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Wonderful story of a family making it through very tough times. A couple decides to divorce just before thier daughter announces her wedding, so they decide to put it off, but they change during that period and fall in love again. Inspiring story! Loved it as well as all of her books!
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Veteran romance writer Kingsbury also takes a thoughtful turn in A Time to Dance, a morality tale about the staying power of love in marriage. Abby Reynolds, wife of a high-school football coach in a small Illinois town, suspects her husband, John, of having an affair. But the true reason their marriage is about to crash is simply the strain of years: arguments unresolved, dreams deferred, and never enough money. Abby's own daughter and, of course, a renewed faith, make Abby (and John) think twice about divorcing in what amounts to Kingsbury's tribute to married love.
Book Description:
The decision has been made. After 23 years of marriage and raising their family in the same lakeside home, John and Abby Reynolds are getting a divorce. They gather their three children to tell them the terrible news, but before they can speak, their daughter makes a joyous announcement of her own: She is getting married. John and Abby decide to postpone their news until after the wedding. As the big day approaches, questions continue to haunt them. Is the decision they've made irreversible? Or can they find once again what they've been missing for so many years, the joy of magnificent love, the timeto dance?
Book Description:
The decision has been made. After 23 years of marriage and raising their family in the same lakeside home, John and Abby Reynolds are getting a divorce. They gather their three children to tell them the terrible news, but before they can speak, their daughter makes a joyous announcement of her own: She is getting married. John and Abby decide to postpone their news until after the wedding. As the big day approaches, questions continue to haunt them. Is the decision they've made irreversible? Or can they find once again what they've been missing for so many years, the joy of magnificent love, the timeto dance?
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Ms. Kingsbury always delivers and this is no exception.
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I loved how easy it was to understand the characters, both John and Abby. I love how slowly but surely God worked through their lives and helped them rebuild a stronger, better marriage. It gave me hope
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Liked it. Shows how difficult marriage can be sometimes
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This is a very heart warming book.
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Another fantastic Karen Kingsbury book. A story of a new love for her daughter and a pending divorce for her Abby has her emotions pulled in all directions. Karen wrote a very tender story... and having been through this type of thing myself.. she captured the true essence of how a person feels going through a divorce with christian principles.
Warning: this book is hard to put down once you begin to read it!!!!!!!!!
Warning: this book is hard to put down once you begin to read it!!!!!!!!!
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My first Karen Kingsbury novel and I was very impressed. It's a good Christian fiction that reminds us of the hope we have through anything.
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A Christian marriage in trouble.
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AWESOME AS ALWAYS
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When God's leaves your life can your relationship survive or is divorce inevitable? You'll find out in this tale of 2 people who love the Lord but forget about Him along the way.
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This was a pretty good story, but not my favorite Karen Kingsbury by any means. Kind of unrealistic in a way. But it was a good story to explore the problems with Divorce and to reemphasize how God hates divorce. Some good discussion questions at the end. She wrote this as a Women Of Faith project and it's a good story.
I absolutely loved both books in this two-book series. Both really kept my attention and I couldn't wait to read what was going to happen next!
Very moving - just as good as her others!
a very good christian family book....enjoy all her books...highly recommended.
Kelly O. (KellyWilloughby) reviewed A Time To Dance (Timeless Love, Bk 1) on + 207 more book reviews
Great story about reconciliation. Gives you new meaning to marriage. Keeps you involved.
Abby and John Reynolds are the picture perfect couple with three kids. John's career as a high school football coach puts them in the spotlight and it seems everyone knows their marriage is in trouble. Everyone but their kids. Twenty years into their marriage, they've hit no man's land where the love has faded and trust seems to be forgotten. They are living separate lives. As they prepare to tell their children that they will be divorcing, their daughter and her boyfriend announce their engagement. And the engaged couple can't help but gush over how they hope their marriage is as good as Abby's and John's. In the desire to support their daughter and future son-in-law, Abby and John decide they must wait until after the wedding to announce they will be divorcing. What unfolds is the story of two people examining what has gone wrong in their marriage, and reflecting on how far away from God and their faith they have both grown.
I found it a captivating read that anyone who's at least this far into their marriage can probably relate to. Because of the faith that is ingrained in them both, that faith (and scripture planted in their minds) is returned to over and over again as their reflections take them deep into their past, present, and into wondering about their futures - separate from each other. This is my first Karen Kingsbury book and I am impressed. I'm looking forward to reading the sequel.
I found it a captivating read that anyone who's at least this far into their marriage can probably relate to. Because of the faith that is ingrained in them both, that faith (and scripture planted in their minds) is returned to over and over again as their reflections take them deep into their past, present, and into wondering about their futures - separate from each other. This is my first Karen Kingsbury book and I am impressed. I'm looking forward to reading the sequel.
