House Of Secrets (26 page)
Authors: Tracie Peterson
- According to the surgeon general, mental illness affects approximately one in five people. Given these statistics, most people will know someone who has a mental or emotional illness. Has your life been touched by someone like this?
- In
House of Secrets
, the sisters find it necessary to hide the truth of what they believe happened to their mother. Have you ever found yourself the keeper of a potentially life-changing secret? If so, how did you deal with it and did you eventually let the secret be known? - Sisters can often have both rewarding and strained relationships. Discuss the positive and negative ways that Bailee, Geena, and Piper interacted.
- House of Secrets
focuses on the scars left from childhood trauma. If you’ve suffered from similar events in your past, how did you deal with the trauma? Were you able to overcome the bondage it placed you in? If so, how? - What does the Bible say about mental illness? How can we as Christians reach out to the mentally ill in our community?
- Secrets tend to damage more than help, but they are almost always at the base of emotional trauma. What does that kind of bondage look like to you?
- How does Satan use secrets to keep us in bondage? What tools do we have as Christians to overcome such bondage?
- If you were diagnosed with a mental illness, how would you handle it? Would you actively seek help? Would you let the people around you know? Would you fear being ostracized?
TRACIE PETERSON is the bestselling, award-winning author of more than 80 novels. Tracie also teaches writing workshops at a variety of conferences on subjects such as inspirational romance and historical research. She and her family live in Belgrade, Montana.
BOOKS BY TRACIE PETERSON
House of Secrets • A Slender Thread • Where My Heart Belongs
Bridal Veil Island*
To Have and To Hold
Song of Alaska
Dawn’s Prelude • Morning’s Refrain • Twilight’s Serenade
Striking a Match
Embers of Love • Hearts Aglow • Hope Rekindled
Alaskan Quest
Summer of the Midnight Sun
Under the Northern Lights • Whispers of Winter
Alaskan Quest (3 in 1)
Brides of Gallatin County
A Promise to Believe In • A Love to Last Forever
A Dream to Call My Own
The Broadmoor Legacy*
A Daughter’s Inheritance • An Unexpected Love
A Surrendered Heart
Bells of Lowell*
Daughter of the Loom • A Fragile Design • These Tangled Threads
Lights of Lowell*
A Tapestry of Hope • A Love Woven True • The Pattern of Her Heart
Desert Roses
Shadows of the Canyon • Across the Years • Beneath a Harvest Sky
Heirs of Montana
Land of My Heart • The Coming Storm
To Dream Anew • The Hope Within
Ladies of Liberty
A Lady of High Regard • A Lady of Hidden Intent
A Lady of Secret Devotion
Ribbons of Steel**
Distant Dreams • A Hope Beyond • A Promise for Tomorrow
Ribbons West**
Westward the Dream • Separate Roads
Westward Chronicles
A Shelter of Hope • Hidden in a Whisper • A Veiled Reflection
Yukon Quest
Treasures of the North • Ashes and Ice • Rivers of Gold
*with Judith Miller **with Judith Pella
