Miss Brenda and the Loveladies, Brenda Spahn
Miss Brenda and the Loveladies, Brenda Spahn
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Miss Brenda and the Loveladies
A Heartwarming True Story of Grace, God, and Gumption

Author: Brenda Spahn, Irene Zutell

Narrator: Pam Ward, Bahni Turpin, Johanna Parker, Adenrele Ojo

Unabridged: 7 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2014

Synopsis

One woman's fight to provide hope for the hopeless… Seven ex-cons who changed her heart forever…For Brenda Spahn, entrepreneur and businesswoman, wealth was a lifestyle—until a brush with the law threatened to send her to prison. In those dark moments, Brenda made a promise to God.Spared incarceration, a renewed Brenda glimpsed into the lives of women serving time in one of the worst places in America—the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Alabama. What she saw prompted a God-inspired vision.With a heart to help and a will that couldn't be crushed, Brenda fought the system and overcame tremendous obstacles to take ex-cons into her home and help them navigate the alien world of life on the outside.This is the story of Brenda's journey from rags to riches to redemption. It's the story of the first unlikely year of her "Whole Way House" and of the extraordinary lives of the first seven women who came to call her "Miss Brenda." It's a story that testifies to the power of faith and how God changes hearts every day.

About Brenda Spahn

Brenda Spahn is founder and executive director of the Lovelady Center, the largest and most successful nonprofit transitional center for women in the country. It serves 450 women and children every day, providing substance-abuse counseling, drug rehabilitation, meals, childcare, career counseling, and job opportunities to women working to establish successful lives outside of prison walls. Brenda is married and has five children. 

About Irene Zutell

Irene Zutell is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Pieces of Happily Ever After and coauthor with Vanessa Williams of You Have No Idea.

About Pam Ward

Pam Ward, an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator, found her true calling reading books for the blind and physically handicapped for the Library of Congress’ Talking Books program. The fact that she can work with Blackstone Audio from the beauty of the mountains of Southern Oregon is an unexpected bonus.

About Bahni Turpin

Bahni Turpin has guest starred in many television series, including NYPD Blue, Law & Order, Six Feet Under, and Cold Case. Her film credits include Brokedown Palace and Crossroads. She has won numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and three prestigious Audie Awards.

About Johanna Parker

Johanna Parker is an Audie and Earphone Award–winning actress living and working in San Francisco. Since narrating her first audiobook in 2002, she has received praise for her work in all genres, including her portrayal of Sookie Stackhouse in Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire books. She received her BFA in acting from Boston University and studied Shakespeare at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She has performed on stages in London, Los Angeles, Seattle, and New York and has numerous film and television credits. As a voice-over actress, she has voiced commercials, video games, documentaries, and websites.

About Adenrele Ojo

Adenrele Ojo is an actress, dancer, and audiobook narrator, winner of over a dozen Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie Award for best narration in 2018. She made her on-screen debut in My Little Girl, starring Jennifer Lopez, and has since starred in several other films. She has also performed extensively with the Philadelphia Dance Company. As the daughter of John E. Allen, Jr., founder and artistic director of Freedom Theatre, the oldest African American theater in Pennsylvania, is no stranger to the stage. In 2010 she performed in the Fountain Theatre’s production of The Ballad of Emmett Till, which won the 2010 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Best Ensemble. Other plays include August Wilson’s Jitney and Freedom Theatre’s own Black Nativity, where she played Mary.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amanda H on January 02, 2014

When Brenda Spahn narrowly escapes going to prison herself, she feels God calling her to start ministering to those in prison. But, as she works with those women in prison, she discovers a real need for a whole way house for the woman when they get out, since a lot of them just wind up back in priso......more

Goodreads review by Thereasa on December 16, 2013

In Atlanta, it's really easy to shield yourself and your children from poverty. Everything we need is often within a few blocks of our lovely, manicured middle class (and up) neighborhoods. Our churches are filled with people who may have terrible trauma in their pasts and current problems that woul......more

Goodreads review by Becky on January 17, 2014

This is a true story about a very successful career woman, Brenda Spahn, who suddenly starts working with women prisoners. She doesn't have any experience. She only knows she feels impressed by God to do this, and to do it from a Christian perspective. At first, Brenda doesn't know what she has gott......more

Goodreads review by Joy on December 15, 2013

My Review This book reads like a novel, but it is really a true story. Wealthy, successful Brenda Spahn was spared spending time in prison because of a tough brush with the law. When Brenda was praying about going to prison herself, she made a promise to God. Being set free, she acts on her promise t......more

Goodreads review by Laura on January 05, 2014

In an honest and heartwarming narrative, Brenda Spahn tells of her journey from a wealthy entrepreneur to the founder and executive director of the Lovelady Center. In MISS BRENDA and the LOVELADIES she traces her steps from almost going to prison to loving and helping the first seven women of her "......more

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