Bella

        Bella means beautiful.  This book is about a beautiful life.  What many people don’t realize is that the type of life a person has is a choice.  Often times, we let our circumstances determine the quality of our life.  Bella is a work of fiction but it is a great illustration of being imprisoned by poor choices and discovering a way of healing and choosing to live a life worth enjoying.

        Bella is a story woven around a couple of main characters; Nina a pregnant young waitress who dreams of becoming a professional dancer, and Jose, a man who made a mistake that resulted in a death, went to jail…giving up a promising career in professional soccer…then doing pennance by living a solitary life working as a chef in his brother Manny’s restaurant and punnishing himself by burning himself regularily.

        Two wounded souls who work side by side for years until circumstances allow them to reach out and try to help each other deal with the pain in their lives.    In making a conscious choice to turn the corner and make wiser choices that God has put in their pathway they discover happiness…bring a life into the world that others suggested shouldn’t be given life.  Following the opportunity for life, they are given freedom to once again live in joy.

       Bella was written by Lisa Samson.  It was published in 2008 by arrangement with Thomas Nelson.