another in this story of faith and family in this period-piece novel titled A Bridge Named Susan by author Sharon Chase Hoseley. Susan, a child born into a hardscrabble existence in the early 1900s in an untamed spot in…..
“Stand still,” Mama commanded as she jerked the hairbrush out of my hand and pulled hard through my tangled mop. Instinctively, I screamed. “You will not scream at me.” She threatened. She shoved me down on the stool in front of the kitchen wash basin where I’d been standing on my tippy-toes trying to see in our cracked mirror. I jammed my fist in my mouth and shut my eyes tight, trying to concentrate on the safe place in my…..
“If you knew Susie, like I know Susie, oh, oh, oh what a gal . . .” It followed me around like a faithful dog. The local musicians, always quick to pick up a new catchy tune, were soon playing it and we were two-stepping it at the local dances. The Nolan family with eight kids, lived on a farm not far from the schoolhouse. One was named Walt. He made it his mission to always ask me to dance…..
Welcome. My name is Sharon Chase Hoseley, author of A Bridge Named Susan. I’m so happy to have you as a visitor to my blog about my new book. This project is very special to me, and I hope to share some of that excitement with you here. I’ll be using this blog to interact with you about A Bridge Named Susan, expanding on some of the topics in it and blogging on some of the ideas related to…..