{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 145: A Chat with Debut Women's Fiction Author, Sara Brunsvold","description":"Debut Author, Sara Brunsvold, is bursting on the Christian Women\u2019s fiction scene with an amazing book, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip. With characters who have captivated my heart from page one (and enough quirkiness to keep my attention to the last), Sara Brunsvold is sure to become a favorite author, and this book is already on my top five of the year before it\u2019s even released! Note links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. This Novel Isn\u2019t Even Available Yet, and It\u2019s in My Top 5! If you\u2019d told me that I\u2019d fall so in love with two chapters of a book that it would push that book into my top five of the year so far, well\u2026 I\u2019d have laughed. The joke\u2019s on me because it happened with Sara Brunsvold\u2019s The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip. This debut women\u2019s fiction novel has a bit of a split-time element and is set in Kansas City. Trust me when I say that meeting Clara was one of the most fun introductions to a character I\u2019ve ever had. I just love this woman, and I\u2019m drumming my fingers to get to read more about her.  Not surprising considering it won the ACFW Genesis\u2019s award a couple of years back. \ud83d\ude00 Sara says her passion is intergenerational stories, and you definitely get this with Aidyn and her \u201cassignment,\u201d Mrs. Kipp.  But you also get inter-cultural and ideological influences in this book as well. And then there\u2019s that next book she has coming out.  You know, the one about a gal cooking her way through her grandma\u2019s German cookbook?  Yeah.  The one we have to wait until early 2024 for?  Yeah. That one.  Sigh. When Sara told us about her favorite authors, a lot of things made sense.  Just sayin\u2019. Find out which of Katherine Reay\u2019s books are her favorites and how she fangirled over Reay\u2019s response to an email (and why you should email your favorite author!). The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip by Sara Brunsvold Aidyn Kelley is talented, ambitious, and ready for a more serious assignment than the fluff pieces she\u2019s been getting as a cub reporter for the Kansas City Star. In her eagerness, she pushes too hard, earning herself the menial task of writing an obituary for an unremarkable woman who\u2019s just entered hospice care. But there\u2019s more to Clara Kip than meets the eye. The spirited septuagenarian may be dying, but she\u2019s not quite ready to cash it in yet. Never one to shy away from an assignment herself, she can see that God brought the young reporter into her life for a reason. And if it\u2019s a story Aidyn Kelley wants, that\u2019s just what Mrs. Kip will give her\u2013but she\u2019s going to have to work for it. Debut author Sara Brunsvold delights with this emotional multigenerational story that shows that the very best life is made up of thousands of little deaths to self. You\u2019ll want to be just like Mrs. Kip when you grow up! This book is 40% off with free shipping from Baker Book House. That\u2019s less than the Kindle version if you like paper! You can learn more about Sara at her WEBSITE (and sign up for that newsletter so you can get Mrs.Kip\u2019s 8 Rules to Live By). Oh, and if she does those videos of her cooking through that book, you\u2019ll want to know when\/where to find them. Like to listen on the go? You can find Because Fiction Podcast at: Apple  Castbox  Google Play Libsyn  RSS Spotify Stitcher Amazon and more! ","author_name":"The Because Fiction Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/becausefiction.libsyn.com\/website","html":"