It's not easy being a single mom, but Kiahna has a wonderful 7-year-old son named Max, a good job as a flight attendant, and a relationship with Christ. When the plane she's on crashes into the ocean, she prays that the Lord will bring Max and his dad together. Will God grant her this one miracle? 352 pages, softcover from Zondervan.
He failed his family only once, long ago, but they never knew about it. Now pilot Connor Evans’s life and marriage are going great, until Connor finds himself face-to-face with his past in the form of a seven-year-old boy.
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Reviewed by Roberta Shauna Riley (Highland Park, W), October 23, 2009
I really felt offended by Karen's lack of compassion for the wife, Michelle. She made her out to be a dunce, fix all her hubby's sins, and fall girl. The husband, Conner walked away scott-free of any feelings of his sin by feeling sorry for himself. Where is the Christian marriage in this snapshot?
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Reviewed by Terence Snelling (Taft, NV), October 22, 2009
As a naval pilot my wife thought I might enjoy this story, as she's a Kingsbury fan. I guess it was okay, but frankly, if Christian writers have such little regard for adultery is it any wonder Christian marriages are falling by the hour.
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Reviewed by Beth Adair (Santa Clara, CA), October 20, 2009
Not the integrity I expected from a Christian author when dealing with the devastation adutlery creates in one's life.
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Reviewed by Corrine Cox (Fillmore Point, Kansas), October 19, 2009
I was angry by the time I closed this book. Grace is something none of us ever deserves; BUT there are consequences for our sin. Conner had none and Michelle did all the work. Where is God glorified in that?
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Reviewed by Margaret Rogers (Billings, MN), October 18, 2009
As the child of an affair I can tell you this story line was way off the mark. Max was more like a college kid and the girls were too naive. Michelle was horrid as the walked on wife and liar who supported her husband being "in love for a brief time" with his one night fling. Conner was deplorable and got a free pass for everything just by pouting. Where is the victory in seeing a marriage stay together under these conditions? Really disappointing read.
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Reviewed by Robin Hucks (Marie, MI), October 18, 2009
I was genuinely disappointed in this story; a first from KK that hit me this way. There is no accountabilitiy and thus no way for grace to really take center stage. Conner gets a pass on his sin while Michelle does the cleanup. That is not how God's grace works and KK was completely wrong to present it as such. Furthermore, having Michelle tell her daughters their dad loved his mistress is a slam in every wife's face trying to justify lust. How sad!
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Reviewed by Elizabeth Jolene Worley (Tidewater, NC), October 16, 2009
For 352 pages I kept waiting for Conner to be a man, Michelle to be a woman, and the three kids to be real kids...it never happens.
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Reviewed by Richie Sawyer (Watertown, Maine), October 13, 2009
My first Kingsbury read. Yes, it's well written. But, there is no solid Christian message. How does Kingsbury offer her readers such a jerk in the shell of a "man" who cheats, has his wife do all his clean-up because she's "30 pounds overweight", and get pouty like a little child when he doesn't get his way. Wow! I hope Mr. Kingsbury wasn't her model.
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