Are you a Good Girl? Well, you might be if you:

  • Use the word should, like a lot.
  • Identify with the dinosaur in Toys Story and guilt drives you.
  • You are always, fine.
  • You have a hard time asking for help.
  • No one really knows the conversation going on in your head.
  • Fear dominates your life.
  • The worst thing in the world is failure.
  • You are so. so. tired.
  • You burst into tears just reading the title of this book.

Last May, I had the chance to read a preview copy of Grace for the Good Girl, by Emily Freeman. It broke me wide open and turned me inside out. This book is a life changer.  I don’t know if you are a self proclaimed Good Girl or not.  But there is something in this book for every girl who thinks she is not enough and wants to breathe Grace.  Yes, this one is for you.

I have not met Emily in real life, but somehow she managed to pen a message straight from God that resonates rich and true in my life. She put her heart on a page and took mine along for the ride, as well.

In the midst of coping and living out my life without so much as a clue as to how to unravel the story, Grace for the Good Girl found me. With book in hand, I’m opening doors in my heart that hold stuff I thought I’d dealt with. I’m facing the Good Girl and looking her straight in the eye. But this time, I have a friend, a tribe.

—Stacey Thacker (that’s me….)

I am thrilled to be giving a copy of this book away today to one Good Girl who leaves a comment. Or maybe, you are a not Good enough girl and you want to know desperately that Grace is calling your name as well.  To enter, leave a comment and tell me why you want to read this book or who you would share it with. Post it on Facebook and or Tweet about it, and you can give yourself an extra comment. I will announce the winner on Friday!

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This Thursday and Friday, I will be sharing a little bit of my personal Good Girl story. Cause, you know I have one.  Next Tuesday, we will discuss part one of Grace for the Good Girl.  I’ll be the one blubbering on the screen wiping the tears from my eyes trying to type.  How can you resist an invitation like that? I do hope you will join me!

{Full disclosure: I received a preview copy as well as 2 complete copies (one for me and one to give away here) of Grace for The Good Girl and was asked to review it.  All opinions are my own.  In fact, I would have read it anyway.}

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Emily Freeman is a writer who loves to read and a speaker who would rather listen. She writes for DaySpring (a division of Hallmark) and has also traveled as a writer with Compassion International to raise awareness for the needs of children in poverty around the world. She attended Columbia International University to study the Bible and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she earned a degree in Educational Interpreting for the Deaf. She is married to John, a student ministries pastor, and together they live in North Carolina with their three children. Emily extends a daily invitation on her blog for women to create space for their souls to breathe. Come join the community of grace dwellers at www.ChattingAtTheSky.com.

Available September 2011 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.