Loving Husband Honors Late Wife in Touching New Book 'The Last Dance: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Love'

BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- "This is mainly a love story. It's not about dying, but about living to the fullest," said author Fr. Eddie Martin. "And honoring my late wife Jennie Martin, whose courage, faith, and love shone all the brighter as her life's light faded away." In Fr. Eddie Martin's new book, "The Last Dance: A True Sto-ry of Courage, Faith, and Love," he pays tribute to his best friend, wife, and mother of his children to honor the legacy she left not only in his heart but in the world through her charitable acts of kind-ness and faith in God.

Fr. Martin and Jennie were married in 1978 and enjoyed 35 years of becoming one. However, their lives changed forever in 2010 when Jennie was diagnosed with cancer. After receiving the devastat-ing news she only had two years left to live, Jennie did not wallow away in despair, instead, she con-tinued to live life to the fullest and did not take a single moment for granted. During the 55 years that Jennie walked this earth, she was a true Southern belle and loving mother, wife, friend, and woman of God who devoted her life to serving others including leading missions to Honduras for ten years and much more.

"Through my love story with Jennie, I want readers to see the joy and fullness that a covenant mar-riage brings to your life and also bring solace and hope to those diagnosed with a terminal illness and to their loved ones," said Fr. Martin. "I want my book to encourage those who lose faith because they can't understand 'bad' things happening to 'good' people."

"The Last Dance" will make readers laugh as they cry while they fall in love with this joyful wife, mom, and spirited woman with an incredible zest for life that simply could not be defeated, not even in death. This romantic tale of love's triumph will inspire readers to build, refine, or elevate their own relationships to the depths of intimacy and completeness we all yearn for. To learn more, please visit TheLastDance.store.

"The Last Dance: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Love"
By Fr. Eddie Martin
ISBN: 978-1-6632-1685-4 (sc); 978-1-6632-1686-1 (e)
Available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and iUniverse

About the Author
Fr. Eddie Martin is a Louisiana native who met the love of his life, Jennifer Ann Nates at the University of South Carolina. She was studying pharmaceuticals and he was studying chemical engineering. They wed in 1978 and were blessed with four children, three of whom are still alive today. Eddie worked as a chemical engineer until their first child arrived. Shortly thereafter, they created a family business, Greetings of the Heart, based on Eddie's artistic skills and Jennie's entrepreneurial energy, which eventually evolved into Louisiana Gifts and Gallery, Inc. just outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 2003, Eddie felt a strong pull to give his life more fully to service others through the church and enrolled in the diaconate formation program and was ordained as a deacon of the Cath-olic church in 2010. Following the birth of Jennie to eternal life, he returned to seminary and was ordained into the priesthood in 2016. Fr. Martin currently serves as Pastor to the wonderful people of the "Bayou Cluster" of St. Anne in Napoleonville, Louisiana, St. Philomena in Labadieville, and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mother in Plattenville. His is a unique priestly perspective with his family background and the five grandchildren he enjoys today.

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