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Broken Heart on Hold: Surviving Separation
A woman who is separated needs a friend to walk beside her on her difficult journey.
Broken Heart on Hold is that friend, one that will uplift, encourage, and hold her up while offering practical insights and pointing her to God. It is a book of hope. Because it is written by a woman who has gone through the trauma of a separation and the eventual healing of her own marriage, the reader will know she is not alone.
This collection of honest, heartfelt messages reaches down into the valleys of a woman's loneliness, travels with her through her mental labyrinths, and sheds light in the dark tunnels where answers seem nonexistent. It provides the emotional and spiritual strength to help a woman sort through her confusion.
While winding her way through the maze of her emotions, she will realize there is hope as she hangs on to God and trusts him for the outcome. Broken Heart on Hold is a book she will return to again and again.
Broken Heart on Hold is that friend, one that will uplift, encourage, and hold her up while offering practical insights and pointing her to God. It is a book of hope. Because it is written by a woman who has gone through the trauma of a separation and the eventual healing of her own marriage, the reader will know she is not alone.
This collection of honest, heartfelt messages reaches down into the valleys of a woman's loneliness, travels with her through her mental labyrinths, and sheds light in the dark tunnels where answers seem nonexistent. It provides the emotional and spiritual strength to help a woman sort through her confusion.
While winding her way through the maze of her emotions, she will realize there is hope as she hangs on to God and trusts him for the outcome. Broken Heart on Hold is a book she will return to again and again.
192 pages, Paperback
First published April 5, 2006
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About the author
Linda W. Rooks
4 books8 followersLinda W. Rooks is the award winning author of Fighting for Your Marriage while Separated (March 2019, New Growth Press), winner of the Golden Scroll Non-fiction book of the Year Award for 2019.
Her debut novel, released in August 2022, is Pieces of Dark, Pieces of Light, a futuristic international thriller that spans two continents to weave together a captivating international suspense thriller in which family secrets and forgotten dangers from history resurface in the future.
Linda is also the author of Broken Heart on Hold, Surviving Separation, (June 2006, David C. Cook) and The Bunny Side of Easter (2015 Papa’s Press), a children’s picture book that tells an exciting adventure about the heroism of a little bunny that made him the Easter bunny and the rabbit on the moon.
Like the title of her book, Fighting for Your Marriage while Separated, Linda knows what it's like to fight for your marriage. She and her husband were separated for three years in the nineties. Today, not only is their marriage thriving, but together they lead a crisis marriage class in Central Florida.
Her stories and articles have appeared in a number of national publications including multiple Chicken Soup for the Soul books, Focus on the Family, Today’s Christian Woman, HomeLife, Light and Life, The Lookout Catholic Forester, Preserving Christian Homes, The Orlando Sentinel, San Diego Family Magazine, and several online venues. For 12 years she was a regular contributor to Tapestry, a Walk Thru the Bible devotional magazine for women, and for eight years Linda served in various editorial positions for Center Stage Magazine, a Central Florida Arts and Entertainment publication. She is a contributing author to Love is a Verb by Gary Chapman and Bethany House’s Angels, Miracles, and Heavenly Encounters.
Linda is listed in Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who in America, and Who’s Who in the World. She has participated in numerous radio and television interviews across the North American continent, is a member of Advanced Writers and Speakers Association (AWSA), Christian Author’s Network (CAN), American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), and is a founding member of Word Weavers, the premier international Christian writers critique group. She and her husband are Resource Members on the Troubled Marriages Team of the Association of Marriage and Family Ministries (AMFM)
Linda received a B.A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. She and her husband Marv now live in Central Florida, have two married daughters, and five grandchildren. Her husband Marv is a professor at Barry University School of Law.
Linda’s TV and radio interviews that describe more about Linda’s books and life can be found at her website.
Her debut novel, released in August 2022, is Pieces of Dark, Pieces of Light, a futuristic international thriller that spans two continents to weave together a captivating international suspense thriller in which family secrets and forgotten dangers from history resurface in the future.
Linda is also the author of Broken Heart on Hold, Surviving Separation, (June 2006, David C. Cook) and The Bunny Side of Easter (2015 Papa’s Press), a children’s picture book that tells an exciting adventure about the heroism of a little bunny that made him the Easter bunny and the rabbit on the moon.
