Lois Jean Thomas
INDIE Author and Publisher
Seventh Child Publishing
Saint Joseph, Michigan
The Other Side Of Lake Huron
Lois Jean Thomas
ISBN-10 : 1732053200
ISBN-13 : 978-1732053205
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LCCN: 2022919085
BISAC: Fiction/General
Beth McCoy, the naïve seventeen-year-old daughter of an Episcopal priest, moves with her parents from southern Indiana to the thumb of Michigan. As she adjusts to her new home, she encounters situations that prove to be too difficult for her to handle. Decades later, she returns to the area and faces the full impact of her youthful decisions.
My Grandpa's Second Wife
Lois Jean Thomas
ISBN-10 : 0997644583
ISBN-13 : 978-0997644586
LCCN: 2021923800
BISAC: Fiction/General
"A gentle story of life through the generations in a multi-cultural family.... This is a lovely read about two women from different generations, and their blossoming friendship is wonderful to read about.... It's an enthralling tale...." --Grace J. Reveiwerlady
Set in the era of the Coronavirus pandemic, MY GRANDPA’S SECOND WIFE is a story that embraces diversity, with love reaching across cultural, racial, religious, and generational divides. Mercedes Maldonado, the child of a Caucasian mother and a long ago deported Mexican father, struggles in her marriage with her aristocratic Mexican husband. When she experiences an uncanny reconnection with a step-grandmother she hasn’t seen since she was four years old, their brief relationship brings much-needed healing to both of their lives.
Hold Me One Last Time
ISBN-13: 978-0997644562
ISBN-10: 0997644567
LCCN: 2019907505
BISAC: Fiction / General
Bertha Snider, a farm girl living in southern Indiana in the early 20th century, becomes enamored with her neighbor Frank, the only son in the mysterious Kelly family. Their hasty marriage produces a single child, the bright and beautiful Katherine, who becomes the light of Bertha's life. Over the course of the story, the mother/daughter relationship changes in surprising ways.
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A Different Frame of Mind:
Living a Full Life with Traumatic Brain Injury
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Lois Jean Thomas
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​​​ISBN-10: 0997644540
ISBN-13: 978-0997644548
LCCN: 2018903113
BISAC: Biography & Autobiography
In 2014, the author published her memoir, DAYS OF DAZE: MY JOURNEY THROUGH THE WORLD OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. In this follow-up book, she describes her efforts to cope with her lingering brain injury challenges, exploring the long-term physical, cognitive, emotional, and spiritual impact on her life.
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Says Ms. Thomas, "This book is not meant to be an authoritative resource on the topic of traumatic brain injury. It is only story. While people who sustain brain injuries may share similar symptoms, no two injuries are exactly alike. Each TBI impacts a distinctive personality and disrupts a particular lifestyle. And each TBI survivor develops his or her unique ways of coping with impairment."
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Days of Daze:
My Journey through the World of Traumatic Brain Injury
Lois Jean Thomas
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ISBN-13: 978-0991074921
ISBN-10: 0991074920
LCCN: 2014909985
BISAC: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs
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The author, a clinical social worker, tells the story of how her personal and professional life was disrupted when she was struck by a car and sustained a traumatic brain injury. She describes how the injury impacted her physically, emotionally, and spiritually, and recounts her struggles to resume a meaningful life in the face of medical, financial, insurance, and legal problems.
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"I highly recommend this gentle, gracious, and very readable book for anyone facing the uncertainties and complexities of life."--Reverend James McConnell, South Bend, Indiana
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Hope's New Season
Sequel to Blessed Transgression
Lois Jean Thomas
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ASIN: 0997644524
ISBN-13: 978-0997644524
BISAC: Fiction/General
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Still reeling from the family crisis recounted in the prequel BLESSED TRANSGRESSION, Victoria Unruh finds herself unprepared for coping with the challenges of college life. But she struggles on, finding a measure of success while facing disappointment and heartwrenching loss. In the end, she discovers her own strength while finding a surprising source of love and support.
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Blessed Transgression
Lois Jean Thomas
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ISBN-13: 978-0991074983
ISBN-10: 099107498X
LCCN: 2015911364
BISAC: Fiction / General
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Although she struggles with ups and downs in the life of her Mennonite famiy, young Victoria Unruh considers herself to be fortunate. Little does she know there is a story, carried along in the memories of her parents and older siblings, an underground river of silent shame that becomes a raging torrent when it converges with the stream of her own life. But in the end, the thorny stem that cuts and wounds bears a beautiful flower.
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"Although the main story is Victoria's, Thomas gives the novel depth with flashbacks to the parents' early lives, courtship, and marriage--an unromantic but moving saga of disappointment and lowered expectations . . . A well-told story . . ."--Kirkus Reviews
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A.K.A. Suzette
Lois Jean Thomas
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ISBN-13: 978-0991074969
ISBN-10: 0991074963
LCCN: 2014922129
BISAC: Fiction / General
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A.K.A. SUZETTE is a novel set in beautiful rural Brown County, Indiana.
Elaine Greene, a timid young woman who grew up under the thumb of her domineering grandmother, forms an unlikely friendship with the outrageous, outspoken Suzette Perry. Under Suzette’s sometimes painful prodding, Elaine steps out of the confinement of her repressed life and starts down the bumpy road of self-discovery.
Is Suzette truly inspired or terribly misguided? Let the reader decide.
Rachel's Song
Lois Jean Thomas
ISBN-13: 978-0991074945
ISBN-10: 0991074947
LCCN: 2014910994
BISAC: Fiction / Contemporary Women
River Leah Jorgensen, a young artist with an unconventional upbringing, becomes involved with Jacob Potter, whose conservative background is much different than hers. River recognizes their incompatibility and doesn’t expect the relationship to last, but an unplanned pregnancy and the birth of their son keeps their lives intertwined much longer than she anticipates. Although she isn’t in love with Jacob, River feels resentful when his new girlfriend Rachel arrives on the scene. While Rachel’s presence is a source of perpetual frustration for River, a surprising twist of fate puts their difficult times into perspective.
Daughters of Seferina
Lois Jean Thomas​
ISBN-13: 978-0991074907
ISBN-10: 0991074904
LCCN: 2013921697
BISAC: Fiction / Contemporary Women
Cecily Hartman-Gray has everything a young woman could want: a professional career, stunning good looks, a loving husband, and adoptive parents who have provided for her every need. But the seeming perfection of her life is disturbed by haunting memories of her early years with her biological mother and sisters, and the void in her heart propels her on a search for her birth family. This sets in motion a series of events that bring both painful upheaval and new meaning to the lives of those impacted by her quest.
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