Ellie Carter* is married to a vicar and has two adopted children. Having prayed, ‘Dear God, if You’re there, please let me know,’ as a teenager, she found her questions answered in a local church youth group, where she met Jesus.
As an adult, she believes God has helped her come to terms with infertility.
*Ellie Carter is a pseudonym
Three women, three friends, three saints... or are they?
Beautiful and determined Hayley, careworn and devoted Sophie, selfless but self-doubting Lucy – they share faith and unfulfilled longings as they confront painful challenges of infertility, adoption and singleness.
But when temptations arise...
Ellie, how long have you been writing and how did you get started?
All Saints? is my first book and I started writing it three years ago, although parts of it were swimming around in my head for about a year before that. I had lots of bits of paper with conversations and bits of the plot, which I arranged in order across the floor...
'got through it in a weekend as I really wanted to know how the turbulent, unexpected year that Hayley, Sophie and Lucy live through, would turn out'
'gripping and well-paced (with a shocking twist) but there is also much to enjoy along the way ... covered infertility, motherhood and relationships in a way that was both honest and poignant'
'it's the way we can relate to the characters (even me as a bloke) that is the book's strength. That and the wonderfully quirky situations that arise in the church. Coffee will never taste the same again'
