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Jan Martinez, founder of Christ Kitchen, will read from her new book, “Christ Kitchen: Loving Women Out of Poverty” at 7 p.m., Sept. 26. at Auntie’s Bookstore.
The book is the true story of how Martinez turned a personal tragedy into a life dedicated to loving and mentoring women on the outskirts of society. It begins, “I awoke with a knife at my neck and the palpable pounding of a rapist’s heartbeat on my chest.” “Christ Kitchen: Loving Women Out Of Poverty” is a story about redemption and healing based on the experience that shape Martinez, according to reviewers.
Christ Kitchen is a local nonprofit job-training program.
Martinez’s book is sold out on Amazon, but can be purchased from Christ Kitchen.
Jan Martinez is a Spokane Faith & Values contributor.
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of SpokaneFāVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
