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Summary: surprised and amazed
Review: after reading the first 8 books in the left behind series, i was left with nothing to read. i wandered into the religious fiction section of a book store, randomly picking up books. this caught my eye because mrs. lahaye's name. reconizing it, i decided to give mr. lahayes other half a try. at first i was leary, but as the book went on i found that i was very drawn to it. by the time the book ended i went on a mad search for the second book. it was heart warming and makes me hope that one day when we have kids, that we will be lucky enough to have this type of neighborhood family around us.
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Summary: I loved this book!
Review: I absolutely loved this book. I was able to relate to each of the 4 main characters, and found it refreshing that they were all Christian women!
I loved to read about Brenda, the Home school mom, as I am also one.
I read 10 of the Left Behind books (LaHaye + Jenkins) and was familiar with the character jumping. I find myself preferring this style of writing.
I am sooo excited to read the other 3 books I have found in this series. I only hope they are filled with as much knowledge and enlightenment as the first.
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Summary: A refreshing contemporary Christian story
Review: I couldn't put this book down.This is the story of 4 women with very different lives who live in a cul-de-sac. The writing was so honest I felt like I knew these women. They all try to help when one of the children needs a heart transplant.This is not a sad or preachy book. It shows how faith works in peoples lives. I have also read their second book which I also highly recommend. I hope these authors are working on a third book.I'll be first in line to get it!
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Summary: A refreshing contemporary Christian story
Review: I couldn't put this book down.This is the story of 4 women with very different lives who live in a cul-de-sac. The writing was so honest I felt like I knew these women. They all try to help when one of the children needs a heart transplant.This is not a sad or preachy book. It shows how faith works in peoples lives. I have also read their second book which I also highly recommend. I hope these authors are working on a third book.I'll be first in line to get it!
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Summary: GREAT READ
Review: I just finished this book last night, but it only took me two nights to complete it. I couldn't put it down. Being a Christian mom myself, I couldn't help but identify with the struggles of the women in this book. The book focused on the faith that the women had in the seasons of their life - faith that God was in control and that He would see them through no matter what. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading about faith in action - no matter what season of life you find yourself in.
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Summary: Not touching at all
Review: I read this book for a church book club and was terribly disappointed. I wanted to get involved with these characters, but they were so thinly written. Cathy was my favorite character, but as soon as I got involved in her story, it jumped to another story. I just didn't feel that any one story was well developed. A very unsatisfying read.
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Summary: Not touching at all
Review: I read this book for a church book club and was terribly disappointed. I wanted to get involved with these characters, but they were so thinly written. Cathy was my favorite character, but as soon as I got involved in her story, it jumped to another story. I just didn't feel that any one story was well developed. A very unsatisfying read.
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Summary: Excellent Factual Transplant Story
Review: Like the other reviewers, I couldn't put this book down. I loved the story, but it had even more meaning to me since I am a heart/lung transplant recipient. Many stories about transplants or organ donation distort the facts; these authors obviously did their homework. All the details about the transplant and organ donation itself are right on the mark. If you or anyone in your family has had a transplant, this book may hit too close to home, just like the movie, "Return to Me"; however, I still recommend it highly. As one reviewer said, it's not the Mitford series, but it is still a good story about Christion women supporting each other. I'm glad to see there is a sequel!
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Summary: All the "Seasons Under Heaven" can be faced with God's help!
Review: Seasons Under Heaven was one of the best Christian novels I have ever read. It was so well written and it gripped my heart from the first page to the last. Seasons Under Heaven is the aptly named novel by Terri Blackstock and Beverly LaHaye. 4 families, who are close neighbors on the quiet, suburban cul-de-sac Cedar Circle, are each in their own way going through their own Seasons Under Heaven. Tory Sullivan, want-to-be writer is the stay-at-home mother of two preschoolers who have definitely altered her ambitions and goals. Brittany and Spencer require a lot of time and effort, as all children do, and husband Barry wants the best for his children and happiness for Tory. Can Tory re-prioritize and still be happy? Sylvia Bryan is trying to rediscover her purpose in life. The strong woman is feeling especially vulnerable and has a bad case of the empty nest syndrome since her children are grown and gone. Her husband, Harry, a prominent cardiac surgeon, is just the opposite. He has felt God's call to become a medical missionary. He's left it up to Sylvia to answer, though, and she's not sure what she could possibly have to offer. Cathy Flaherty is a single mother who works outside the home and is trying to raise three children, one a rebellious teenager, on her own. The local school has gotten her attention and she feels the need to face the school board. Will she push her children away? Lonely, she would love to find someone to share her life with and become a positive influence in the lives of her children. How can she raise the kids, work, fight the school board and still be just "Cathy"? The Sullivan, Bryan, and Flaherty problems all pale in comparison to the Dodds. Brenda and David Dodd seem to have such stability and happiness in their lives. The parents of four precious children, they devote their lives to them. Brenda homeschools all of them so she can give them the upbringing she feels they wouldn't get elsewhere. David is self-employed and works at home and assists her however he can. Although they are not "rich", their basic needs are met and they are happy. This all changes in a matter of moments, when one the children becomes gravely ill. How can they cope with the suffering of their son? How will they pay the bills? Brenda and the children are confident the Lord will provide for them, but can she keep encouraging herself and her son when her husband, due to traumatic childhood events, refuses to believe in the God Brenda so desperately loves and needs? The families of Cedar Circle unite and share the burden of young Joseph's illness. Page after page is filled with the support and dedication to the Dodd's the other families have. They reach out in ways they never knew they could, and find out that from laughter to tears, from encouragement to fear, all the Seasons Under Heaven can be faced. The novel contained one important truth that rang so loudly to me: Invest the best of your time and your love into your children and your family. Never take for granted the time you have with them. The exciting plot was a page-turner from beginning to end. And it left a lot of room to expand on each and every character. A sequel would definitely wrap up some unanswered questions, and you can be sure that if one is written it will be the five star novel this one is.
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Summary: Wonderful book; hard to put down
Review: This book is a wonderful book that depicts problems people face in society and how they can often solve problems by putting their problems in God's hands. It was a book that was hard to put down. I hope the autors write more books for I would buy them. I wish they had books that depicted young widows lives and how we have to face our everyday problems also. I look forward to future books that the authors choose to write.
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