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Truth in Patience: Book 3 in The Patience Trilogy Kindle Edition

by Beth Fehlbaum (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Truth in the past.

Truth in reality.

Truth for tomorrow.

Finally adjusting to life in small town Texas, Ashley Asher sees a glimmer of what happiness really is. Even her new relationship with the attentive Joshua Brandt shows promise of a first romance. But Ashley's fear of intimacy after years of unspeakable abuse may cause friction and distance in their relationship.

Determined to prove to her that she's healing, Dr. Matt, her beloved therapist, shows her that "life is messy." And he doesn't know how messy it is about to get. When her mother decides that Ashley belongs back in their hometown with her, Ashley is forced into another family feud that she isn't prepared for. Refusing to leave behind the new life she created in Texas, Ashley and her mother go head-to-head. But can Ashley finally find the courage and strength to battle her demons when her mother might be the biggest demon of all?
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    The Patience Trilogy
  2. Print length
    253 pages
  3. Language
    English
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    On Kindle Scribe
  5. Publication date
    September 13, 2016
  6. Reading age
    13 - 18 years
  7. Grade level
    8 - 12
  8. File size
    440 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01LX6DWIJ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Steady On Books; First Edition (September 13, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 13, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 440 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 253 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1729165303
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 out of 5 stars 28

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Beth Fehlbaum

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Beth Fehlbaum is an author, editor, educator, and college application essay writing instructor. She is the author of the YA novels Find the Moon, Big Fat Disaster, The Patience Trilogy (Courage in Patience, Hope in Patience, and Truth in Patience), and co-author of the creative non-fiction book Trauma Recovery: Sessions with Dr. Matt.

She is a high school English teacher. Authenticity and finding one’s voice are frequent themes in Beth’s work, and they are absolutely essential themes in her life, as well.

Beth has a B.A. in English, Minor in Secondary Education, and an M.Ed. in Reading.

Beth is in-demand as an author-panelist, having presented/appeared at the Texas Library Association Annual Conference, the American Library Association’s annual conference, YALSA, N.C.T.E./ALAN, and numerous YA book festivals. She’s a member of The Author’s Guild, SCBWI, the Editorial Freelancers’ Association, and the Texas Federation of Teachers.

She loves doing school visits and meeting teens, teachers, and librarians!

Beth lives in the woods of East Texas in a house on a slice of family acreage. The home was built by her family over one very hot humid summer, a task she wishes never to repeat again. This sanctuary-of-sorts is lined by pine trees, and the woods are inhabited by raccoons, possums, and feral cats. All of these creatures appear to consider Beth their cat-food-providing goddess. There is no place she would rather be.

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N. Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Truth in Patience
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2016
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WOW! I love this trilogy. I wish this was available to me when I was going through my recovery from child sexual abuse. I thought it would be hard to read but it wasn't. It was still helpful all these years later to know that I'm still not alone. Sadly though it is. Fantastic reading. Great reading for anyone going through the recovery process.
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Kindle Customer Mimi Davis-Hopkins
5.0 out of 5 stars Making Connections
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2020
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Once again book three is Good, if one better than book two. Great teaching tool, reading a book than making a connection with the characters. Teaching empathy.
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Krista Beck
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!!!
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2017
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What a great ending to this series! Not just for Ashley but for some of the other characters as well. So many emotional topics covered with different view points. And Coach Griffin?!?! Wow!!!
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Kindle Customer. jann
5.0 out of 5 stars This series of books should be read and discussed in every high school they are so relevant to today's problems
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2017
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These books are extremely well written and the characters are very real any age group would benefit from reading and discussing the situations presented.
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suzie's mom
5.0 out of 5 stars I thought this trilogy was fantastic. Heartbreaking to think a child could be treated ...
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2017
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I thought this trilogy was fantastic. Heartbreaking to think a child could be treated like this. Definitely worth the read.
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Tangled in Text
5.0 out of 5 stars Raw, Beautiful Read
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2016
This story was raw. It was a hard story to tell, especially from an author who has lived through the struggles. I don't normally pick stories like this because of the memories they bring back, but I realized it had been a while and the author's connection to the subject matter caught my attention. It's nice to relate and see the passion and strength behind her words; to be able to witness what people can do with their life once they have overcome past struggles. This story held a strong, grounded message. It was hard not to cry at least once if not multiple times. It left my heart aching for those in similar situations.

