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Publisher: WiDo Publishing (May 17, 2011)
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Language: English
ASIN: B00522PB8W
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IN THE MIRROR, A MEMOIR OF SHATTERED SECRETS is a frank and engaging memoir, one in which the author, with a gift for understatement and quiet but powerful prose, recalls her dramatic life with an in-your-face honesty that gut-punches the reader. --Steve Walker, THE POWER OF TOLKIEN'S PROSE and SEVEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT SUSANNAAnn Best portrays herself, and those who share her journey, with unflinching honesty. That is no easy task for the memoirist. Her paucity of description and her generous use of dialogue kept the story moving. Ultimately, I was left awed by the resiliency of the spirit of this author. IN THE MIRROR, A MEMOIR OF SHATTERED SECRETS is a must-read for anyone who thinks they cannot handle what life offers. Eternity is a long, long time. Ann Best has a firm grasp on its tail, and I do not expect she will ever let go. --Diane Marcou, THE SMUGGLER'S GHOSTThis moving, inspiring, and candid memoir, IN THE MIRROR, A MEMOIR OF SHATTERED SECRETS, is a simply told yet eloquent story of a woman whose mortal journey takes her through a series of life-shattering crises, each of which could break any one of us. An idealist and a dreamer, shaken by something amiss in her marriage, she turns to a brief flirtation with another man but quickly retreats, remaining faithful to her gay husband who is already acting out his choices with others. Then, the marriage ends and the silent heartbreak and ordeals continue as this mother of four struggles to provide for her children; a mother endowed with a 'stiff upper lip' and a strong faith in herself and God that give her the ability to endure and prevail. Her mirror of well-intended choices becomes a cautionary tale about how bad choices shatter, crack and distort. . . mirrors and lives. It may not have been the story Ann Best had hoped to write, but it is the actual story of how she coped--and triumphed--on this fallen world we call Earth. --Richard H. Cracroft, author, editor and Chair of BYU's English DepartmentAnn Best portrays herself, and those who share her journey, with unflinching honesty. That is no easy task for the memoirist. Her paucity of description and her generous use of dialogue kept the story moving. Ultimately, I was left awed by the resiliency of the spirit of this author. IN THE MIRROR , A MEMOIR OF SHATTERED SECRETS is a must-read for anyone who thinks they cannot handle what life offers. Eternity is a long, long time. Ann Best has a firm grasp on its tail, and I do not expect she will ever let go. --Diane Marcou, THE SMUGGLER'S GHOST Product Description IN THE MIRROR is the memoir of a woman who planned on her marriage lasting forever. When Ann marries Larry in the Salt Lake temple in 1961, she’s certain he is that eternal companion. Eleven years later, she is devastated to learn that he’s been having affairs with men. She wants to help him. She wants to save her marriage.

However, powerful emotions pull Larry away from his family, and eight years later their marriage ends. As a single parent, Ann is now faced with four grieving children who don’t want to leave their father and their home in Utah Valley. But Ann needs to start a new life in a new place. In the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Ann at last makes peace with the past.

"IN THE MIRROR by Ann Carbine Best is a frank and engaging memoir, one in which the author, with a gift for understatement and quiet but powerful prose, recalls her dramatic life with an in-your-face honesty that gut-punches the reader." ~Steve Walker, The Power of Tolkien's Prose and Seven Ways of Looking at Susanna.

"This skillfully written page -turner, first novel of award-winning poet and story writer Ann Carbine Best, is a courageous memoir of loss and pain that affirms our ability to recover, survive, and move on." ~Maureen Derrick Keeler, Professor of English & Literature.

"The writing is brilliant, the dialogue natural and unforced. ~Colleen Whitney, editor.
In The Mirror, A Memoir of Shattered Secrets eBook: An