First, and to the point: this is an excellent book, the new standard to give to the seeker, the RCIA participant, the college student, the non-Catholic spouse, the skeptical friend, even the lost Catholic. It is slender and readable, accessible, creative, and thorough.  It is the fruit of both an accomplished scholar and a popular writer. I highly recommend it.

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In the introduction of Becoming the Woman God Made You to Be, Tammy Evevard tells the reader: “My prayer is that this book comes at just the right moment for you.”  This book did indeed come at the right time.  I had selected this book to review about two months ago, and I had put off reading it until last week, precisely when God knew I would need to read the first two chapters.  These pages happen to include two Scripture passages:  Romans 8:38-39 and Psalm 139 are powerful reminders of God’s love and how He saw us in the womb and sees us now: as “fearfully, wonderfully made.”  Evevard shares stories of others that at times are very painful but she does a wonderful job of  keeps things focused on how God has used people who have been hurt and broken. Many of whom aren’t quite society’s model citizens to carry out His Will, transform hearts, and change lives forever.

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