Mona wrote a novel in 2018
Hope from Stone is a powerful narrative, a character driven story with a lively plot. It has robust detail, believable exaggeration, humor, and strong dialogue.
It takes the protagonist through a process of developing a relationship with God, from trusting her intuition more than popular opinion.
​Hope from Stone identifies with modern pop culture by exploring spirituality, dysfunction, stress, and personal choice.
It is a Christian story that starts from the protagonist's secretive, flimsy, naïve perspective about her faith that evolves into a rock solid foundation of hope.
Hope from Stone provides MSers with much needed optimism and inspiration regardless of the condition of their health. Its an informative read for caregivers as well.
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A novel about girl in her 20’s living with MS.
Vigorous, independent, stubborn and sometimes difficult to get along with, 28-year-old Rozalind has Multiple Sclerosis.
Through endless appointments, she desperately searches for a cure while trying to make sense of her new condition.
Out of options, she moves home. As Roz becomes more despondent and isolated, her faithful dog, Deputy, is her main companion.
After her mother is unexpectedly faced with a serious illness of her own, Roz builds an inner life with her own growing awareness of God, and her world begins to change.
She moves from a cynical, fault-finding victim to a calm, secure, empowered woman of age.
This fictionalized memoir is an engaging story of courage and hope.
A novel about girl in her 20’s living with MS.
Vigorous, independent, stubborn and sometimes difficult to get along with, 28-year-old Rozalind has Multiple Sclerosis.
Through endless appointments, she desperately searches for a cure while trying to make sense of her new condition.
Out of options, she moves home. As Roz becomes more despondent and isolated, her faithful dog, Deputy, is her main companion.
After her mother is unexpectedly faced with a serious illness of her own, Roz builds an inner life with her own growing awareness of God, and her world begins to change.
She moves from a cynical, fault-finding victim to a calm, secure, empowered woman of age.
This fictionalized memoir is an engaging story of courage and hope.
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Living with multiple sclerosis is not for the faint of heart with its challenges and physical decline. Throw in a revoked driver’s licence, a move to Assisted Living and newly-arrived Covid-19, and you wonder where Mona gets her energy.
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It's hope, really. Good energy comes from hope.
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When she puts her trust in Jesus, in that hope, and removes what obstacles she can — sleeping out of boredom, eating out of emotion, or spending out of habit — He does the rest and hope springs back like a wilted flower in cool water.
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Mona's intention is that these short Bible-based reflections provide new insights to flagging spirits and spark hope.
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This is a blog-to-book initiative.
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Available for order at Ivy's Bookshop
in Oak Bay in Victoria
Preface
What you have in your hands is the book form of a blog I kept during the commencement of Covid-19. At first it was intended to chronicle my faith journey with multiple sclerosis, to help lift up other MSers, but I found the lessons I learned through MS were valuable in managing life anew with Covid. In an odd way, it put me ahead of the pandemic curve. So, you will read a lot of how the virus unfolded before our eyes.
Reviewing these reflections recently inspired me all over again, enough so that I thought they were worth putting in book form.
I hope I’m right.
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$20.00
Also available at the Greater Victoria Library in the Emerging Authors Section
Audio Book
Free to complex care MSers
Excluding Postage
Mona self published a novel in 2018
Hope from Stone is a powerful narrative, a character driven story with a lively plot. It has robust detail, believable exaggeration, humor, and strong dialogue.
It takes the protagonist through a process of developing a relationship with God, from trusting her intuition more than popular opinion.
​Hope from Stone identifies with modern pop culture by exploring spirituality, dysfunction, stress, and personal choice.
It is a Christian story that starts from the protagonist's secretive, flimsy, naïve perspective about her faith that evolves into a rock solid foundation of hope.
Hope from Stone provides MSers with much needed optimism and inspiration regardless of the condition of their health. Its an informative read for caregivers as well.
A story about girl in her 20’s living with MS.
A faith story of how she becomes healed from the inside out.
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Vigorous, independent, stubborn, and sometimes difficult to get along with 28-year-old Rosalind has multiple sclerosis.
Through endless appointments, she desperately searchers for a cure while making sense of her new condition.
Out of options, she moves home. As Roz becomes more despondent and isolated, her faithful dog, Deputy, is her main companion.
After her mother is unexpectedly faced with a serious illness of her own, Roz builds an inner life with her own growing awareness of God, and her world begins to change.
She moves from a cynical fault-finding victim to a calm, secure, empowered woman of age.
This fictionalized memoir is an engaging story
of courage and hope.
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Availability
• Ivy Bookshop, 2188 Oak Bay Ave.,Victoria, BC. 250 598-2713
• Vancouver Public Library
• Victoria Public Library: Emerging Author Section
​• Vancouver Island Public Library
• Contact Form
Cost $18.00 CAN
plus $5.00 postage
anywhere in Canada
Accepted in the Victoria Public Library's Emerging Author Program for two seasons 2020 and 2024