Book Review: Kathryn Cushman's Chasing Hope

Cushman has wrote a really touching book with Chasing Hope. I haven't read anything like it to be honest was empowering to females of all ages. She creates a lineage of females who motivate others, and also don't constantly talk about their love lives every second. I also felt that the relationship between Koen and the lead character, Sabrina, was even very naturally handled. I would recommend this to people who like Christian fiction, and even others just looking for a good sports novel because this has elements that do strive for a deeper impact.

Summary: Sabrina sees a teenage girl running from a cop one day while she is on campus, but she unaware that their paths are about to cross for more than an instance. Sabrina's grandmother knows the teenage girl's grandmother, and she knows how much stress she is going through right now with trying to keep her grand daughter, Brandy, under control. Now she is in trouble and could be serving time in juvie, unless she can find some extracurricular activities to get her involved in that can show her time is being dedicated to things other than crime when not in jail. Sabrina agrees to help train Brandy for the cross country team, but she the task of helping Brandy stay away from her corruptible lifestyle is going to prove difficult especially on Sabrina who already has the stress of finding a job after college and her serious illness.