Monday, February 12, 2018

NBTM: Accidental Jesus Freak by Amber Lea Starfire


Congratulations to tour winner James R. and to host winner Writers and Authors.
Thank you for your interest in hosting this tour, but all stops have been filled.

Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual Name Before the Masses Tour for Accidental Jesus Freak by Amber Lea Starfire, a Memoir available now in print and March 2 in ebook. The tour will run every Tuesday for 8 weeks starting on April 3, and Amber Lea Starfire is available for guest post and interviews. A PDF, mobi, or epub copy of the book is available via Book Funnel for review in conjunction with a guest post or interview.

Amber Lea Starfire will be awarding a $50 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour, and a $25 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn host.
In 1973, Linda was a flute player and music major at a California community college, until she met and fell madly in love with a charismatic piano player, plunging into his world of music-making and drug-fueled parties. When, just three weeks after their wedding, he reveals that he's been "born again," Linda makes the spontaneous decision to follow him into his new religion and, unwittingly, into a life of communal living, male domination, and magical thinking.

With unflinching candor, Amber Starfire chronicles her journey as Linda Carr into the evangelical church culture, where she gives up everything for her husband and their music ministry. But in the process, she loses her most valuable assets: her identity and sense of self-worth. It is only when Linda returns to live with her birth family and faces her complicated relationship with her mother that she finds new purpose and the courage to begin to extricating herself from the limiting beliefs of her past.

Accidental Jesus Freak is the story of one woman, one marriage, and one kind of fundamentalism, but it is also the story of the healing that is possible when we are true to ourselves. Both a cautionary tale and celebration of personal empowerment, Accidental Jesus Freak is a powerful reminder for anyone who seeks to live a life authentic to who they truly are.


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April 3: Sharing Links and Wisdom
April 10: Edgar's Books
April 17: BooksChatter
April 17: Fabulous and Brunette
April 24: The Reading Addict
May 1: Bookaholic
May 1: Straight From the Library
May 8: Writers and Authors
May 15: Uplifting Reads
May 22: T's Stuff
May 22: Let Me Tell You a Story