Helpful Score: 10
This book came recommended by two family members, so I had to read it. The main character is a young girl named Jenny who lives with her sister and her parents in the 1950s. Her sister Jean is about to go off to secretarial school, and she's afraid of being left to face their father alone. But then one day, Jenny Blake finds a penny and picks it up, a decision that causes a chain of events that change the course of the rest of her summer and maybe even her life.
The characters were all portrayed very realistically, and you always felt the pain or triumph of the main character. A great story of love, especially of Christ's love and it's power to renew and change us for the better.
The characters were all portrayed very realistically, and you always felt the pain or triumph of the main character. A great story of love, especially of Christ's love and it's power to renew and change us for the better.
Helpful Score: 4
Great read, definitely a tearjerker. Story of a girl in an abusive home and how her life changes after finding a penny. Will look for more by this author.
Helpful Score: 3
This was a lovely story that seems to depict the life of author Joyce Meyer very closely. I especially enjoyed the spiritual aspect of it: that God loves us, wants good things for us, and miracles do occur.
Helpful Score: 2
This was great, easy read. It was my first Joyce Meyer book, but I would read her again.
Helpful Score: 2
Awesome story! Both heart-wrenching and heart-warming. A book about forgiveness and how "reaching out to hurting people even in small ways helps to heal our own hurts." The message of the book is about how "Jesus sees our big hurts and our small hurts, and offers grace to heal them." A must read...
