Debut Author Pam Hillman & Her Free Ebook for Anyone!
My guest today is a long time friend Author Pam Hillman. Tyndale has initiated an ebook only publishing program and Pam is one of their first authors. I’m happy to have her to share a story of a strong woman and her new book. I’ve included the codes if you want to download her book for free. I know some of you–like me–don’t have ereaders yet, but you can download software from Amazon for free that will enable you to download books to read on your computer. FYI. Here’s Pam:
“Livy O’Brien is a strong woman. She spends her time scouring refuse-strewn alleys coaxing street-kids out of alleys, taking them food, tending to their wounds, and sheltering them from the adults who exploit them. Why would Ms. O’Brien risk her own life and her reputation to wade into the underbelly of society to rescue these kids? Because she’s been there, living on the streets with them, huddling against the cold, and fighting off the rats to make sure everyone makes it through the night. She’s determined to save every child she can from a desperate fate.
Livy O’Brien is the fictional heroine of my debut novel, Stealing Jake, set in the 1880’s. She does not exist.
Or does she?
She could be any missionary’s wife in any third world country in 2011. Or even the woman who risks her life at the soup kitchen in the ghettos of our own skyscraper-filled cities in the United States. These heroic women’s hearts are burdened for the children cast off by society, struggling for survival, battling addictions and exploitation by the very adults who should care for and protect them.
There are millions of children worldwide, from toddlers to teens, living in circumstances too horrendous to comprehend. And the women who risk their lives daily trying to save them are strong, brave women indeed!”–Pam
Stealing Jake Blurb:
When Livy O’Brien spies a young boy jostling a man walking along the boardwalk, she recognizes the act for what it is. After all, she used to be known as Light-fingered Livy. But that was before she put her past behind her and moved to the growing town of Chestnut, Illinois, where she’s helping to run an orphanage. Now she’ll do almost anything to protect the street kids like herself.
Sheriff’s deputy Jake Russell had no idea what he was in for when he ran into Livy–literally–while chasing down a pickpocket. With a rash of robberies and a growing number of street kids in town–as well as a loan on the family farm that needs to be paid off–Jake doesn’t have time to pursue a girl. Still, he can’t seem to get Livy out of his mind. He wants to get to know her better . . . but Livy isn’t willing to trust any man, especially not a lawman.
Bio:
Award-winning author Pam Hillman writes inspirational fiction set in the turbulent times of the American West and the Gilded Age. Her debut book, Stealing Jake, won the American Christian Fiction Writer’s Genesis contest and was a finalist in Romance Writers of America’s prestigious Golden Heart contest. She lives in Mississippi with her husband and family.
Pam On the Web:
Website: www.pamhillman.com
Personal blog: www.calicotrails.blogspot.com
Group blog: www.seekerville.blogspot.com
Pam, my heroine Felicity Gabriel was one of these women. She started an orphanage for children orphaned by the Civil War. I also think of Gladys Aylward who saved so many Chinese orphans in WWII. Here’s a link to her story. Do any of you know of any other women who risked much to save or protect children?–Lyn
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