Need You Now by Beth Wiseman

Need You Now by Beth Wiseman is an excellent read.  It is a story about family and some real issues that families can face.  This story is about a married couple Brad and Darlene and their 3 growing kids.  They have recently moved from the city to a small town and are living in a house that Darlene grew up in.  Darlene has been a stay at home mom for years.  After their family's move, she begins to question her stay at home mom role.  Her husband has a successful job and is about to make partner.  The kids seem to be adjusting as well as can be expected to their new school. 

Darlene decides to take a job outside the home at a small school working with special needs children.  Darlene's job has her working one on one with a special needs girl.  She loves the improvements she sees in the girl, and this makes her feel successful and needed in her new job.  

Meanwhile at home, life is always interesting.  Brad and Darlene's son has a new girlfriend.  Grace, their middle daughter doesn't like to cause problems, but has made a new friend whose choice of clothing is not what Darlene would like their daughter to dress like.  Add to this - their neighbor next door, Layla, is a movie star.  As Darlene and  Layla become friends, Darlene finds opportunities to witness to Layla about God and His love.   

Darlene's job pulls her away from her family for an evening event.  Layla and Darlene go to the event for the school together and meet up with the father of the special needs girl that Darlene works with.  

Through the course of the story, Darlene and this girl's father find themselves together at different times.  

Without giving away some of the surprise turns in this story, I do want to mention that I found it very interesting and certainly planned by God that Layla and Darlene become friends.  Each woman has the opportunity to witness to the other in their time of need.  

I would highly recommend this book for a great, quick read.  

Thanks to Thomas Nelson for providing a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.