Saturday, December 22, 2012

A Kingsbury Collection {Review}

 A Kingsbury Collection is a book of three of Karen Kingsbury's novels all in one.  Although I like a lot of authors, I still think that Karen is my favorite so I was super excited to be able to review not just one, but three of her stories!
Here is a description of each from the publisher:
Where Yesterday Lives

Ellen Barrett is a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist with an uncertain marriage, a forgotten faith, and haunting memories of her picturesque hometown and the love she left behind. The eldest of five siblings, she longs for the time, long ago, when they were a happy family. Now Ellen’s beloved father is dead, and she returns to her childhood home to make peace–with the people who still live there, with the losses and changes that time has wrought, and with the future God has set before her.

When Joy Came to Stay

Maggie Stovall is one of the golden people. She has it all together...at least on the surface. Ben Stovall is a godly husband and successful attorney. He has no idea of the darkness about to overtake his life. Amanda Joy is a child of society–abused, broken, thrown away. But her trust in God is still alive. When Joy Came to Stay is the heart-wrenching story of one woman’s descent into the shadows of depression, her husband’s search for understanding, and a precious child’s unwavering faith.

On Every Side

Faith Evans is an up-and-coming newscaster, a woman of honor and integrity who must take a stand against the one man she never imagined would be her enemy. A beloved, hundred-year-old statue of Jesus stands in a small-town park–but some say it’s a clear violation of separation of church and state that must come down. Jordan Riley is a powerful attorney fighting for human rights and against God, but still reckoning with bitter boyhood losses. Amid political intrigue, social injustice, and personal conflicts, will love be enough when the battle rages on every side? 
 As much as I love Karen Kingsbury's books, I had a very hard time getting started on this one.  If you take a look at the pile of books on my night stand, it is the one on the bottom.  Can you guess why I wasn't so excited to start it?  It is huge!  I usually read in bed before going to sleep and I had a difficult time holding such a large book while laying down. I would have much preferred them in individual books. However, that is my only complaint about A Kingbury Collection.  The three stories are some of her older ones and ones that I had not read yet, so I very much enjoyed them.  They all contain her usual (and wonderful) writing style with realistic characters facing realistic situations and strong elements of faith mixed throughout.  I highly recommend these three stories from Karen Kingsbury!

I received this book for free for review from Waterbrook Multnomah.



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