Ellen S. (earden) reviewed Really annoying at first, but turned out to really affect me--in a good way! on 12/30/2006 + 7 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 5

I nearly quit reading this several times during the first 150 pages, as it was so "cheesy" and described characters who were the quintessential "perfect" family. Really annoying. Yet something kept me reading, and as a cancer survivor, I am so glad I did. I ended up really appreciating the honesty of the characters with their all too human traits of selfishness, introversion and rebellion. I also came away feeling that though I had looked at God's "ignoring" the family prayers the same way they did, that the explanation of His steadfastness and the interpretation of how He actually DID answer their prayers left me thinking long into the night. A good read--just slog through the sickening sweet beginning...

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