A story of exceptional value told in Mother Maria both because of the subject matter of the book and the author. This is the first book of a trilogy God’s Miracles in Lives of Regular People that describes important historical events through the life of the main character Maria.

Ukraine, World War II: a well-settled family shares the destinies with the countless number of people who are living in the same country at the same horrible time. The war affects everything in regular life and definitely changes people. Maria - a girl who hadn’t figured out yet how deep her inner strength and faith are - is put to the test of surviving.

Angelic Tarasio is the author of this book. She is a daughter-in-law of the main character Maria, a person who was deeply inspired by Maria’s life. Maria opened for Angelic the full spectrum of life beauty with inspirational understanding of strenuous life situations.

The author shares with us how surviving was possible through the hardships of war and shows realistically how a weak and scared Maria turns into a strong personality under the influence of merciless events. Basing the plot on real historical data, described in Maria’s journals, Angelic completed it mildly with her knowledge, accumulated from the personal contacts and long interesting conversations with her mother-in-law, using her colourful imagination.

"Mother Maria was a clever human being - says the author - and she knew well her strong and weak sides. The hardships of life afflicted a romantic and gentle Miss Maria. With God’s protection Maria avoided the physical or psycho-emotional destruction. The adversity made her strong and sometimes she declared that it made her too strong."

The author describes in details how Maria, keeping a strong connection with the Divinity, overcomes all the life threatening events and preserves hope and love. Maria is never alone or lost in the fire of war; she has her guiding faith. And her spiritual guidance allows her not to give up all through her thorny journey. This story illustrates the intangible and purest part of humanity: faith.

How a professional woman from American business world can write a book that inspires to survive in difficulties of the present days? She is guided, as her mother-in-law used to be. Angelic Tarasio is the result of her and her family’s challenging past experiences. Her own life has not been floating without its own turmoil; her husband had a nearly fatal car accident which paralysed him; her daughter is a victim of polio, and herself is a survivor of cancer.

The fact that all three triumphed over their circumstances, is a testimony to Angelic’s faith, as a parallel to the story of Maria. Probably this is also one of the reasons why Angelic has decided to share with the world her family saga: it is the paradigm of how to overcome hardships, how to let our personal strength and faith grow and support us and others when needed.

Posted on: Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 07:15 CDT

PALM CITY, Fla., May 20/PRNewswire/ -- Author Angelic Tarasio is proud to announce the release of her new highly motivational and awe inspiring book, "God’s Miracles in Lives of Regular People" (published by iUniverse) during one of the most uncertain economic times in recent history.

Written as the first book of a trilogy, "God’s Miracles in Lives of Regular People," based on the diary entries of Maria Kotyk, this inspirational love story takes readers through the life of Maria as she comes face to face with several life threatening hardships. From fighting to stay alive during the Nazi occupation of WWII, false imprisonment in a Siberian forced labor camp, as well as living as a homeless mother on the streets of Moscow, Maria stays true to her faith and calls upon the power of prayer to find strength and direction in her times of total hopelessness and despair.

"Help us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God by Thy grace," Maria prayed daily. Two years prior, she considered herself a decision maker. It was so simple to make decisions in her beautiful pre-war life. The hardship of war and inability to change the circumstances taught Maria a new lesson on how a human should rely on God. "The presence of Divinity in her everyday life made the miracles possible."

Driven by a constant daily reminder, working as a health care practitioner with a plethora of clients for over 20 years, Tarasio was given a firsthand opportunity to observe and experience for herself that over 75% of her patients were becoming physically ill and depressed due to the inability to define the purpose and value of their lives. "People forget that they are God’s creation and some are afraid to admit the phenomenon of one’s soul which guarantees a direct connection to the Universe," says Tarasio. "We call and receive the blessing from the Heavens to survive."

About the Author

Holding degrees in both German and English, Ukrainian native Angelic Tarasio currently resides in sunny Palm City, Florida. Working alongside her husband in their joint medical practice, Angelic was inspired daily to write a book about surviving the hardships of life. When not reading or writing her books, Tarasio enjoys the picturesque nature of the estate, listening to classical and modern music, as well as traveling to destinations throughout the U.S. and Europe.

"God’s Miracles in Lives of Regular People".

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