Book MYView and FIRST Peek into This Side of Heaven by Karen Kingsbury

It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!

You never know when I might play a wild card on you!

Today's Wild Card author is:

Karen Kingsbury

and the book:

This Side of Heaven

Center Street (January 6, 2009)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury is America's #1 inspirational novelist. She's written more than thirty novels, ten of which have hit #1 on bestseller lists, and her Center Street novel Just Beyond the Clouds hit #13 on the New York Times bestseller list. There are nearly seven million copies of her award-winning books in print, including more than two million copies sold last year alone. She lives in Washington state with her husband, Don, and their six children, three of whom are adopted from Haiti.

Visit the author's website.

Product Details:

List Price: $14.99
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Center Street (January 6, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1599956780
ISBN-13: 978-1599956787


MY Thoughts: This Side of Heaven drives home that a person’s worth is found in who they are rather than what they do for a living. A couple in this story learns this fact the hard way. Society thinks highly of the person with the lofty title and shiny toys, without any regard to their character. We do this in our churches too, but I’ll leave that discussion for another day.

Anyway, this story will have you run the emotional gamut. Don't read this book outside because a pivotal part in the story will cause your jaw to drop and not close for a couple of pages. (You wouldn't want a bug to fly in your mouth.)

Seriously, This Side of Heaven is a thought-provoking story that would make a good book club selection. After the story, Karen Kingsbury’s writes a candid note explaining her inspiration behind the story. I think allowing us to learn from her mistake is big of her.




AND NOW...THE FIRST CHAPTER: