Through the Rocky Road and Into the Rainbow Sherbet: Hope & Laughter for Life's Hard Licks

by Becky Freeman and Laura Jensen Walker

Whether battling breast cancer or sweating through a round of hot flashes, Laura Jensen Walker faces every challenge with courage, determination, and her well-loved sense of humor. In Through the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800758269
• ISBN13: 9780800758264
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Humor & Pathos the Old-Fashioned Way

When I was a little girl, one of my favorite past-times was eating ice cream made the old-fashioned way-hand-cranked by Daddy. He used only the finest ingredients like real cream,sugar, and fresh strawberries. We were blissfully unaware of fat grams. Thank goodnesslaughter isn't fattening, or I would be several sizes larger having devoured Through the RockyRoad and Into the Rainbow Sherbert by quintessential Christian comedienne, Laura JensenWalker. She writes the old-fashioned way, using only the finest ingredients like humor,creativity, and wit. But just as rock salt is necessary for congealing ice cream, Walker addsgenerous scoops of pathos that pave life's rocky roads with depth and honesty. She openlywrites about pain-the untimely deaths of her father and brother, rejection at the altar by herfiancé, her masectomy, and brush with contemplated suicide. Yet Laura is a survivor. She hasreceived the rocks life dishes out with an upturned spoon and open heart-with courage, andconfidence in the God who controls it all. Because of the bitter, she appreciates life's sweetnessall the more. Because of the rain, she savors the rainbows.-Lynn D. Morrissey, author of Seasons of a Woman's Heart & speaker

Parenting expert/author comments on Rocky Road book

I like short reads. I wrote a short read. Through the Rocky Road is a delicious collection of short reads about joy, hope, disappointment, learning, love, sadness and laughter. It's one of those keep-by-the-side-of-the-bed books you can pick up, enjoy a portion, then go on with your day digesting its message. The author shares true stories and reveals her humanness in a way that anyone can relate to. This is not an advice book but one of gentle, encouraging navigation through the rocky roads of life.

Substantive and Sweet!

With warmth, humor, and real experience, Laura Jensen Walker tugs at your heart and invites you to think about your own life with her stories. As the best of teachers do, this author shares meaningful life learnings without preaching or lecturing. You can turn to any chapter of this book for inspiration, but you'll find yourself wanting to read it from cover to cover. Walker encourages us to discover the best for ourselves from any situation, a strategy that teaches optimism, builds faith, and encourages hope. Do your friends a favor; don't just loan them your copy, buy them one of their own!

No Ice Cream Overload Here!

Laura Jensen Walker's book, "Through the Rocky Road and into the Rainbow Sherbet" is a page turner that leaves you feeling like you've become one of her new best friends. I actually felt as if I'd been with Laura at her kitchen table, sipping tea (along with slurpping all those wonderful ice cream sundaes) while she shared all the important ups and downs, and bits and pieces of her soul. She's a story teller who packs a punch and leaves the reader feeling satisfied...lip-smacking good, satisfied.

A wonderful book

I absolutely love Laura's writing style. It's natural, fun, easy-to-readand focused. I have to admit to not being a major ice cream person, andI'm more of a sour patch girl than a chocolate fiend, but within a fewchapters I wanted to be on a first name basis with both Ben and Jerry.This little book packs a lot of wisdom inside stories. I like having abook I can give to non Christian friends who are dealing with difficultsituations.Through the Rocky Road is not filled with Christian jargon ordeep theological debates. It is filled with humor and God's word.Whether you have been walking with the Lord for decades or you have yetto meet Him, this is a wonderful read.