New Book Brings God and Penguins Together
Christian novel Fly Like a Penguin tells the story of the long journey of a Rockhopper penguin seeking his home in the Falkland Islands.
Appleton, WI (PRWEB) October 22, 2004 -- When Wisconsin author Marty Love
began writing his first book, he knew he couldn’t leave God out of it. “How can
we forget God? He is the center of my life, and actually the center of all
things whether we see Him or not,” he said. “We tend to ignore Him and act like
He’s not there, but He’s the one who made all this incredible creation. We’re
the ones who messed it up.”
His book, Fly Like a
Penguin, tells the adventures of a Rockhopper penguin named Hopper who is trying
to get to his home in the Falkland Islands. What should have been a short
journey becomes a very long one because of a storm and some miscalculations on
his part.
So what does God have to do with it? Hopper
is shown as a young penguin who learns more and more about his Creator as he
goes, and learns to hear his voice more clearly. He seems an unlikely and even
reluctant hero throughout the story, even up to the exciting conclusion. At
times he wonders why he is where he is, and why things aren’t going the way he
thinks they should, but is reminded that even his mistakes are used in the
master plan that is for his good.
Love calls the book
a somewhat educational, humorous, adventure story for kids eight to 12 years
old, and also for adults. He says there are some things in it only adults will
get. “There are a lot of fun things hidden in it,” he said. “I’ve gotten a lot
of positive feedback from people at church and others,
too.”
When Love was a teenager growing up in
Bremerton, WA, he saw a penguin float by on a log in front of his waterfront
home on Puget Sound. After receiving his Bachelor’s degree in journalism from
the University of Washington, he moved to Wisconsin. He got married and
proceeded to have many children. During this time, he remembered the penguin and
wondered, “How did he get there?” After much research and writing in his spare
time, he emerged with the book that answers that question and many others as
well.
Fly Like a Penguin is published by Authorhouse
and is available online at flylikeapenguin.com and at most online bookstores. It
can be ordered at any local bookstore or by calling the publisher at (888)
280-7715.
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