Robin W. Pearson: Real Issues, Hope, Family, a Giveaway & More
I so enjoyed chatting with Christian Fiction author, Robin W. Pearson, about life, hope in God during tough times, her writing, and her upcoming release, Dysfunction Junction. I hope you get as much encouragement from our conversation as I did!
For a chance to win a paperback of her new book, comment below by January 30. (Open to US only)
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TweetJoin the conversation. Have you read any of Robin’s books? Which is your favorite? Does Dysfunction Junction sound like a story you’d like to read? What questions or comments do you have for Robin?
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Dysfunction Junction by Robin W. Pearson
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When three women receive an unexpected phone call that leaves them reeling, they have no other choice but to reckon with a lifetime of memories they’ve long tried to bury. Only in facing the past will they find their path forward.
Frances Mae Livingston’s firm grip of her family’s destructive history makes her hold her husband and four children even closer. But she’s losing bits of herself while proving to everybody and her mama that she’s enough. There’s no way she’ll repeat her mama’s mistakes, even if it kills her.
Annabelle McMillan didn’t have trouble kicking the Eastern North Carolina dust off her feet. The tough part was replanting herself in familiar soil. Now she’s blending her old life with her new husband, stepson, and unborn child. And battling old memories of abandonment and new fears of rejection.
Dr. Charlotte Winters has built a career around helping others sort through their emotional baggage. She’s also spent a lifetime refusing to unpack her own. So what if Charlotte doesn’t recall all that her mama did to her and what her daddy didn’t do for her? Her only mission is to help others help themselves…until the women from her past and the man in her future undo her well-sewn life.
At the junction of healed and hurting, broken and whole, and past and present, three women wrestle with their inability to forgive and forget in this riveting Southern family drama about sisterhood from award-winning author Robin W. Pearson.
Robin W. Pearson’s writing sprouts from her Southern upbringing, her belief in Jesus Christ, and her love of her husband, seven children, and their dog, Oscar. Her novels are “rooted in the soul of the story” and include her Christy Award–winning debut, A Long Time Comin’, as well as ’Til I Want No More, Walking in Tall Weeds, and her latest, Dysfunction Junction.
Robin has corrected grammar up and down the East Coast in her career as an author, editor, and in her calling as a homeschooling mama of many. She loves to share about her faith and her family through her fiction, at writers conferences such as Breathe and Vision Christian Writers, and with her friends and followers @robinwpearson.
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Deena Adams
As a Jesus girl for more than thirty years, Deena Adams understands how important hope is to daily life, which fuels her passion to inspire others through hope-filled fiction based on true to life stories. She is represented by Tamela Hancock Murray of the Steve Laube Agency and is a multi-award-winning writer, an active ACFW member, and ACFW Virginia president. Connect with Deena through her website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
41 Comments
Kristen Joy Wilks
OK, I just preordered and I hardly ever preorder! Love your books, Robin!!! And I have to laugh because I am from Washington (state) and definitely don’t have a southern accent but am so very much a hick, ha! We have 2 miles of road my husband has to plow in the winter just so that we can get to the country road that is plowed that will take us to the regular road. However, this country girl who normally reads romcoms (real life is hard enough) is totally charmed by your more literary tales. Keep them coming!
Deena Adams
Thanks so much for your contribution to the conversation, Kristen! I didn’t know there were hicks in Washington State. LOL Good to know.
Deena Adams
Congratulations, Danielle, you’re the winner of Robin’s book! Check your email. 🙂
Diana Flowers
I hope this comment doesn’t show up 5 times! I couldn’t get it to post on my tablet so hopped on my PC which is a time consuming pain! Sigh…
Congrats on your new release, Robin! I enjoyed getting better acquainted in your interview with Deena. You’re a hoot…as we say in the deep South! (chuckle) I could use a good neurosurgeon about now with my neck surgery coming up in Feb. LOL! I would love to read Dysfunction Junction! Love the cover art!
Deena Adams
Thanks for going to the extra effort to comment, Diana. I saw one other comment from you and deleted it since you came back after that with this one. Also, I sometimes have to approve a comment before it will post. I hope you get to read Robin’s book!
Diana Flowers
Thanks, Deena. For some reason I have problems with WordPress on my tablet & have to switch to my PC.
Robin W. Pearson
Bless your heart, as we say in the South! I’m technologically challenged, so I admire your perseverance. (Deena could tell you how I struggled to even scroll down to find this post.) May God truly bless you with complete healing after your surgery. Thanks for watching!
Diana Flowers
Yes, ma’am! We get a lot of bless your hearts down here for sure. lol Thank you for the well wishes!
Kit
Deena, I especially love hearing about the author’s own inner journey during the writing process, so thank you for asking that question!
Robin’s love for the Lord and her emotional insight come through in her stories. I’ve already preorder Dysfunction Junction, so if I happen to win a copy I’d be excited to share it and introduce someone new to Robin’s writing!
