Susannah Burke Review
🔗 http://sooozsaysstuff.blogspot.com/2011/04/book-review-breaking-through-spiral.html
<p><font color="#000000" face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height:normal;">An Amazon #1 bestseller with 50+ glowing reviews. </span></font></p><p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">Available in Kindle and print.</span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">From the very start of her faith autobiography, ‘She Does Not Fear the Snow’, author Bobbie Ann Cole reaches out across the page and endears herself to her reader. You will very quickly feel that you know her, and will be richer for the knowledge. </span></p><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;height:auto;"><div>She comes to Israel, seeking meaning and purpose for her life, following breast cancer and the demise of her long-standing marriage. There, God claims her and lays a trail of miracles that lead her from her native England to a new husband of faith in Atlantic Canada. <br />Though she is upfront about her ending, you’ll find yourself longing to learn the next step in her discovery of new love and deeper faith journey. This is one of those books you just can’t put down. Potentially, you’ll be following the twists and turns of her journey into the wee small hours. <br />‘A mysterious rug with a life-changing message, a Ruth-type love story, fascinating interactions with other believers, poetic descriptions of landscapes many native Canadians take for granted—and a message of God’s love and salvation,’ writes critic Margaret Welwood. ‘Bobbie Ann Cole’s story is a little too strange and untidy to be fiction. As a true story, it will leave you satisfied, yet wanting to know more.’ <br />‘Often times, life will take us to the end of our rope, leaving us helpless and at our wit’s end. Yet, even in such dire situations, our God is not helpless. He will bring in plentiful harvest – a harvest of renewal, hope, joy and happiness in our life,’ says Khamneithang Vaiphei. ‘She Does Not Fear the Snow is an incredible testimony that will have a profound impact on you.’ <br />If mystery, romance, women’s faith issues, the Jewish roots of Christianity, Christian living or outreach appeal to you, you will find much to enjoy.</div><div> </div></div>
My Pomona College first year students in Biographies of Biologists seminar wanted to read a memoir or biography of a woman in science who had a family life and achieved family-career balance. When I couldn't find one, they urged me to write a memoir since I told them I had balanced my own career and family and still did research on the molecules of aging. Later I heard Donna Shalala say that we need many more biographies of women in science, and having surveyed the few available, I am sure she is right.
Susannah Burke Review
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Review by engineer Rossana D'Antonio
🔗 http://thenewbookreview.blogspot.com/2011/04/laura-l-mays-hoopes-breaks-spiral.html↗
Libby Grandy review
🔗 http://thenewbookreview.blogspot.com/2011/03/memoir-combines-feminism-science-and.html↗
Midwest Review
🔗 http://www.midwestbookreview.com/sbw/apr_11.htm#Memoir↗
Book and author feature, May, 2011 From a Writers Point of View
🔗 http://bit.ly/jrIV3J↗
<p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow';color:#000000;">Spiral Ceiling isn't just about women in science.<span> </span>It's about each of us trying to be the person we should be, the hurdles that change our direction, and the power that comes from realizing we've become exactly the person we want to be.<span> </span>An uplifting read for anyone whose path is unclear.%u201D Johanna Hardin, Mathematics Professor</span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow';color:#000000;"></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow';color:#000000;">%u201CThis book is inspirational to so many women venturing into science, engineering, or any field, where they will be subject to injustice due to their gender, subtle or otherwise. %u201D Rossana D%u2019Antonio, Engineer </span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow';color:#000000;"></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow';color:#000000;">%u201CHoopes' story of marching undaunted through a man's world to pursue the discipline she loved is evocative and compelling.<span> </span>When she writes about science, her words become luminescent.<span> </span>An inspiring read!%u201D<span> </span>S. Kay Murphy, Author and Teacher </span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow';color:#000000;"></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow';color:#000000;">"Laura Hoopes takes you on an inspiring journey of self-discovery as she chronicles her successful efforts to achieve the balance of a<span> </span>scientific career and a fulfilling personal life.%u201D<span> </span>Libby Grandy, Writer </span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow';color:#000000;"></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow';color:#000000;">%u201CLaura captures both the egregious and the more subtle (and often more deadly) ways women were discouraged from pursuing their passion for higher education in the %u201860s and %u201870s.%u201D<span> </span>Helaine Scarlett Golann, PhD in Psychology.</span></p> <p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#000000;"></span></p>