Meet Tina Shelton at Rendezvous ’24

Join authors and readers at JustRead Rendezvous on November 15, 2024, near Chicago, to celebrate stories and enjoy encouraging fellowship. Meet Tina Shelton, a participating author, and discover what she’s reading!

About the Author

Tina Shelton is a writer of women’s fiction. She is also a local licensed pastor serving in the United Methodist Church. She works as the Registrar at Chicago Theological Seminary and holds a MDiv and DMin in Spiritual Direction from Garrett Evangelical Seminary. Tina has two adult children and loves spending time with them.

You can learn more about Tina Shelton and her books on her website at tinanshelton.com.

Genre: women’s fiction

Currently reading: To Win a Prince by Toni Shiloh

About the Featured Title

This Ain’t No Promised Land

When her husband dies, Charlotte can’t face the things she’s done that could tear her family apart. So she drops a goodbye letter in the cookie jar and flees south to escape everything–her life, her three daughters, the mistakes she’s made, and the secrets eating her alive.

Now Gracey and her sisters are alone on Chicago’s South Side with nothing but their home and belongings. They’re doing everything they can to stay together, but young teens aren’t meant to parent themselves. Their close-knit Black community gathers around them to keep them fed and clothed with the utilities on, but that’s not enough to fix the damage of abandonment.

Hundreds of miles away, Charlotte is struggling to keep her own head above water. She’s made a close friend who talks to her about God in a way Charlotte’s never heard before. But when her demons catch up to her, the shaky peace she tried to build shatters. Even if she’s able to find the courage to embrace motherhood again, will it be enough to save the family she left behind?

“Compelling, raw, vulnerable, and set firmly in reality, Gracey and Charlotte’s story will grip readers from first page to last. Fans of Robin W. Pearson, Katie Powner, and Angela Jackson-Brown will be moved by this redemptive, hopeful story about what it means to be a family.”
–Susie Finkbeiner, author of The All-American and The Nature of Small Birds

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