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Christina Suzann Nelson is an inspirational speaker and the award-winning author of If We Make It Home, Swimming in the Deep End, and More Than We Remember. The Way It Should Be releases February 2, 2021.She writes and speaks about hope after dysfunction. Christina is over the top about her passion for faith, family, fiction, and foster care. When she’s not writing, she’s working with the Every Child initiative, chasing escaped steers, reading, breathing in the sweet smell of her horse, hiking with her dog, or enjoying her just-as-crazy family.

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	What Happens Next 4.21 avg rating — 1,358 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Uncovering the Past: Echoes from a Missing Generation by Christina Suzann Nelson

Echoes from a Missing Generation

Some stories simmer below the surface for years before they find the courage—or the space—to be told.

Echoes from a Missing Generation is one of those stories.

This book was born from a quiet ache, the kind that hums in the background of generations. It’s about the unspoken things—the secrets families carry, the pain they bury, and the way those buried thi

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“How do I find a way to move forward without looking over my shoulders at the past?”
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“Down the hall, music started pumping. I placed my hand on the wall and actually felt the beat.
“What are you doing?” Faith stepped closer.
“You can feel the music. It’s Brooke’s way of warning the entire neighborhood she’s in a bad mood.”
― Christina Suzann Nelson, What Happens Next

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“It's easy to see what we want to see, or even what we expect to see. It's much harder to stand back and see the truth.~page 322”
― Christina Suzann Nelson, More Than We Remember

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“You may be a bit presumptuous, Miss Woodhart, and may lack certain habits of good etiquette. But in dancing, you exceed many—and in loveliness, I have known no equal.”
― Hannah Linder, Beneath His Silence

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