Mona wrote a novel in 2018
Hope from Stone is a powerful narrative, a character driven story with a lively plot. It has robust detail, believable exaggeration, humor, and strong dialogue.
It takes the protagonist through a process of developing a relationship with God, from trusting her intuition more than popular opinion.
Hope from Stone identifies with modern pop culture by exploring spirituality, dysfunction, stress, and personal choice.
It is a Christian story that starts from the protagonist's secretive, flimsy, naïve perspective about her faith that evolves into a rock solid foundation of hope.
Hope from Stone provides MSers with much needed optimism and inspiration regardless of the condition of their health. Its an informative read for caregivers as well.
A novel about girl in her 20’s living with MS.
Vigorous, independent, stubborn and sometimes difficult to get along with, 28-year-old Rozalind has Multiple Sclerosis.
Through endless appointments, she desperately searches for a cure while trying to make sense of her new condition.
Out of options, she moves home. As Roz becomes more despondent and isolated, her faithful dog, Deputy, is her main companion.
After her mother is unexpectedly faced with a serious illness of her own, Roz builds an inner life with her own growing awareness of God, and her world begins to change.
She moves from a cynical, fault-finding victim to a calm, secure, empowered woman of age.
This fictionalized memoir is an engaging story of courage and hope.
A novel about girl in her 20’s living with MS.
Vigorous, independent, stubborn and sometimes difficult to get along with, 28-year-old Rozalind has Multiple Sclerosis.
Through endless appointments, she desperately searches for a cure while trying to make sense of her new condition.
Out of options, she moves home. As Roz becomes more despondent and isolated, her faithful dog, Deputy, is her main companion.
After her mother is unexpectedly faced with a serious illness of her own, Roz builds an inner life with her own growing awareness of God, and her world begins to change.
She moves from a cynical, fault-finding victim to a calm, secure, empowered woman of age.
This fictionalized memoir is an engaging story of courage and hope.
Bio
Mona Houle has been writing for years as a hobby, having attended many classes, courses, and workshops with periodic published pieces.
But she never seriously considered writing until her health forced her to give up life as she’d known it in 2012. Since then, she completed two mentorship programs with a published author Gail Anderson-Dargatz before writing her first novel. She published a second book of reflections in 2022.
Mona has steadily belonged to a writer’s group in the various communities she lived, and is currently a member of the Victoria Writers Society. She likes writing about faith, God and overcoming impossible challenges with His unchanging nature down through the ages.
Mo's Art Design & Services was spearheaded in 1995 and lasted for twelve years, an umbrella for several art endeavors: a vendors booth at festivals & markets selling cards, paintings, prints; painted Christmas windows; children’s art classes, and The Social Gourmet, a cooking program for special needs adults.
Formally trained at Vancouver Vocational Institute, Capilino College, and Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Mona established a career of creative ambitions, aesthetic design and altruistic ventures. All blog posts are her own art and photos.
Mona resides in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Publishing Credits
Joy from Stone: Christian Living with Limitations (new title 2023)
Christian Living with Multiple Sclerosis: Personal Growth through Memoir
Self published book of Reflections (2022)
MS Society of Canada - Shared Voices Newsletter
The Art of Simplicity 428 words (Winter 2022)
Friendly Help 509 words (Fall 2022)
A Lucky Miss 614 words (Spring 2022)
Upgrade by Downsizing 491 words (Winter 2021)
Our Daily Bread 535 words (Summer 2021)
New Best Friends 460 words (Spring 2021)
Diocesan Messenger
Hurt People Hurt People (Easter 2019)
https://indd.adobe.com/view/7c547322-8d11-46f9-b98e-539ad19d7ca3
Hope from Stone - Self published novel (2018)
Convivium Magazine –
The Art of Giving (Dec 2018)
https://www.convivium.ca/articles/the-art-of-giving-thanks
Sketches from Memory - Ode to My Aunts (2013)
From the Cerulean Sea - The Velveteen Rabbit Goes to Mexico (2013)
