Friends through thick & thin Book

Four close friends share about the comfort, the fun, the joy, and the importance of other women friends.

Gloria Gaither, Peggy Benson, Sue Buchanan, and Joy MacKenzie have been friends for over thirty years. In Friends Through Thick and Thin, they celebrate the ups and downs and all-arounds of friendship: how they've cheered each other on in good times, supported each other in hard times, and shared heartaches, fun, and laughter through it all. Join them for an intimate, down-to-earth look at the secrets of lasting friendship. Using the metaphor of nurturing a garden, Gloria, Peggy, Sue, and Joy offer insights into creating a healing, helping, and humorous circle of friends. Preparing the soil, planting the seeds of friendship, enjoying the bloom of friendship . . . the women share the lessons they've learned about cultivating relationships that grow stronger and more beautiful through life's seasons. From the funny, to the tragic, to the poignant, to the refreshingly frank, each short chapter is a slice of life: -Friend in a Café - A Riot of Color - Consider the Lilies - A Letter to My Daughter - Helping a Friend Through Tough Times - When We Grow Old - That's What Girlfriends Are For — The authors talk about friendships between men and women, between young and old, between near neighbors and far. And as for their own colorful, tear-and-laughter-filled years together as friends . . . as Sue Buchanan puts it, "We've stuck together through thick and thin, and I don't mean waistlines. Although, come to think of it, that too!" Friends Through Thick and Thin is an upbeat, encouraging look at the relationships that enrich our lives. It's a wise, wacky, and honest glimpse at things that will help you nurture the garden of your own friendships. And it's a joyous, personal time of sharing with four extraordinary women.

Author Biography: Gloria Gaither is an award-winning lyricist, author, scriptwriter, former adjunct professor of songwriting at Anderson University, recording artist with the celebrated Gaither Trio for thirty years, mother, and grandmother. Gloria has written My Father's Angels and Ordinary Baby, Extraordinary Gift for Zonderkidz, as well as Because He Lives, Let's Make a Memory, 365 Meditations for Mothers, What My Parents Did Right, and Let's Hide the Word?plus numerous magazine articles. Gloria and her husband, Bill, live in Alexandria, Indiana.

Peggy Benson speaks from her perspective as a mother of five, grandmother of thirteen, wife (and now widow), and creative home designer. She lives in Nashville.

Sue Buchanan, vice president of Dynamic Media, Inc., is author of I'm Alive and the Doctor's Dead. Together with her best friends, Gloria Gaither, Joy MacKenzie, and Peggy Benson, she is coauthor of Friends Through Thick and Thin. She lives in Nashville, TN.

Joy MacKenzie write and consults professionally, has written over forty books, and lives with her husband and two daughters in Brentwood, Tennessee.