Aidyn Kelley is talented, ambitious, and ready for a more serious assignment than the fluff pieces she’s been getting as a cub reporter for the Kansas City Star. In her eagerness, she pushes too hard, earning herself the menial task of writing an obituary for an unremarkable woman who’s just entered hospice care.
But there’s more to Clara Kip than meets the eye. The spirited septuagenarian may be dying, but she’s not quite ready to cash it in yet. Never one to shy away from an assignment herself, she can see that God brought the young reporter into her life for a reason. And if it’s a story Aidyn Kelley wants, that’s just what Mrs. Kip will give her–but she’s going to have to work for it.
Debut author Sara Brunsvold delights with this emotional multigenerational story that shows that the very best life is made up of thousands of little deaths to self. You’ll want to be just like Mrs. Kip when you grow up!
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From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip Book Author: Sara Brunsvold What do you like about this book:
4.5 stars
"Thank you, Mrs. Kip. Thank you for helping me find a life that matters."
How was it that a nondescript terminally ill woman could bestow such a rich legacy of life upon one who still had so many days left on her calendar? Aidyn Kelly wasn't sure that she could answer that question, until she could.
Saddled with what appeared to be a punitive assignment for the Kansas City Star, (something about a reprimand, her job might be on the line . . . those sorts of things) Aidyn dreaded writing an obituary about someone who was still alive; albeit just barely. What was her editor thinking? Apparently that was exactly what Woods was doing, for Aidyn was about to meet someone who lived more in dying than most people dreamed about living in several lifetimes. Clara Lu Rooker Kip had a story to tell, if only Aidyn would ask the right questions. . . . . it all boiled over with those extraordinary deaths.
Never could I have imagined the kind of story that resided within the pages of this book; it's indescribable; really and quite convicting; actually. "It all began because Mrs. Kip, intimately familiar with pain, once stopped amid her daily rush to comfort a grieving mother and unwittingly found herself in the center of world history."
"I always let the Lord guide me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken." Psalm 16:8
Highly recommended!
I received a copy of this book from Baker Publishing through Interviews and Reviews. The opinions stated above are entirely my own.