Like the title of her book, Fighting for Your Marriage while Separated, Linda knows what it's like to fight for your marriage. She and her husband were separated for three years in the nineties. Today, not only is their marriage thriving, but together they lead a crisis marriage class in Central Florida.
Her stories and articles have appeared in a number of national publications including multiple Chicken Soup for the Soul books, Focus on the Family, Today’s Christian Woman, HomeLife, Light and Life, The Lookout Catholic Forester, Preserving Christian Homes, The Orlando Sentinel, San Diego Family Magazine, and several online venues. For 12 years she was a regular contributor to Tapestry, a Walk Thru the Bible devotional magazine for women, and for eight years Linda served in various editorial positions for Center Stage Magazine, a Central Florida Arts and Entertainment publication. She is a contributing author to Love is a Verb by Gary Chapman and Bethany House’s Angels, Miracles, and Heavenly Encounters.
Linda is listed in Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who in America, and Who’s Who in the World. She has participated in numerous radio and television interviews across the North American continent, is a member of Advanced Writers and Speakers Association (AWSA), Christian Author’s Network (CAN), American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), and is a founding member of Word Weavers, the premier international Christian writers critique group. She and her husband are Resource Members on the Troubled Marriages Team of the Association of Marriage and Family Ministries (AMFM)
Linda received a B.A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. She and her husband Marv now live in Central Florida, have two married daughters, and five grandchildren. Her husband Marv is a professor at Barry University School of Law.
Linda’s TV and radio interviews that describe more about Linda’s books and life can be found at her website.
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October 7, 2009
If you are a Christian experiencing the pain of separation, this book is for you. Written by a woman who experienced her own 3 year separation, it offers support and insight into the pain, loss and hopelessness you may be experiencing. It helped me during the lowest point of my life. When I felt there was no one who understood what I was feeling, I realized I was not alone and this book helped me find strength to get through. This book is not meant to be read quickly. It is comprised of short chapters which are really meant to be read individually each day. I was so taken by this book that I did read it quickly the first time but then re-read it slowly over the course of a few weeks and found that it was this slow, reflective reading which benefitted me most. I have picked this book up again and again throughout this painful process and it never fails to help me find some peace.
December 28, 2013
I won't be able to adequately articulate how this book has both comforted and challenged me, but I will offer that it is exactly what it purports to be: not an all-purpose answer, but a companion, a guide, a kindred spirit. It is intended to be dipped into, set aside and pondered, and then revisited. This is indeed the best way to experience all the wisdom and solace it holds. Even when I thought it had nothing more to say to me, I would be confronted with new understanding and inspired to delve deeper. It is a deeply personal book, both for the author and for the right reader, and I am thankful it was put in my path.
May 8, 2016
I read the first 13 pages and it amazes me how truthful was the writer (Linda), she was so true that her personality stands from the papers to the point of really feeling her as a friend who will walk beside you during similar rough time.
I highly recommend the book and I am eager to follow reading it to the end.
Thank you Linda, thank you very much
I highly recommend the book and I am eager to follow reading it to the end.
Thank you Linda, thank you very much
December 28, 2014
It reached into the depths of my confused soul.
This book showed me I am not alone in my feelings and thoughts after my husband left me. It helped me to remember God is in control and he loves me and will never abandon me.
This book showed me I am not alone in my feelings and thoughts after my husband left me. It helped me to remember God is in control and he loves me and will never abandon me.
August 30, 2025
This book really helped me through a toughest time in my life. It was my companion book. Comforting to know that I was not alone. Through a lot of prayer and by the grace of God, I was able to get a divorce from a terrible relationship that almost ended mine and my children’s lives. I recommend this to all persons trying to navigate separation and contemplating divorce.
September 19, 2017
not much else in this niche. helpful for a particular stage.
June 15, 2021
Skimmed through in one day. Some good things.
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January 24, 2024No rec from me
September 17, 2013
This book had several blurbs that resonated with me and were helpful. Overall, the book was just OK.
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March 20, 2015Very good book. Can read easily in 1-2 days. So truthfully and supportive.
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