MJ's Bookshelf

MJ’s Bookshelf: Audrey Bunny

October 24, 2013

I have been waiting patiently for Angie Smith’s children’s book, Audrey Bunny, to become available. If you’re familiar with Angie and the story behind the book, you can understand why.

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It’s a beautiful story about unconditional love and imperfection and lost getting found.

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The story speaks to a woman’s heart, the imperfections she sees and tries to hide, the hurt, and the scars.

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It speaks to a mother’s heart, the unconditional love we feel for our children and the ferocity of that love, the hope that it will sear itself deeply within our children’s hearts.

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This is a story for a young girl’s heart, full of hope and wonder and a bit if insecurity. It speaks acceptance instead of perfection, love instead of scrutiny. It teaches girls that we are loved not in spite of but because of our imperfections.

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The story isn’t veiled in metaphors. The message is clear and yet universal enough to meet us where we are at – young or old, mothers or not. I didn’t have to explain it to Mackenzie, and yet I know it spoke to our hearts in different ways.

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And the illustrations are just beautiful , aren’t they? Breezy did a beautiful job.

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The story behind Audrey Bunny is heartbreaking and beautiful and still somehow points to a loving God who never lets go of us, who watches over our life. What is so beautiful about this book is that it really ministers to the heart in a way that I don’t think Angie ever intended, even as writing it ministered to hers. When I read it for the first time, I had the urge to give it to every girl I know. I still do.

Please take a moment and get to know Angie. She’s amazing, and her words will bless you, I promise.

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