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Bringing Elizabeth Home : A Journey of Faith and Hope

Bringing Elizabeth Home : A Journey of Faith and Hope

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Beautiful Book!
Review: The Smart family has been through so much although I don't think I realized just how much until I read this book (Yes, I actually READ the book!). It's a quick read but it is still such a powerful story. As many parents did (I'm the mother of three) I followed Elizabeth's case closely--my heart really went out to the Smarts. But through all the news reports I didn't get as much of their very human story and I've come away from this book with a better feeling for the awful circumstances they and Elizabeth came through. It's a very spiritual book and they're very open about their faith, but that didn't come off as obnoxiously as I feared it may. They seem very sincere. I found Lois's story of having to accept the possibility of Elizabeth's death particularly powerful.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Must Read For Every Parent
Review: The family amakes it clear that they chose to write this book so that all of the misinformation about the kidnapping can be cleared up once and for all. Further, it is a testament to thier strong faith and belief that God lives and Miricales do happen. It appears that ELizabeth is doing very well and the family has moved on together to live a happy life--especially now that they have thier daughter back. This book will enlighted, inspire and bring you closer to the ones you love.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Shame on them!!
Review: These two call themselves parents?! My Lord, they got their child back...and alive, and yet here they are trying to make money off her. This is sad. Sad and such a shame, there is no reason for them to write this. Let the girl live her life and try to put this horrible thing behind her.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: This book is a pathetic attempt of a cover up
Review: I am very familiar with the Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping
and have given very serious thought to writing a book from a person who supplied information to FOX, CNN, NY Post, NY daily News, National Enquirer, and many others.

To start off, I would feel sorry for the Smart family. But, It seems like they have fit in really well in the role of helpless Mormon Parents. I knew Daniel Trotta, the young man who Elizabeth Lived with for a week while she was traveling. Did Daniel Trotta know it was Elizabeth Smart? He told me he did not. I will withold judgement.

Was elizabeth Smart Brainwashed? She could have been. She is a Mormon and some Mormons have lost track of the differance between faith and fiction.

There are many fine books you can read that will calrify LDS/Mormons or whatever they are calling themselves these days. gerald Grimmett and his book Ferry Women, is fiction but a good primer to Mormon history.

Krakauers book digs deep into the cults that have been spawn from Mormonisn. Under the Banner of Heaven, A story of violent faith
... John Krakauer , Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith, Doubleday, 2003 ... Krakauer narrative intersperses sections of early Mormon history under the leadership of Brigham Young and others.

The Smart family never met a camera they did not like.
They pushed Salt lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson off the story and
brought back some old SLC Mayor to be their spokesperson.

I heard the horrible comments made by people about Elizabeth.
Questions have never been answered about why all these men were
working around the house for Elizabeth Smarts dad with a young girl
living at home?

Did the Smarts pay taxes on their hired help. Why did the Ricci
death get such little publicity. Why did Mr Smart get so angry when some questioned his life choices? Most men would not care what the media was saying.

Why did the LDS Church take such an active role in dissemination of information regarding Elizabeth Smart. I feel sorry for Elizabeth
and feel that a book like this does nothing to help her recovery.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The subtitle says it all, really.
Review: The subtitle says it all, really. Readers expecting to learn details of Elizabeth Smart's captivity should look elsewhere; there are no such revelations in this book. Her parents leave it to Elizabeth to tell that story herself, someday, if she chooses to do so. This is Ed and Lois Smart telling their own story, and that of their family's other members, during the months between Elizabeth's kidnapping and her return.

Faith played a huge role in keeping the Smart family's hope alive during those months, so it's natural for them to speak of it often. For some readers this may give their book a "preachy" quality, while for others it may strike exactly the right note. True crime this is not - it's more like a series of essays, sharing each parent's feelings while walking us through the events as they remember them.

Worth reading, but oddly dry for all the material's tremendous emotional impact. I came away feeling that someone - authors, ghostwriter, editor(s), I couldn't be sure who - worked so hard at avoiding sensationalism that the effort backfired. 3.5 stars, rounding up to 4.


Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A story of faith and hope...
Review: As the Smart family has said, they wrote this book themselves because they knew their story would be told, and they simply wanted to ensure that the story was truly being told from their perspective. Anyone who claims that this book was written for profit is off his/her rocker. The Smarts are a very wealthy family who had no need to profit from their nightmare.

As far as suggesting that they were hiding a pregnancy, congratulations on your math skills, but pregnancy doesn't show for at least four months. Are you suggesting that they kept her away just for fun for the remainder of the time? What a preposterous notion! Additionally, while the LDS faith teaches abstinence, it also has an social services system which includes counseling, and if needed, placing babies for adoption, showing that they do recognize that unmarried people have babies and that they are ready to help.

Lastly, my largest commendation to the Smart family. This experience was a test of faith that no family would ever want to endure. Ed and Lois Smart took a terrible situation and used it to rally for the Amber Alert, and turned their nightmare into a blessing for other families. There were few that believed that Elizabeth would return alive. The Smarts gave the example that nobody has the right to question another's faith.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Stolen Innocence
Review: As I read your comments and after reading this book myself, I wanted to suggest that you read another book that is about a much less publicized kidnapping of a Mormon girl some 30 years ago. The book is Stolen Innocence: The Jan Broberg Story. I found that Stolen Innocence took a more realistic approach to a bizarre and terrifying experience. Perhaps the Smarts weren't quite ready to share the complete experience, beyond just the justifiable gratitude they felt for Elizabeth's return. The author of Stolen Innocence is not afraid to takes a look at her own failings and weaknesses during the tragic time of her daughter's kidnapping and the years following the ordeal. It looks at the family's ignorance and victimization, but more importantly aslo their hope and strength. I highly recommend it. I recently saw the subject/victim of the "Stolen Innocence" book on Good Morning America and could hardly believe her story, so I had to buy the book and read it for myself!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A good read
Review: I loved this story because a Missing girl was found 9 months later and returned to her family. I can recall the day Elizabeth was found and was glad that the parents took the time to write this book because it's a wonderful story with an incredibly happy ending. The ending Bringing Elizabeth home to her family. I highly recomend this book for anyone who followed the Elizabeth Smart case. Pick it up today!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Don't waste your time reading this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Let me start by saying how bored I was reading this so called book. It has nothing to do with Elizabeth and it has all to do with her parents. Like they want to make some money out of Elizabeth being kidnapped. Why are there pictures of her parents wedding, pics of them growing up? I just don't get this book. This book should be about Elizabeth and only her. Thank goodness this book was a gift to me so I didn't waste my money on it. I was really disappointed as I read this book. It took me 2 months to read it because I can only read a couple pages before I fall asleep. I'm telling you don't waste your money. What is the purpose of this book? It sure wasn't about Elizabeth. The movie they made was better then this. I am so glad I am finished this book because trust me, I will never read it again and I don't recommend it to anybody either.


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