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| Title | : | The Penny |
| Author | : | Joyce Meyer |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 243 pages |
| Published | : | June 12th 2007 by FaithWords |
| Categories | : | Christian Fiction. Christian. Inspirational. Historical. Historical Fiction |
Joyce Meyer
Hardcover | Pages: 243 pages Rating: 3.92 | 2659 Users | 382 Reviews
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Jenny Blake has a theory about life: big decisions often don't amount to much, but little decisions sometimes transform everything. Her theory proves true the summer she's 14, when she makes the decision to pick up a penny embedded in asphalt and consequently ends up stopping a robbery, getting a job, and meeting someone who changes her life forever-Miss Shaw. Together they form a friendship that dares both of them to confront secrets in their pasts-secrets that threaten to destroy them.Jenny helps Miss Shaw open up to the community around her, while Miss Shaw teaches Jenny to meet even life's most painful challenges with confidence and faith. This unexpected relationship transforms them both in ways neither could have anticipated, and the ripple effect that begins that summer goes on to bring new life to the people around them, revealing how God works in the smallest details-even in something as small as THE PENNY.
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| Original Title: | The Penny |
| ISBN: | 0446578118 (ISBN13: 9780446578110) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.92 From 2659 Users | 382 ReviewsAppraise Out Of Books The Penny
Wow. I was surprised to find I did not like this story. I found the descriptions distracting as if the authors worked too hard at them. I found myself repeatedly cocking my head to the side and wondering what the descritive prhase meant or how it looked. Odd.I also felt like I basically had the jest of the story at the opening and so struggled through the story because I had a pretty good idea where it was going. I would have preferred to have seen more fore-shadowing that would entice me alongI just finished this book. I believe in God and I agreed with your review 100%. Actually sounds like I could have written it myself!
God certainly does move in mysterious ways. Although the content can be quite depressing, the very clear message is that God is always there , even when you've given up hope, and believe that no-one can help. The subject of child abuse never makes for an easy read, but there is another message also, that of forgiveness, which makes for(eventually) a real feel good ending.
To me the book was very slow paced until about half way through. I couldn't read fast enough to get to the good parts. It focused on not taking God's presence for granted. He puts peolple in our lives for a reason and we need to be ever so conscience of that fact.The book took a penny to resemble even a small thing like that can have a big impact on our lives. Faith and forgiveness played a big part of this book. Life is to short and we need to focus on the little things God gives us and watch
I read this book a long time ago and I never forgot it and remembered loving it. I dont recall it being to Christian for me at all. I remember the
I didn't realize when I picked this up that it was by a "Christian author." I have nothing against a nice wholesome story, or even a story to teach you a nice little lesson. But it seems this was written mostly with the lesson in mind, with less care being given to the story or the story telling. Rather than just telling the story and having faith that the reader would hear the underlying message, the underlying message was spelled out for you in big flashing letters (actually italics). Even
A 1.5 review. I didn't actually dislike it, but it certainly wasn't "Ok" either.If this had been a memoir I think I would really have liked it, because the style and story would have fitted a memoir well. Being a fictional story, however, it utilized a number of my literary pet peeves - lots of foreshadowing, stereotypical characters and very, very heavy-handed preaching. The book suffered greatly from having the story told rather than shown, and the testimony would have been so much stronger if
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