Tomorrow's Promise

Cedar River Daydreams #10

by Judy Baer

In Yesterday's Dream Lexi Leighton's personal world collapses around her and her faith in God is shaken, but in the end she is assured that He is still with her. Yet her beloved grandmother only gets worse and so does the darkness of the circumstances Lexi finds herself in. Where was all the faith she thought she had? Why can't she seem to remember the helpful things she told her friends when they were having problems? At one time she had thought she could handle anything. When she finally realizes she can't control what has happened, light begins to break through. And from unexpected sources! The invisible wall that had crept around Lexi's heart must crumble before the Promise!

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction

125 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1990

About the author

aka Judy Kaye

Judy Baer was born and grew up on a farm on the prairies of North Dakota, USA. An only child, she spent most of her days with imaginary people-either those she read about or those she made up in her head. Her most ambitious conjuring did not succeed, however. She kept a clean stall with hay and oats for the horse she imagined would come but unfortunately, it never did. As an adult, however, she managed to make that dream come true and raised foundation quarter horses and buffalo for some years. A voracious reader, Judy learned to read with comic books, anything from Little Lulu and Superman to the Rawhide Kid. She sold her first story for $10.00 to a farm magazine. She still has the $10.00.

She graduated from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota with a major in English and education and a minor in religion. At the time, she was simply studying what interested her, but now realizes that she was educating herself for her future career as an inspirational christian romance writer.

Judy wanted to write for Harlequin even in high school but it wasn't until her youngest child learned to say "No" that she realized that she'd better consider a second career to fall back on when mothering was done. Her first book was written with her little girl on her lap. Judy would type a few words, say "Now, Jennifer," at which time her daughter would hit the space bar before Judy continued typing. It wasn't the fastest way to work, but it offered a lot of mother-daughter time together. An over-achiever, she's written 71 books for various publishers. The mother of two and step-mother of three, she now has lots of family to enjoy.

In 2001, she went back to school and became a certified professional life coach. Currently she is working on her Master's in Human Development in the areas of writing, coaching and spirituality and writing inspirational Chick Lit which, she says, is the most fun she's ever had writing.

Reviews

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 1/2****

[Kelsey Wolfe · Rating 5 out of 5]

I, being given this book by an old neighbor a long time ago, haven't read the rest of the series, but I must say, this book was amazing. I've had it for a while, and picked it up the other day out of sheer boredom. I found it was easy to relate to. My grandmother, like the one in the book, had suffered from Alzheimer's since I was in Kindergarten. This book highlights the early stages and progression of the disease as well as the struggle a teenager and her family must face to act as normal as possible while living with a relative with Alzheimer's. It brought back a lot of memories. I must say, Tomorrow's Promise was a book that I cried over. So, if you're thinking of reading it, as part of the series or not, do so. It may surprise you.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great follow up to Yesterday's Dream. A more in depth look at Alzheimer's and the importance of support and prayer and sharing true feelings.

[Rebecca White · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this book Lexington figures out how to handle the heavy issues she has been dealing with and her family makes decisions about caring for her granmother.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful book. I recommend this book.