My favorite part of this book was the intertwining of Chris Crutcher's novel and the discussions and controversy it lead to between such diverse characters. The main plot involved a group of students from a small town in Texas who were told to read a novel with a main character who is a minority referencing any racial, religious, political, national, or other group thought to be different from the larger group of which it is part; leading to the entire class choosing Chris Crutcher’s novel, Whale Talk. In reality a perfect candidate for Mrs. Asher's reading assignment could have been Truth in Patience. Truth in Patience represented beautifully a minority from each of those categories. It was intriguing to see how both the minorities and antagonists reacted as they discussed how they were each represented in the class reading assignment. It held revelations to the struggles faced by the other party both internally and as the reader.

This story held depth and was well constructed. It held the complement of the poem at the beginning that I did not begin to understand until halfway through the book to where the true meaning started to bloom. I would easily give Truth in Patience five out of five stars. The first message I took away from this book was to not hide behind your past, but face the truth and grow from it. The second message was the need to educate oneself in order to form their independent opinions of themselves as well as how perceive the world around you. You should never follow behind the group because it doesn’t make a wave and you should never let someone else’s opinion of you define who you are. I would highly recommend this to anyone that has been through abuse as it is helpful to know you are not alone in your fight.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A book about life and the challenges and choices people need to make
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2016
Like most sixteen year old girls, all Ashley Asher wants is to live a normal life. However, that privilege was taken from her years ago when her stepfather sexually abused her. She now lives in Texas with her father, away from her abuser and neglectful mother. But what he did to her constantly haunts her and disturbs the life she is now trying to live. She does have some friends, a therapist, and even likes a boy, but her past continually gets in the way. Not only does she have to deal with this obstacle that is in her head, but she also has to face her biggest fear, her mother.

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I liked this book because it felt real in a variety of different ways. Although I have never been through any of the experiences that Ashley had, I still felt a connection to her. While I didn’t agree with her actions at times, she had gone through so much that it was usually easy to understand why she did what she did. Even though I couldn’t relate directly with Ashely’s experiences, I could relate because I am a teenager, so I know many of the things that teenage girls have to go through.

I am not a fan of swearing, and this book had a lot in it. But I know that swearing is part of real life, so that gave it a more realistic feel.

I believe that people who have been in similar circumstances as Ashley will definitely have a connection to this book and will perhaps enjoy it even more than I did. Overall, this was a good read, and I recommend it for those looking to find some light at the end of the dark tunnel of their current life situation.

Reviewed by a LitPick student book reviewer Age 18
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Dana Busenbark
5.0 out of 5 stars A hopeful conclusion to Ashley's story...
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2016
Why does Ashley feel a sense of control when she runs? What happens on Valentine's Day with Joshua, one of her cross country teammates? In this book, we see a lot of self-reflection being done by the students in multiple classes. We focus on Ms. Manos class, Coach's class, and English Class. Each of those three classes work to empower the students to really analyze who they are and what they're learning about. How does history and their understanding of it color their perceptions of who they are? Watching as certain people who have no tolerance for those things and people that are different from what they think and believe was incredible. Ashley has a long journey ahead of her to put the past into the past and forgive herself, her mom, and those things that have happened to her. She has a long journey to recover and learn to live. I will say that this was probably the best book of the trilogy for me. There are certain things throughout this series of books that I was able to relate to, and I am smiling now as I have just finished this third book in the trilogy. It would be great to see a short novella about 10 years in the future, where the kids are, the Summer School Seven, and how their lives have changed and what they're doing with themselves now.

RECEIVED THIS BOOK AS A GIFT FOR A FAIR/HONEST REVIEW and REVIEWER FOR Bloggin' With M.Brennan.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 9, 2019
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This is an amazing series. It's very risky with it's content and I believe that Fahlbaum did a great job in balancing the dark undertones of the story with the lighter ones
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