Robin W. Pearson
Oh, Kit, many thanks for listening and sharing! Deena asks such insightful questions.
Deena Adams
Hi, Kit. I love hearing how God worked in the author’s life through writing their stories, too. Thanks so much for watching and joining the conversation!
Patty
I have Robin’s first book on my TBR shelf. It’s one of those situations of too many books too little time. I enjoy southern fiction and will hopefully read it one day soon!
Robin W. Pearson
Thanks so much for investing in A Long Time Comin’! TBR piles are gifts that keep on giving.
Deena Adams
I totally understand, Patty. My TBR pile is overwhelming.
Jeanette Durkin
This book sounds so incredible! I’d love a chance to win!
Robin W. Pearson
Thank you! God lead me to write about God’s pursuit of us and how His love affects all our relationships, especially our families.
Deena Adams
Hi, Jeanette. Thanks for watching and joining the conversation!
Janet McHenry
I love your humor and vulnerability, Robin. Praying for your sister and recovery from her surgery.
Deena Adams
Hi, Janet. Thanks for watching and for your prayers for Robin’s sister.
Robin W. Pearson
Janet, you know all about this walk of faith. Laughter and tears in every step. Thank you so much for your prayers.
Vickie
Really enjoyed this conversation as I feel like I got to know some of what makes you tick Robin, including your sense of humor.
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Praying for your sister’s recovery.
Thanks Deena for a great interview and introducing me to a new author.
Deena Adams
You’re welcome, Vickie. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
Robin W. Pearson
It’s great to meet you here! Thanks for watching and praying. I so enjoyed talking to Deena–I think she borrowed Wonder Woman’s truth rope and lassoed me with it!
Faith D. Cox
I enjoyed the interview! I haven’t read any of Robyn W. Pearson’s books, but I look forward to reading her works. I was also a homeschool mama to many for quite a few years, and I still tutor public, private, and homeschool children after school helping them with grammar, writing, reading, and math.
Deena Adams
God bless you for helping so many children with their education, Faith. That’s awesome! I’m so glad you enjoyed the interview. I hope you get a chance to read Robin’s books!
Danielle Hull
Robin and I have a lot in common! I also homeschool my 7 kids! We also had our kids take (at least one year of) piano. I read Walking in Tall Weeds last year, and I have the rest of her books on my TBR!
Deena Adams
I admire all parents who homeschool their children, Danielle, and the fact you and Robin have homeschooled, and are currently homeschooling, your 7 children is amazing! I don’t know how either of you still write books. 🙂
I wish I had paid better attention when I was in piano lessons as a kid. I didn’t apply myself as I should have, and it definitley shows in my lack of skill now.
Thanks for commenting!
Robin W. Pearson
Woohoo! You, my character Paulette, and I have a lot in common–a love for both homeschooling and the piano. We should trade notes. So far, we’ve graduated three and the fourth graduates in June. It’s hard to believe how fast it’s going. Thank you so much for reading Walking in Tall Weeds, a novel close to my heart.
Robin W. Pearson
Thank you for sharing and for blessing so many in the homeschool community. I’ve included educators in each of my novels–specificially home educators in the last three. I hope you’ll get the chance to read them.
Jeanette Davis
This book sounds wonderful…don’t we all have some unpacking to do???? And yes we can find hope in Christ. When my kids ask me about suffering, I try to explain how Jesus enters in the suffering with us and helps us through, not out but through.
Robin you have such a good sense of humor, I am sure your humor will shine through in your book.
I am sorry for all you are going through with your family’s health issues, will lift up your dad and your sister to Our Father in Heaven.
Deena Adams
Hi, Jeanette. You are so right about God walking with us THROUGH the suffering. And He sure does teach us along the way, doesn’t He?
Robin W. Pearson
Yes, we’re all carrying quite a bit, aren’t we? I believe humor, along with our faith, helps lighten the load. Thank you so much for praying for our family. My sister is recovering from heart transplant surgery now, so we have much to be grateful for!
Kera bell
I like them I love boardgames I never have anyone to play board games with me because I live by myself and I would really like to have someone to play board games with, but I’ve never played any of the hard stuff before I have heard of them.
Deena Adams
Hi, Kera. I hope you can find some friends to play games with. What about ladies from your church? Could you invite some over and host a game night?
Robin W. Pearson
I’ve played some games alone, such as Scrabble, Qwirkle, Sudoku, etc., playing both or all sides of the board. It’s good to prepare for future competition!
Ashlyn McKayla Ohm
I love stories about sisters, and I know this one will be great! I loved A Long Time Comin’.
Deena Adams
Thanks for joining the conversation, Ashlyn!
Robin W. Pearson
Thanks so much for reading my first book baby, Ashlyn! I love writing about family.
Priscilla Bettis
Dysfunction Junction sounds terrific. I’m looking forward to watching the interview!
Deena Adams
Thanks, Priscilla. I hope you enjoy the interview!
Robin W. Pearson
I hope you enjoy it. I really enjoyed talking with Deena!