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Title: Seasons Under Heaven by Beverly Lahaye, Terri Blackstock ISBN: 0-310-23519-7 Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.21 (19 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: 4 Very Different Families in Very Different Seasons of Life!
Comment: I decided to read this book simply because it introduces book two in the series which I was especially interested in! However, I became interested as I met the four families who live in an upper middle class cul-de-sac in eastern Tennessee. They are in various seasons in their lives.
The Dodds are a family with four children who are home-schooled and both parents stay and work at home full time. Although they seem to be the ideal, all American family, there are problems. She is a believer in God, he is not, due to emotional trauma he suffered as a child. At the heart of this book is the sudden illness of their 9 yr. old son. He ends up in the hospital awaiting a heart transplant and his Mom and Dad differ on how to best help him.
The Sullivans are a couple with two preschoolers in a family which consists of a hard working husband and a slim, fit, rather obsessive, frustrated writer-wife. She has read so many self-help books she is phobic. She keeps an impeccably clean house, but she hates her role as a stay at home, unfulfilled wife and mother. The last straw was when she SAW a bestseller book on the library shelf that contained the same plot as the book she was currently writing! In anger she destroyed her manuscript and declared she was finished with writing - forever.
The Flaherty family is headed by a single Mom who is a veterinarian. She has her hands full with three active, older kids, and a chip on her shoulder because she was dumped for a younger woman. Dating is completely awkward to her and she wonders if it is really worth it and feels like forgetting it. She has problems with the school's sex education classes and is willing to fight all the way to the school board. She is particularly upset with her inability to reach and control her 15 yr. old terribly rebellious daughter.
The Bryans are an older Christian couple whose children have all moved out. She is lonely and feels useless, he is a cardiac surgeon with a consuming call on his heart to missions. These two are a sort of surrogate Mom and Dad to the other couples in their area.
The book blends the lives of these four families in quite a remarkable way. While each family's life is intertwined and each has their own crises, the thing that pulls them together for a common purpose is the life threatening situation with 9 yr. old Joseph Dodd. Heart transplants aren't cheap, and even with insurance paying part of the bill, the Dodd family is staring at up to $35,000 out of pocket. They put their house up for sale. Not wanting to lose their good neighbors, the other families on the cul-de-sac work to raise the needed funds. This, along with the illness, changes their lives forever.
The saddest part of the book is when young Joseph goes into a coma just before he is given up for dead. No heart has been found, and he cannot last more that a few hours at the most. It is a dark, emotional and frightening night at the hospital. But, what eventually happens to the child is a surprise which makes the book worth the read. Changes occur in all the families, and decisions are cemented which will change their lives forever.
This is a contemporary, Christian fiction book about four families that could live in Any City, USA, and I recommend it highly.
Rating: 5
Summary: A refreshing contemporary Christian story
Comment: 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!
Rating: 5
Summary: I loved this book!
Comment: 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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Title: Times and Seasons by Terri Blackstock, Beverly Lahaye ISBN: 0310242975 Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Season of Blessing by Beverly Lahaye, Terri Blackstock ISBN: 0310233283 Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Presumption of Guilt by Terri Blackstock ISBN: 0310200180 Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company Pub. Date: 04 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Broken Wings by Terri Blackstock ISBN: 0310207088 Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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Title: Never Again Good-bye by Terri Blackstock ISBN: 031020707X Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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