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to learn about, esp, since jon has been to Nicaragua where he learned about people of the dump and brought back beaded bracelets that they are making to raise money there.
also, as I learn about Malaria in Africa, Cool to see the journey of these women, one pregnant teen and her mom, one unable to have a child and unsure of her marriage, one "famous" career broadcaster, and the people they met and how it changed their lives.

What an amazing book! This book is definitely going on my list of topfavorite books, I won this book in a blog giveaway but it sat on my shelf for too long and I forgot I had it.
I was looking for an inspiring book to read on Sabbath and remembered that I had a copy of this book in my spare bedroom.


Once I started reading, I couldn't put it down, I laughed. I cried. I grew very attached to most of the characters, What makes this story so wonderful is that it's inspired by a nonprofit organization, The author decided to write this book after she traveled to South Africa on a mission trip,

Living in the United States, it's easy to forget that there are people who have nothing, My husband and I aren't rich but we lack nothing, All of our bills are paid and we have extra money for buying books, going to cultural events, or the occasional meal out.
It's hard for me to imagine that there are people who live in shacks smaller than the size of my living room, who eat less in a day than what I eat in a meal.
It's heartrending and this book reflects that reality, Interesting true story and the lives of four young ladies transformed as they served God in Africa, "Beaded Hope" was a wellwritten and enjoyable inspirational general fiction, It's fastpaced and full of suspense, I was quickly engaged by the realistic characters and their realistic struggles, and I cared about what happened to them.
The worldbuilding was excellent and brought everything especially South Africa alive in my imagination,

Most of the main characters were Christians, There was some Godtalk and praying, but no preaching at the reader, Unless you're strongly antiGod, you probably won't be bothered by the religious content of this novel,

There was no sex and no bad language, The novel was a bit of a tearjerkerwhat happened to the characters made me crybut it was also full of hope.
Overall, I'd highly recommend this wellwritten novel,


This book was a review copy sent to me by the publisher, Beaded Hope is the story of four women who went on a mission trip to South Africa, Each of them taking this trip to get away, Once there they learned many of the women they were helping were infected with the aids virus and raising children.
They saw the women's deep faith in God and determination to care for their family all while being sick, When theses mothers succumbed to their illness the children were taken in by other mothers or raised by siblings,
The four women helped start a non for profit by selling jewelry made by the South African women to help them support their families.



This book was wonderful, I also had the honor of being invited to a book club where Cathy and Jennifer, the Beaded Hope founder, came and spoke about the book and their experiences/stories on their trips to a South Africa.
They also spoke about Beaded Hope's mission and the women it helps, Their stories were very inspiring and full of hope, to come I don't normally say this, but this book was an emotional read, It made me cry it was that good, first reviewed here sitelink . .

Title: Beaded Hope
Author: Cathy Liggett
Series: No
Chapters:plus epilogue
Pages:
Genre: Christian chick lit/ real life fiction
Rating:Stars/
Four America women with nothing in common build relationships with South African and each other.
Cassandra is looking for away to advance her career, Heidi a single mom is trying to figure out what to do with her teenage daughter, Katie is a pregnant teenage trying to figure life out, Gabby is looking for an escape, after suffering another miscarriage, These four women will find more than they bargained for in South Africa, and they will ever be the same.

Beaded Hope is an awesome read, Very emotional very seldom do I read a book that makes me cry however with Beaded Hope I was crying off and on through the whole book.
The book though fiction is written about an actual missions trip, The bead for hope is an actual project in which women in South Africa and other African countries learn to make beaded artwork and jewelry in order to support themselves and their families.

Beaded Hope is a wonderful read, I recommend that every one read this book there is even a readers guide at the back of the book if you wanted to read it for a book club.
Three women and one teenager, bound together by a mission trip to South Africa, Beaded Hope is a book inspired by a nonprofit organization by the same name,

Gabrielle, a children's minister at Graceview Church, a young woman with a deep love of children, who has struggled with infertility issues all of her married life.


Cassandra, an aging news anchor, desperate to keep her job and looking for a story that will be a heart grabber.


Heidi, a young widow and her teenage stepdaughter Katie, both struggling since their husband and dad passed away.


What could these women possibly have in common and how in the world did they end up on a mission trip to South Africa together

Beaded Hope is a heartwarming story of the women and children of South Africa, who suffer from HIV and AIDS looking to serve the Lord and looking to make a living for themselves.
Paired up with this unlikely mission team, they are quickly becoming friends and each team member, even the South Africans find themselves ministering to the other.


A wonderful story of love, hope and redemption, you will not want to put this book down till you finish it.
I cried and laughed along as I read, most definitely a book to keep in your permanent library,pages.USstars

This book was provided for review purposes only, no payment was received for this review,
Four women each beset by their own problems including a mother and a teenage daughter set out for South Africa on a church sponsored mission trip.
This trip will bind their hearts and souls forever to the women of South Africa as well as one another.


