Hope, Courage & Triumph

Name: Hope, Courage & Triumph
Price: $3.99 USD
Author: Connie Bent
ISBN: 9781524504168

by Connie Bent

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Book Details

Language : English

Publication Date : 6/6/2016

Format : E-Book

Dimensions : N/A

Page Count : 180

ISBN : 9781524504168

Format : Softcover

Dimensions : 6x9

Page Count : 180

ISBN : 9781524504175

Format : Hardcover

Dimensions : 6x9

Page Count : 180

ISBN : 9781524504182

About the Book

“Hope, Courage & Triumph” is the story about one young widow’s journey through adventures and madness. Determination and love were the key elements of her being as she struggled to face the demons of the illness of her husband, Jerry. Tragedy was no stranger. No one knew what horrors lay behind the closed doors of her life, yet hope drove her on. One evening, after work, Jerry held her in his arm, confessing his love to her. Suddenly, a glaze covers his eyes and a look of hatred across his face. Looking at her, he began talking weird about things she knew nothing of. He said, “I’ve heard that before. You know what I’m talking about.” She couldn’t move. The glaze left his face as suddenly as it came, and moving toward her, he said, “I love you more than life itself.” Hope drove her as she struggled to pull him out of the pits of hell.

An earlier marriage between two teenagers is also addressed in “Hope, Courage & Triumph.” One day, after I said “I love you,” he squeezed my hand, opened his eyes, and looked directly at me. No more joy, for hope and courage are lost, and there is not triumph.

About the Author

Connie Bent was born in Brookfield, Missouri, in 1941. She was a very determined person from the moment she was born. If she wanted something, she went after it. Bent grew up in a small town in Missouri and married at the age of sixteen years old. She quit school before her senior year, but knowing education was vital, she wanted to graduate. During that time, mothers were not allowed to return to school. Bent, being the tenacious person she was, convinced the school board to allow her to come back to school and graduate, becoming the first mother to graduate from her school. Bent knew tragedy well for she became a widow at the age of twenty-five years old. She is a mother of three children.

Bent earned her master’s degree in clinical social work from Kansas University. She completed a family therapy externship at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas. Bent spent the next thirty years employed in a community mental health center, providing therapy for people who suffered from mental illness. She specialized in providing family therapy and play therapy, which she felt were important to families who were dealing with a mental illness.

Customer Reviews

"Heart wrenching to hear how one strong woman and her children went through all that this demon of mental illness caused. She was a young mother when it all started and went on to survive, grow, raise her family to be healthy adults, and then to devote the rest of her working years to helping others. Well written and very interesting"

Pat Banks
"I knew the author as a young teenager, a member of my graduating class. After a few years we lost contact. I know now what she was going through and how strong she was to persevere. This easy to read book shows us that we can all make it through with hope and love. Connie is a winner and so is her book.
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Ruth Mary Clemens
"I learned so much about Connie I never knew before. What really struck me is how all through the book, the bond between Connie and her mother grew stronger as the years past. Connie and her children had an inseperable bond as well. Nothing could break that bond. Not alcoholism, not mental illness. It is not hard to see how Connie chose the mental health field for her profession. It is well written and an easy read. I highly recommend it."

julie
"This is a wonderful book. It tells the story of a young lady and all the struggles that she faced, and how she was able to overcome losing two husbands, while dealing with the mental illness of one. She raised three wonderful children, while continuing her education, and later helped people with mental illness. I highly recommend this book."

Helen Coldren
"Wow! Quite a story. I liked how Connie's story is written. It gives vivid images how love is and how illness can mask that love. Written with a lot of courage, always hoping the illness could get better but didn't. I feel the triumph is Connie wanting to become a therapist for mentally ill patients and fulfilling and following that career path."

Eileen Covert
Connie has written a thought-provoking and heart-breaking book about her two marriages and the trials and fears when coping with her husband's mental illness. Easy to read and very interesting.

