Monday, March 26, 2018

No One Ever Asked by Katie Ganshert - Reviewed






 About the book:

Title: No One Ever Asked
Author: Katie Ganshert
Genre: Christian Fiction, Fiction, Social Issues

Challenging perceptions of discrimination and prejudice, this emotionally resonant drama for readers of Lisa Wingate and Jodi Picoult explores three different women navigating challenges in a changing school district--and in their lives.

When an impoverished school district loses its accreditation and the affluent community of Crystal Ridge has no choice but to open their school doors, the lives of three very different women converge: Camille Gray--the wife of an executive, mother of three, long-standing PTA chairwoman and champion fundraiser--faced with a shocking discovery that threatens to tear her picture-perfect world apart at the seams. Jen Covington, the career nurse whose long, painful journey to motherhood finally resulted in adoption but she is struggling with a happily-ever-after so much harder than she anticipated. Twenty-two-year-old Anaya Jones--the first woman in her family to graduate college and a brand new teacher at Crystal Ridge's top elementary school, unprepared for the powder-keg situation she's stepped into. Tensions rise within and without, culminating in an unforeseen event that impacts them all. This story explores the implicit biases impacting American society, and asks the ultimate question: What does it mean to be human? Why are we so quick to put labels on each other and categorize people as "this" or "that", when such complexity exists in each person?


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About Katie Ganshert:

Katie Ganshert is the author of nine novels and several works of short fiction. She has won both the Christy and Carol Awards for her writing and was awarded the RT Reviews Reviewers Choice for her novel, The Art of Losing Yourself. Katie makes her home in eastern Iowa with her family.

You can read more about Katie on her website.
https://katieganshert.com/about/











My Thoughts:

“But nobody’s asking for forgiveness, Mama. They don’t even know anything’s wrong. We’re supposed to just let them off the hook?” Anaya Jones

The quote above sums up how I’ve been feeling for years about race relations in America. We’re the land of the free and home of the brave, right? Sure doesn’t feel that way.

In her new book, Katie Ganshert shows how fear of the unknown is scarier than the truth. No One Ever Asked is about assumptions. Assumptions made by the 'affluent' school community about the ‘less fortunate’ school community and vice-versa. And both are wrong. The affluent does not have the perfect life, and the less fortunate are not thugs.

Within the pages of this story Mrs. Ganshert creates true to life situations that forces the characters to question the stereotypes they have placed on each other. These characters just want to be seen for the person they are, which is what all of us want.


My Bottom Line: No One Ever Asked is raw, and honest. Katie Ganshert steps out and writes about what we all talk about. We want things to change and we scream against injustice but don’t know how or where to start. This book is a place to start a conversation, one I hope continues.
I highly recommend this book! If you have not already pre-ordered this book, do so.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher, as part of a street team. I was not required to write a positive review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.




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