When Life Takes a Turn is a book focusing on rejoicing over your struggle. Today we live in a fast paced world, and at times we can feel small. Latocia uses her words and her experiences to allow readers to feel full of God. When Life Take a Turn delivers the insight that will give back the spirit of how to Love people. First, we must learn how to forgive others in order to start releasing pain. With prayer we can destroy every stronghold and deal with our own issues in life. Latocia wants you to know that YOU are stronger than you think. Some times in life things will not go the way we want them to go but, God has been good to me, and the turns didn't break me but made me stronger. In the midst of adversity, God gave me a word that I was built to handle the storm. Here is a tip when life takes a turn just know you're built to handle the storm in the midst of adversity.

A teenage girl wonders if she's inherited more than just a heart from her donor in this compulsively readable debut. Seventeen-year-old Chloe had a plan: work hard, get good grades, and attend a top-tier college. But after she collapses during cross-country practice and is told that she needs a new heart, all her careful preparations are laid to waste. Eight months after her transplant, everything is different. Stuck in summer school with the underachievers, all she wants to do now is grab her surfboard and hit the waves--which is strange, because she wasn't interested in surfing before her transplant. (It doesn't hurt that her instructor, Kai, is seriously good-looking.) And that's not all that's strange. There's also the vivid recurring nightmare about crashing a motorcycle in a tunnel and memories of people and places she doesn't recognize. Is there something wrong with her head now, too, or is there another explanation for what she's experiencing? As she searches for answers, and as her attraction to Kai intensifies, what she learns will lead her to question everything she thought she knew--about life, death, love, identity, and the true nature of reality.

Bailey Lynn had her life perfectly planned. She thought she was on the path that God had preordained for her. But when her life took an unexpected turn, Bailey was left to question God’s ability to dictate her life. With shattered dreams surrounding her, Bailey found herself looking for answers to where she should go from here. In Unforeseen: Learning to Trust in God’s Plan When Life Takes Unexpected Turns, Bailey shares how she learned to trust God with a future she had never planned. As she battled whether God’s plans for her were truly as good as He had promised in His Word, Bailey began to see that His ways were definitely not like hers—they were better. Bailey shares some of her darkest moments and how, in spite of it all, her life has been more fulfilled when she follows God’s plan. Come along with Bailey to explore how God can direct your future to be more amazing than you could have ever dreamed. Endorsements In her book, Unforeseen, Bailey Lynn is very vulnerable and shares stories to display how God has showed up in her life. I love her writing style and the reflection questions at the end of each chapter. If you need some encouragement and prompting to draw closer to God, this book is for you! Leslie Speas Author of From Hot Mess to MESSage: 90 Days of Messages for the Hot Mess in You and blogger at www.lesliespeas.com Unforeseen is an authentically written book that deepens our walk with God as we learn from Bailey’s keen ability to draw spiritual insight from unusual places. Bailey helps us see Jesus through her life’s journey—whether breaking in a horse, being in a mirror maze, or dealing with a dog with pink eye. Readers will love reading and learning from the stories in this book as they find hope in the midst of their own unforeseen circumstances. Heather Holleman Author of Seated with Christ: Living Freely in a Culture of Comparison Real, honest, and vulnerable, Bailey Lynn offers insight into the valleys of life and what to do when you find yourself in one. Through her soulful writing, Bailey affirms the realities of doubt, confusion, and unanswered questions when life hits hard and situations blindside you. Through Bailey’s stories in Unforeseen: Learning to Trust in God’s Plan When Life Takes Unexpected Turns, you can once again discover purpose and tools to restructure your perspective based on a scriptural foundation. You will be challenged with questions that only you can answer for yourself. This book is practical, inspiring, and deeply spiritual. DeAnna Lynn Sanders Author of Unseen People: Sharing Light and Life with your Neighbors and the Nations

Life Takes A You-Turn is a whirlwind journey of two friends – two young urban women – through life and drama. Two girls, Sharmi and Ankita, grow up in two different cities. gradually evolving through the years as a result of varying situations in the way of their respective upbringings. Sharmi grows up to be a confident but introvert lady, while Ankita is a whimsical and extrovert next door girl capable of running into weird unsolicited misadventures. Little did they know how their fates would get intertwined in a quagmire of twists and turns, forming a bond of friendship that lasts through trying times and dramatic revelations. As the ladies eventually face the pains from their pasts, would their friendship be able to take them through the ordeals? Or bouts of disbelief throw them apart? It is a story of two strong women belonging to quintessentially urban Indian Bengali culture; the lives of whom represent the essence of women in these contemporary times. Packed with out and out thrills, adventures and drama, the lives of the two friends interweave into a climax that keeps you tied to the seat till the very end!

Fear of contagion, isolated patients, a surge of overwhelming and unpreventable deaths, and the frontline healthcare workers who shouldered the responsibility of seeing us through a deadly epidemic: as we continue to confront the global pandemic caused by COVID-19, Taking Turns reminds us that we’ve been through this before. Only a few decades ago, the world faced another terrifying and deadly health crisis: HIV/AIDS. Nurse MK Czerwiec began working at the Illinois Masonic Medical Center’s HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 in the 1990s—a pivotal time in the history of AIDS. Deaths from the disease in the United States peaked in 1995 and then dropped drastically in the following years, with the release of effective drug treatments. In this graphic memoir, Czerwiec provides an insider’s view of the lives of healthcare workers, patients, and loved ones from Unit 371. With humor, insight, and emotion, MK shows how the patients and staff cared for one another, how the sick faced their deaths, and how the survivors looked for hope in what seemed, at times, like a hopeless situation. Drawn in a restrained, inviting style, Taking Turns is an open, honest look at suffering, grief, and resilience among a community of medical professionals and patients at the heart of the AIDS epidemic.

Can we trust a God who gives us different answers than we pray for? Who only fully reveals himself when we look back? Who lets us walk in darkness for months (and sometimes years) at a time? In Finding Faith in the Dark, Laurie Short says yes, and through her story and the stories of others, she reveals a God who is able to transform the dark chapters of our lives into opportunities of grace. Maybe you've been there: The husband or wife you stayed faithful to had an affair The death of a spouse or child has torn your heart A diagnosis has taken away your health, your plans and your future When these things happen, we are left wondering "Where is that God who promises to answer our prayers if we trust in Him? Why isn’t my life turning out the way I hoped, let alone how I had planned?” If you are, or have ever been, in that place, this book is for you. And more than helping you find your way out, this book will help you find your way through that place.

Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her 12th birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have emigrated to the United States, her Tío Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the government’s secret police terrorize her remaining family because of their suspected opposition of el Trujillo’s dictatorship. Using the strength and courage of her family, Anita must overcome her fears and fly to freedom, leaving all that she once knew behind. From renowned author Julia Alvarez comes an unforgettable story about adolescence, perseverance, and one girl’s struggle to be free.