Pump Up Your Book Presents Your Daughter Needs a Hero Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012

Your Daughter Needs a Hero

Join Maria C. Furlough, author of the family/relationships/parenting book, Your Daughter Needs a Hero, as she tours the blogosphere June 4 – 22 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!

Maria C. Furlough ABOUT MARIA C. FURLOUGH

Eighteen years ago, an eleven year old girl looked in mirror and for the first time in her innocent life…she realized she hated what she saw.  That girl was me.  It continued to be me until in my early twenties I realized two things: God had a bigger plan for me than that and part of that plan was for me to help other girls not be like me.As God slowly picked me up out of the pit I was in, I began to look around me and see many of factors that contributed to my poor body image.  As a youth leader I watched, studied, and prayed for the young girls God put into my life.  I struggled with them as they constantly asked about the caloric content of the cookies I put out or begged me not to take pictures of them.  It made me so sad to see so much of myself in them.  Then one day, after an interaction with parents, it hit me like a ton of bricks “they don’t know!” Their parents, my parents…they didn’t and don’t realize the depths that insecurity reaches.  It was time for action.

After the birth of my first child, Faith I sat down at my computer to write.  I wrote and I wrote and I wrote.  I actually wrote all the way through the birth of my second child David (it took me quite awhile with two under two at home!!!).  What I wrote is simple: parents you need to know…Today my family and I live in North Carolina and we excitedly begin this journey as an author and speaker.  My husband Dave is the catalyst behind all that I do.  He has encouraged me and enabled me to be on this journey and I am so thankful for his love and his companionship.  My daughter Faith, now turning four, inspires me every day to stand firm to the message I believe in.  It is for her that I take serious every word I utter about beauty.  It is for her I strive to be a woman who models a God given security in prayer that she will not struggle the way that I did.  It is for her my life’s mission is now clear.  My son David is now two and he is the ball of laughter and energy that keep this home going.  His smile, his laugh it is all contagious and I look forward to the man God is molding him to be.  Furlough baby # three, Aaron has officially arrived into our lives.  Since the day he was born he has been a perfect reminder of God’s grace and love for us.  Aaron is our perfect gift.

Authoring is by no means my life, but it sure is something God has excitedly called me to do and I look forward to all that the future has in store!  May this book, this blog, this life of mine bless you as we partner to help our girls into a life of true worth.

Feel free to contact me at any time at maria@trueworthministries.org for more information on booking events, signings, prayer needs, or simply to share your story.

Maria’s latest book is Your Daughter Needs a Hero.

You can visit the author’s website at www.trueworthministries.org.

Your Daughter Needs a Hero ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER NEEDS A HERO

What drives teenage girls? What tempts them? What causes their insecurities? More importantly, what can parents do to make a difference in their lives? Author Maria Furlough battled self-image and self-esteem issues as a teenager, and in Your Daughter Needs a Hero she uses a mix of personal stories and years of experience counseling teenage girls in youth ministry to show parents what their teenage daughters are going through and how best to help them.

Furlough explains how things such as fad diets, the media, and pornography influence a teen girl’s body image, and she guides parents on how to counteract the constant pressures and influences that affect teen girls every day. This book will show parents how to effectively build their daughter’s self-esteem, self-image, and, most importantly, their faith in God and in their parents. If you have a daughter, Your Daughter Needs a Hero is a must read!

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Tate Publishing

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Your Daughter Needs a Hero Virtual Book Publicity Tour Schedule

Monday, June 4

Guest Blogging at Literarily Speaking

Tuesday, June 5

Guest Blogging at Yamina Today

Wednesday, June 6

Interview at Book Marketing Buzz

Thursday, June 7

Interview at Examiner

Tuesday, June 12

Guest Blogging at Writing Daze

Wednesday, June 13

Guest Blogging at Bunny’s Reviews

Thursday, June 14

Interviewed LIVE on Blog Talk Radio’s A Book and a Chat

Friday, June 15

Guest Blogging at The Story Behind the Book

Monday, June 18

Book Review & Interview at Books Books and More Books

Tuesday, June 19

Interview at I Am a Reader Not a Writer

Friday, June 22

Book Review & Guest Post at The Phantom Paragrapher

Monday, June 25

Book Review & Guest Blogging at Inspired by Savannah

Tuesday, June 26

Book Review at Moonlight Lace & Mayhem

Wednesday, June 27

Book Review at Library of Clean Reads

Thursday, June 28

Book Review at Sincerely Stacie

Interview at Reader Girls

Book Review & Book Giveaway at Books in the Burbs

Book Review at Luxury Reading

Guest Blogging at Hardcover Feedback

Maria C. Furlough’s YOUR DAUGHTER NEEDS A HERO VIRTUAL BOOK PUBLICITY TOUR will officially begin on June 4 and end on June 22 2012. Please contact Dorothy Thompson at thewriterslife(at)gmail.com if you are interested in hosting and/or reviewing her book. Thank you!

UPDATE: THIS TOUR IS FULL.  THANKS TO ALL PARTICIPATING REVIEWERS AND BLOG HOSTS!

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