This book gives the reader an inside glimpse at the life and trials of South African women and their children as they fight and try to survive the AIDS pandemic.
Be sure to have a Kleenex handy but this book is well worth the read, Makes me now want to find out what I can do to help these South African women and children,

Ligget's characters are well written and even though they are Christians all at varying stages of their faith walk they come through loudly warts and all.
I loved how well this book was written and I am so glad it ended in a happy note, This book got me very emotional and I just could not set it down it kept me engaged, Great book. Beaded Hope is the story of four women who embark on a mission trip to Africa, Each of them has reasons to be sorrowful, scared, or friendless, The trip is taken by all of them to escape from their current life for a few weeks, What they didnt expect was to find themselves in a land so foreign from their own, They are introduced to Jaleela, who despite having aides has a dream God, one she feels will come true because of these women.
Jaleela and the other women make beaded jewelry, She is confidant God will provide the means through these women for the jewelry to be sold in America,

The seemingly small amount of money the jewelry would sell for in America would be a significant amount to these women and their families.
Many of these families are made up of only women and children, Many are sick with the aids virus, When the mothers die the children are taken in by other mothers

or raised by an older sibling,

Through helping and observing the women in Africa they discover and admit to their own weaknesses and they find a stronger faith in God.
Each of them returns home with a stronger faith and new friendships, The plight of these families while sad does not overwhelm the book, I wasnt filled with despair after reading it as I often am when watching some television commercials for feed the children.


While the circumstances are equally as bad as the commercials there is a light of faith shinning through the stories of these women.
While the story is fiction, the reality is real, There is a Beaded Hope organization and you can purchase jewelry to help these women and their families,

I liked this book, I was able to learn about another way of life so different from my own, When I finished reading it once again I am reminded of how much I have and take for granted, Bravo Cathy Liggett for getting my attention without making me weary, A fantastic book! The book Beaded Hope by Cathy Liggett deals with the strong emotional struggles ofwomen and a teenage girl who all go on a mission trip to South Africa.
Two of the women go with all the wrong motives but all four of these characters undergo transforming changes in their life perspectives through their experiences with a group of South African women they meet.
The reader is shown not only the tragic circumstances of a group of women being cared for through a hospice organization for women with AIDS but also the courage and faith these women exhibit in their circumstances.
There are so many themes in this bookthe grief of a woman who desperately wants to have children and is unable to do so, a mother dealing with the loss of her husband and her stepdaughter's rebellion, a teenage girl coping with the loss of a father and an unexpected pregnancy, and a woman traumatized by her past who is struggling who has put her career before everything and everyone.
A pervasive theme in the book is the one of faith and trusting in God to meet our needs, Excellent read. Powerful message This was a truly inspiring book, I knew from the moment I picked it up, that I would have a hard time putting it down, That's just what happened too! I finished it in a few hours!
We often hear of such heartbreaking stories and wonder how people can be so good through so little, the answer is always LOVE.
You learn that once again with this story of these women and their journey to South Africa, It makes you wish you had your own triumphant battle of overcoming the odds, Generally we are ordinary people, So we look up to the stories of extraordinary from little or nothing,
Kudos to the author for sharing this story, adapted from their own experiences, Beaded Hope is about women helping women the wrong assumption is that the American women are going to go help those in Africa, when in fact the African women help the Americans far more.


The American women heading off on a missions trip to South Africa: Gabby, fleeing the pain of fertility and miscarriages and a hurting marriage.
Heidi and her daughter Katie, hiding the secret of teen pregnancy that has ostracized them at home, Cassandra, an 'aging' reporter hoping for the big story that will rejuvenate her career,

The African women have deep faith and a passion to help others transforms their lives, Mama Penny, loved by all does all a Mother Theresa of Africa, Jaleela, AIDS infected with two beautiful children, looking for a way to help her community by selling beaded jewelry to people in the United States.


Inspiring! I was reading this book at work and there were times when I was afraid I was going to start bawling cause there were so many heartwrenching moments, but this was an excellent read.
Four women, one was a teen, go to South Africa on a Mission trip in the Spring, They each had their own selfish reason for going but when they connect with each other and with the African women they grow in ways they never knew was possible.
Keep some tissues nearby if you are sensitive to stories like this one, Enjoy. Now I want to read a set of books that take place in Africa, gonna have to add them to my list here.
After winning this book as a First Read, I sat down and read over half of the book the first night I just could not put it down! Although I'm really not into "inspirational" stories, there was enough truelife detail and well thought out characters to make this an excellent book, and one that I will certainly recommend to others.
It was less a story about a trip to Africa than a story of four women finding out who they truly are, just happening to be together in South Africa.
This book does have a very mild Christian influence, but I do not think a person of another religion would be put off by reading it I love how each woman tells her own story, and without a single narrator, any of the views expressed would belong only to that single character's personality.
Yes, this is an "awakening" type story for the four main characters, but it is also a tribute to the women of South Africa who alone are helping their children and other, orphaned children survive with a positive attitude through enormous amounts of sickness and death.
I received Beaded Hope as part of the First Reads program, Let me admit that had I known that this was classified as "Christian Fiction", I probably wouldn't have entered to win a copy.
Not that there's anything wrong with Christian Fiction, It's just that I'm not a particularly religious person so I tend to shy away from anything with a religious slant to it unless it's nonfiction or horror.
Probably due to my preconceived notions of Christian fiction, Beaded Hope ended up exceeding my expectations,

I thought that Beaded Hope was a great book, There was a bit of "The Lord will help you if you believe" type of praying, but I felt that was more about the characters personal problems and a part of what they did on their daytoday life.
I didn't feel like I was being beaten over the head with the preaching so that definitely made me enjoy the book more.


I ended up liking all of the main characters, They were all extremely flawed women and I was interested in whether or not they were going to solve their problems.
The supporting characters in this book were amazing! I found myself shedding tears from one of their storylines and inspired by the countless others.
Some of the book was a bit predictable mainly the end to Gabby's storyline, but it didn't dampen my enjoyment of this book or its characters mainly Cassandra, who I found hilarious.


So, in the end, I enjoyed reading Beaded Hope, It did drag a bit in the middle, it picked right back up after that, This was a great inspiring novel about the good of the human spirit and about what comes from helping one another.
It's definitely recommended. .