MIDDLE GEORGIA BOOKSHELF: 'Dear Momma: Love Letters to Heaven'

By Patricia T. Dunaway of Macon

144 pages, $11.99 (Westbow Press)

What it's about: This journal chronicles the author's year of grief following her mother's death. In despair, she learns to choose God's comfort. She includes some of her mother's poems and her memories of childhood in the Carolina Low Country. A faith journey through pain into God's grace.

The author says: "And so, as I was brushing off the beetles from my crepe myrtles, I knew He was telling me to take comfort in the rhythm of life that concludes with death, that He is always there, that nothing takes Him by surprise, that it was just your time to step into glory and that the death of a saint is a beautiful thing."

Where to find it: Amazon.com

This story was originally published October 17, 2015 at 4:55 PM with the headline "MIDDLE GEORGIA BOOKSHELF: 'Dear Momma: Love Letters to Heaven' ."