Faith, Resilience, and Finding Hope
In Suddenly Unemployed, Rebecca Krusee shares a deeply personal story about losing her job, her home, and the life she worked hard to build. After spending 15 years as a manager in Silicon Valley, she lost everything when her company outsourced her departments overseas. Her book is an honest look at how job loss can shake every part of your life—from financial stability to personal identity—and how it affects your family, too.
Krusee’s writing is straightforward and relatable. She describes the tough questions she faced: “Why me? What do we do now?” Through her family’s struggles, she shows how hard it can be to find a sense of security again. But what sets this book apart is the way she turns to her faith for strength. Each chapter mixes her personal experiences with Bible verses that helped her through the darkest times.
The book is well-organized, with each chapter focusing on a different part of her journey, like dealing with sudden change, keeping her family together, and finding hope again. Her writing makes you feel like you’re sitting down with a friend who understands exactly what you’re going through. She’s open about the challenges but always points toward finding a way forward.
This book is a reminder that, even when everything feels like it’s falling apart, you can find strength, hope, and a path forward.
I give this book a 4 out of 5 stars!
Note: I received a copy of this book from the author and was not required to write a positive review.
Suddenly Unemployed is on Tour with Celebrate Lit.
Book: Suddenly Umemployed – 52 Personal Stories of Hope & Encouragement through Financial Crisis
Author: Rebecca Krusee
Genre: Christian Living – Non-Fiction
Release date: July 12, 2024
Losing your job, home, financial stability, dreams and possibly more can be heartbreaking, lonely and difficult. Immediately, you’re scrambling for answers to questions like “Why me? Where will we live? What’s next?”
Rebecca understands firsthand what it’s like to be stripped of her 15 year management career in Silicon Valley manufacturing when her company outsourced her four departments overseas and, as a result, lost her beloved home among other necessities.
Suddenly Unemployed shares her family of four’s true-to-life personal stories and biblical passages to encourage you through whatever storm you’re facing.
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About the Author
Rebecca Krusee’s stories appear in Love is a Verb by Gary Chapman, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Guideposts as well as other publishing. Rebecca lives in the majestic Santa Cruz Mountains of California where she enjoys spending quality time with her family, taking a leisurely drive along the Pacific Ocean and exploring her community.
More from Rebecca
I felt lead to write Suddenly Unemployed – 52 Personal Stories of Hope & Encourgagement through Financial Crisis describing our family’s experience with job loss and financial crisis. I know firsthand not having the concentration needed to read a novel while enduring a crisis. My focus was on the basic necessities of shelter, food and clothing. Hence, I wrote fifty-two bite size stories that can be read one per week for a year and split the sixteen year journey into three distinct sections of entering, navigating and exiting the crisis.
Although this time period was painful, my trust and faith in God along with personal character grew. These qualities helped navigate me through further trials such as a COVID world, California wildland fire, loss of parents, empty nest syndrome and more.
Some people hide their struggles from others. I chose to openly share our story with the hope it will encourage the readers as they read about God’s goodness woven throughout our book. Perhaps they will say to themselves, “If God carried the Krusees through the toughest storms of their lives, maybe He will carry me and my family too.”
Blog Stops
Simple Harvest Reads, November 7 (Author Interview)
Life on Chickadee Lane, November 8
For the Love of Literature, November 9 (Author Interview)
Mary Hake, November 9
An Author’s Take, November 10
Tell Tale Book Reviews, November 11 (Author Interview)
Batya’s Bits, November 11
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, November 12
Blossoms and Blessings, November 13 (Author Interview)
Texas Book-aholic, November 14
Artistic Nobody, November 15 (Author Interview)
Locks, Hooks and Books, November 16
Stories By Gina, November 17 (Author Interview)
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, November 18
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, November 19
Jodie Wolfe – Stories Where Hope and Quirky Meet, November 20 (Author Interview)
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Rebecca is giving away the grand prize of a $50 Amazon gift card and the winner’s choice of an eBook or print copy of the book!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
