Allison Bottke, A Stitch in Time

A Stitch in Time, Allison Bottke, Bethany, Jun 2006, $12.99, ISBN: 0764200577

In Los Angeles Dee Harris Decker rediscovered religion and her toes at about the same time she learned her spouse was cheating on her. The fortyish Dee left her philandering mate Lyle and underwent gastric bypass surgery to drop well over a hundred pounds in order to start over. Though she started her new vocation just after her surgery, she has become one of the best at raising funds, which ironically also brings out the best in her as she enjoys doing this especially for a good cause.

Dee has reached another crossroad, but this time she is filled with confidence that the Lord will help her choose correctly. Her project might make her a Nevada rancher's wife, but Lyle assisted by their adult daughter Kelsey has other plans for his now size ten svelte ex wife.

The key to this delightful inspirational chick lit charmer is Dee. The physical make over helps, but it is her spiritual, mental and emotional changes that turn her into a success and the novel into a fine inspiring read. Allison Bottke emphasizes Dee's trials and tribulations as she becomes all that she can be with for the most part the bypass is bypassed as helpful but minor if one fails to heal the soul and the mind.

Harriet Klausner