Carolyn Larsen
I always knew Connie was a strong woman but I didn't realize how strong until I read her book. She overcame so much adversity and so many struggles all while raising three children and trying to keep her marriage together. She went on to not only excel but to greatly succeed in life. This is a great story of someone who overcame and triumphed. Great read!!!

Candy Johansen
"Heart wrenching to hear how one strong woman and her children went through all that this demon of mental illness caused. She was a young mother when it all started and went on to survive, grow, raise her family to be healthy adults, and then to devote the rest of her working years to helping others. Well written and very interesting "

Pat Banks
"I knew the author as a young teenager, a member of my graduating class. After a few years we lost contact. I know now what she was going through and how strong she was to persevere. This easy to read book shows us that we can all make it through with hope and love. Connie is a winner and so is her book.
bMjmCQd"

Ruth Mary Clemens
"I learned so much about Connie I never knew before. What really struck me is how all through the book, the bond between Connie and her mother grew stronger as the years past. Connie and her children had an inseperable bond as well. Nothing could break that bond. Not alcoholism, not mental illness. It is not hard to see how Connie chose the mental health field for her profession. It is well written and an easy read. I highly recommend it."

julie
"This is a wonderful book. It tells the story of a young lady and all the struggles that she faced, and how she was able to overcome losing two husbands, while dealing with the mental illness of one. She raised three wonderful children, while continuing her education, and later helped people with mental illness. I highly recommend this book."

Helen Coldren
"Wow! Quite a story. I liked how Connie's story is written. It gives vivid images how love is and how illness can mask that love. Written with a lot of courage, always hoping the illness could get better but didn't. I feel the triumph is Connie wanting to become a therapist for mentally ill patients and fulfilling and following that career path."

Eileen Covert
Connie has written a thought-provoking and heart-breaking book about her two marriages and the trials and fears when coping with her husband's mental illness. Easy to read and very interesting.

Carolyn Larsen
I always knew Connie was a strong woman but I didn't realize how strong until I read her book. She overcame so much adversity and so many struggles all while raising three children and trying to keep her marriage together. She went on to not only excel but to greatly succeed in life. This is a great story of someone who overcame and triumphed. Great read!!!

Candy Johansen
"Heart wrenching to hear how one strong woman and her children went through all that this demon of mental illness caused. She was a young mother when it all started and went on to survive, grow, raise her family to be healthy adults, and then to devote the rest of her working years to helping others. Well written and very interesting"

Pat Banks
"I knew the author as a young teenager, a member of my graduating class. After a few years we lost contact. I know now what she was going through and how strong she was to persevere. This easy to read book shows us that we can all make it through with hope and love. Connie is a winner and so is her book.
bMjmCQd"

Ruth Mary Clemens
"I learned so much about Connie I never knew before. What really struck me is how all through the book, the bond between Connie and her mother grew stronger as the years past. Connie and her children had an inseperable bond as well. Nothing could break that bond. Not alcoholism, not mental illness. It is not hard to see how Connie chose the mental health field for her profession. It is well written and an easy read. I highly recommend it."

julie
"This is a wonderful book. It tells the story of a young lady and all the struggles that she faced, and how she was able to overcome losing two husbands, while dealing with the mental illness of one. She raised three wonderful children, while continuing her education, and later helped people with mental illness. I highly recommend this book."

Helen Coldren
"Wow! Quite a story. I liked how Connie's story is written. It gives vivid images how love is and how illness can mask that love. Written with a lot of courage, always hoping the illness could get better but didn't. I feel the triumph is Connie wanting to become a therapist for mentally ill patients and fulfilling and following that career path."

Eileen Covert
Connie has written a thought-provoking and heart-breaking book about her two marriages and the trials and fears when coping with her husband's mental illness. Easy to read and very interesting.

Carolyn Larsen
I always knew Connie was a strong woman but I didn't realize how strong until I read her book. She overcame so much adversity and so many struggles all while raising three children and trying to keep her marriage together. She went on to not only excel but to greatly succeed in life. This is a great story of someone who overcame and triumphed. Great read!!!

Candy Johansen

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