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Written & audio book narrated by Kate Braestrup - Unabridged Nonfiction - 5 COMPACT DISCS - 5.5 hours

Publisher, Hachette Audio (July 2008)

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"In Here If You Need Me, I sensed Immediately that I was in the hands of an authentic voice—of an authentic human being. Kate Braestrup's story, and the straightforward prose in which she tells it. brought me to tears in one paragraph and made me laugh out loud in the next. This is one of the best memoirs I've ever read." —ANITA SHREVE

Ten years ago, Kate Braestrup and her husband Drew were enjoying the life they shared together. They had four young children, and Drew, a Maine state trooper, would soon begin training to become a minister as well. Then early one morning Drew left for work and everything changed. On the very roads that he protected every day, an oncoming driver lost control, and Kate lost her husband.

Stunned and grieving, Kate decided to continue her husband's dream and became a minister herself. And in that capacity she found a most unusual mission: serving as the minister on search and rescue missions in the Maine woods, giving comfort to people whose loved ones are missing, and to the wardens who sometimes have to deal with awful outcomes. Whether she is with the parents of a 6-year-old girl who had wandered into the woods, with wardens as they search for a snowmobile rider trapped under the ice, or assisting a man whose sister left an infant seat and a suicide note in her car by the side of the road, Braestrup provides solace, understanding, and spiritual guidance when it's needed most.

HERE IF YOU NEED ME is the story of Kate Braestrup's remarkable journey from grief to faith to happiness. It is dramatic, funny, deeply moving, and simply unforgettable, an uplifting account about finding God through helping others, and the tale of the small miracles that occur every day when life and love are restored.

About the Author: KATE BRAESTRUP is one of the first chaplains ever appointed to the Maine Warden Service. She is the author of a novel. Onion, and has written for Mademoiselle, Ms., City Paper, Hope, and Law and Order. She lives in Maine with her husband, Simon van der Ven. and their six children.