Three Fifty-Seven A.M. Lib/E: Timing Is Everything

Essie Mae Richardson is an elderly, wise, and church-going soul. She lives alone, but spends most of her time worrying about those around her. Using God's guidance and wisdom picked up over the years, she keeps an eye on things happening around her, and when the time is right, she reaches out to those who don't even know they need her. Quite innocently, Ms. Essie touches three families, each in her own special way, causing them to reflect on her words, giving them the love, prayers, and good home-cooked meals needed to help them realize the importance of life. It is through this family-like environment that they meet and form a relationship with themselves, and later, with each other.

Kendra Norman-Bellamy is the nationaly bestselling author of numerous faith-based titles. She is best known for her fiction writing but is also the author of the nonfiction title I Shall Not Die, an empowerment book that was inspired by her own life experiences.