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The Deep End of Love
Christian women's fiction
The Deep End of Love
A teenage girl named Izzy faces an unexpected pregnancy that links the lives of four women whose experiences of motherhood could hardly be more different. Questions of adoption, responsibility, fear, and longing force each woman to examine what she believes love requires. Their separate stories gradually intersect around the unborn child, revealing how choices made in crisis can ripple through families and communities. This contemporary multi-viewpoint novel approaches pregnancy and adoption with a focus on grace, complicated relationships, and the many forms maternal love can take.
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Teen pregnancy; possible adoption/uncertain future for an unborn baby; shame and fear; grief and past emotional wounds; infertility/longing for a child implied by an adult woman's 'empty arms'; Christian themes.
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Ginger Pear Fizz
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- Combine the noncarbonated ingredients in a glass or shaker and stir or shake until mixed. Pour over ice, top with any carbonated ingredient, and stir gently.
- Garnish: Use a matching citrus wheel, berry, or herb from the recipe when available.
- Glassware: Highball glass.
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Blackberry Bramble
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A crisp botanical pour suits romantic anticipation and a little escapism.
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- 2 oz gin
- 3/4 oz fresh lemon juice ↗
- 1/2 oz blackberry syrup ↗
- Crushed ice
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- Shake gin and lemon juice with ice. Strain over crushed ice and drizzle the blackberry syrup over the top.
- Garnish: Fresh blackberry and lemon wheel.
- Glassware: Rocks glass.
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