REVIEW The Widows’ Tea Challenge

The Basics

Title: The Widows’ Tea Challenge (2nd Edition)
Author: Joanne Sloan
Genre: Women’s Friendship Fiction
Release Date: November 15, 2019

Vision Press (November 15, 2019

Book Synopsis

The Widows’ Tea Challenge tells the stories of four widows who meet once a month for tea and fellowship. At the first Tea of the year, the oldest member challenges the others to do something they have always wanted to do. In the course of 13 months, each of the women embarks on a challenge. They all undergo changes and persevere amid secrets, adversities, disappointments, and sorrows. Through their faith and their friendships, they are able to encourage each other to achieve their dreams and celebrate each other’s joys and successes.

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My Two Cents

What a delightful story! Joanne Sloan has masterfully woven together the stories of four widows who meet monthly for a Tea Party and fellowship. The backdrop of Tea was a real draw for me, having been raised on the mission field and partaking in Tea Parties.

With each chapter we learn a little more about the personalities, lives, hurts, and dreams. As each one is challenged to do something they have always wanted to do, we walk alongside them as they are challenged and overcome adversity, disappointments, and sorrow. Their faith and friendship are the foundations through which they encourage each other to fulfill their challenges and celebrate each other’s lives.

I know these women! They are colorful, multi-faced, and delightful characters who remind me of some of the sweet women I know. Fun-loving, caring, and determined. I love how this story is permeated with Christ-followers of various ages, races, social, and economic levels—just like we’re supposed to have.

I could not wait to find out what was going to happen next!

I highly recommend this book. And, I’ve heard a rumor that a sequel is in the works!

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About Joanne Sloan

Joanne Sloan has been a published author for 40 years. She has published hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles in such magazines as Focus on the Family and Home Life.

She has co-authored four non-fiction books including Faith Stories and A Life that Matters: Spiritual Disciplines that Change the World, published by New Hope Publishers. She is the author of The Widows’ Tea Challenge and is working on a sequel to this novel.

She also is the editor of Favorite Classic Poems: A Collection from 500 Years. She writes a monthly column, “Heroes of the Faith,” in The Alabama Baptist. She and her husband, David, are the co-founders of the Southern Christian Writers Conference.