The Best is Yet to Come

Ann Platz. Birmingham, Ala.: New Hope Publishers, 2005. 208 pp. (Paperback).

This publisher’s offerings are a bargain, indeed, inasmuch as they are generally a great deal less expensive than other volumes the same size. This volume’s basic thrust suggests that “midlife is the time to regroup, rethink, and restore.”

In this scintillating work, this writer, an interior designer, encourages all women to “embrace the liberating joys of maturing so they become ready to go deeper in their relationship with God.” The author’s basic thrust is to awaken women to what they are uniquely empowered to give. “Be prepared to experience a range of emotions,” said Karen J. Hayter, former host and producer of COPE, a nationwide call–in television program.