"We learn everything we can possibly know about Jillian and the weaknesses and negative energy that can handcuff the best of us. As Jillian struggles to find answers to some of life's toughest questions, readers begin asking the same questions of themselves.

Jillian is just one of a bevy of strong characters in Kathy Jacobson's new book that takes a refreshing look at how faith, intelligence, forgiveness and common sense can lead us through detours created by love, frustration, jealousy and uncertainty.

This is a feel-good book that everyone can identify with and enjoy!"

Rob Schultz

Reporter, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin

"Kathy Jacobson, writing through the adult life of Jillian, has brilliantly interwoven the dynamics of conflicted family relationships, dysfunctional courtships and marriages, and personal risk-taking!

Jillian shares her faith honestly and openly as she seeks support from God through daily prayer for herself and others.

Each of the characters' true-to-life struggles quickly bring the reader to our own reality, as we tend to join Jillian's quest for a new adventure, and for a partner who is "kind, notices things and listens to me when I speak." Could she possibly take the risk to love again?

Men and women, alike, will recognize their own struggles reflected in NOTED!"

Nancy Fulton Young

Psychologist, Marriage and Family Therapist, and Mediator

Madison, Wisconsin

"I recently spent an evening immersed in the story of Jillian's new life. Her reflections on the past and her honest fear over how her choices today will shape the future resonated with me, and I believe they will resonate with women today; both those who have laid claim to faith and those who are yet seeking faith in God.

Kathy Jacobson brings to life the story of a woman who is imperfectly faithful to the God who loves her and who she loves in return. This is a story of the acceptance of one's own responsibility; a story of how God can bring learning, growth and grace out of any situation or decision. Jacobson's story also shows how a deeply faithful person can still have doubts and fears. Her heroine, Jillian is an "every woman" of faith; one who has made good choices and bad choices, a woman who has confidence in God's love and forgiveness but still struggles with doubt and questions.

I'd like to invite Jillian to visit the women in my community. But since that can't happen, I'd like to invite the women in my community to read "Noted" and to talk together about Jillian's life and their own. The study guide at the end of the book will be a great resource to help women consider how to reflect on their past and to step boldly into the future God has prepared for them."

Pastor Mary Lou Aune

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America