Just Too Busy: Taking Your Family on a Radical Sabbatical by Joanne Kraft

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The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! <span style="color: #990000;"><strong>Enjoy your free peek into the book!</strong></span> <br /> <br /> <span style="color: #cc0000;"><em>You never know when I might play a wild card on you!</em></span> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div align="center"> <strong>Today's Wild Card author is: </strong> </div> <br /> <div align="center"> <strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://www.joannekraft.com/">Joanne Kraft</a></span></strong> </div> <br /> <div align="center"> <strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 180%;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 100%;">and the book:</span> </span></strong> </div> <br /> <div align="center"> <strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0834126095">Just Too Busy: Taking your Family on a Radical Sabbatical</a></span></strong> </div> <div align="center"> <span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City (June 1, 2011)</span> </div> <div align="center"> <br /></div> ***Special thanks to  Susan Otis/Creative Resources for sending me a review copy.*** <br /> <br /> <div align="left"> <strong><span style="color: #333399; font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span></span></strong></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6LlaFxtBNeaMmGGBn5CBS2RTAJyx3VUHKpJV9UFQYdhmMPkAIrPSe4j5PC94_mDyBAsr3fhoOGkc66BwoWLgKLyIkLrhyOpB3f6OW2ZiE8S5tuwjKSRVcf-2yETL1ViUoohFioHV-Vw/s1600/JoannesittingredshirtHdsht-166.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6LlaFxtBNeaMmGGBn5CBS2RTAJyx3VUHKpJV9UFQYdhmMPkAIrPSe4j5PC94_mDyBAsr3fhoOGkc66BwoWLgKLyIkLrhyOpB3f6OW2ZiE8S5tuwjKSRVcf-2yETL1ViUoohFioHV-Vw/s200/JoannesittingredshirtHdsht-166.jpg" width="133" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Joanne Kraft is a sought-after speaker who loves to encourage women. She has been published in Today’s Christian Woman, In Touch, ParentLife, Kyria and P31 Woman magazine. A leader of Inspire Christian Writers, she serves as a marriage study group leader, and works as a 911 dispatcher in Sacramento County, California. Kraft is married and has four children.<br /> <br /> Visit the author's <a href="http://www.joannekraft.com/">website</a>. <br /> <br /> <div align="left"> <strong><span style="color: #333399; font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></span></strong><br /> <strong><span style="color: #333399; font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">SHORT BOOK DESCRIPTION:</span> </span></strong></div> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpjJogWkwDIlQnvCHeLOkgk1ura78NpdPqltw0igHeNccyChKhi5v8HaM94sMRZLeqWA_IYIpgmRoAxznalnpmzhyphenhyphenWgARlxeKWdBki1c6_id0ITgEiixP01c08lr20MwjcCcre9CVqX_I/s1600/JustTooBusyflat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpjJogWkwDIlQnvCHeLOkgk1ura78NpdPqltw0igHeNccyChKhi5v8HaM94sMRZLeqWA_IYIpgmRoAxznalnpmzhyphenhyphenWgARlxeKWdBki1c6_id0ITgEiixP01c08lr20MwjcCcre9CVqX_I/s200/JustTooBusyflat.jpg" width="128" /></a><br /> <br /> <br /> Just Too Busy is one mother’s story of getting off the merry-go-round of her family’s over-commitment. When everything their life seemed like a marathon race, Joanne Kraft and her husband decided to take a “radical sabbatical”—a year-long absence from any of their four children’s organized after-school activities. Memories made, new traditions started, lessons learned, and how their family’s legacy was enriched are shared, spiced with a liberal helping of light-hearted humor.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="233" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iFO3DUeiReU" width="400"></iframe> <br /> <div style="font-weight: bold;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-weight: bold;"> <br /></div> Product Details:<br /> List Price: $14.99<br /> Paperback: 192 pages<br /> Publisher: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City (June 1, 2011)<br /> Language: English<br /> ISBN-10: 0834126095<br /> ISBN-13: 978-0834126091<br /> <br /> <div style="font-weight: bold;"> <br /></div> <br /> <span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">AND NOW...Click the LOOK INSIDE! Button to view the FIRST Chapter:</span> </strong> </span> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0834126095/ref=sib_dp_kd#reader-link"><span id="goog_1143753753"></span><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5TclWvsn9yqg6eKu9KLxx3TGDUw9U1_M62nclG2cr-2Be7C3rCiE_dfUmYYHH0SUlj0aRfqCA8DE_U691D0ZE1vI_xAzHI_LPkmOAcOhO7TrM4t3w0qUKVlwdV3qh-3CbI-063An0Lik/s200/JustTooBusylook+inside.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5TclWvsn9yqg6eKu9KLxx3TGDUw9U1_M62nclG2cr-2Be7C3rCiE_dfUmYYHH0SUlj0aRfqCA8DE_U691D0ZE1vI_xAzHI_LPkmOAcOhO7TrM4t3w0qUKVlwdV3qh-3CbI-063An0Lik/s1600/JustTooBusylook+inside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <br /></div>

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You never know when I might play a wild card on you!

Today's Wild Card author is:

Joanne Kraft

and the book:

Just Too Busy: Taking your Family on a Radical Sabbatical

Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City (June 1, 2011) 

***Special thanks to  Susan Otis/Creative Resources for sending me a review copy.***

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Joanne Kraft is a sought-after speaker who loves to encourage women. She has been published in Today’s Christian Woman, In Touch, ParentLife, Kyria and P31 Woman magazine. A leader of Inspire Christian Writers, she serves as a marriage study group leader, and works as a 911 dispatcher in Sacramento County, California. Kraft is married and has four children.

Visit the author's website.

SHORT BOOK DESCRIPTION:

Just Too Busy is one mother’s story of getting off the merry-go-round of her family’s over-commitment. When everything their life seemed like a marathon race, Joanne Kraft and her husband decided to take a “radical sabbatical”—a year-long absence from any of their four children’s organized after-school activities. Memories made, new traditions started, lessons learned, and how their family’s legacy was enriched are shared, spiced with a liberal helping of light-hearted humor.

Product Details:
List Price: $14.99
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City (June 1, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0834126095
ISBN-13: 978-0834126091

AND NOW...Click the LOOK INSIDE! Button to view the FIRST Chapter: