Sandra Hilsabeck Pens READY OR NOT

According to the Guttmacher Institute, nearly half of American women will experience an unintended pregnancy and four in 10 of these women will get an abortion. To author Sandra Hilsabeck, those four terminated pregnancies represent four lost opportunities for adoption.

Hilsabeck hopes to change the minds of those leaning towards abortion through her new adoption book, "Ready or Not: 10 Reasons to Love Your Baby" (published by WestBow Press), in which she shares 40 true, inspirational stories of adoption.

"Each time I tell someone I am working on a book about adoption, I hear their story," Hilsabeck says. "It seems everyone has an adoption story in their family or very close friends."

Throughout her book, Hilsabeck shares stories of families who have adopted children, parents who made the decision to have their own children adopted and even of families united after years of being apart. She also pulls from her own experiences fostering 11 children. She then includes passages from the Bible to show the concept of biblical love, as well as familial love.

Hilsabeck hopes her book will not only help expecting parents make the decision to keep their baby, but also help families and children alike appreciate the family they have, biological or not.

"Ready or Not"
By Sandra Hilsabeck
Hardcover | 5.5 x 8.5 in | 266 pages | ISBN 9781490876719
Softcover | 5.5 x 8.5 in | 266 pages | ISBN 9781490876702
E-Book | 266 pages | ISBN 9781490876696
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble

About the Author
Sandra Hilsabeck is married to Bryce Hastings and lives in Lincoln, Nebraska. They have six children and 14 grandchildren together. She had 11 foster children in her home over the years as her children grew up. She works in her church and runs her own business, SandraLee Enterprises, LLC, through which she mentors young ladies.

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