Kathryn Cushman. Bloomington, Minn.: Bethany House, 2013. 314 pp. (Paperback). The author of “Chasing Hope” is almost an Alabama girl, hailing from Lawrenceburg, Tenn., and graduating from Samford University in Birmingham. She now lives in Southern California, but we won’t hold that against her ... except when it’s 30 degrees here. I hadn’t heard of her until someone suggested via…