This Side of Heaven

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

AND NOW...THE FIRST CHAPTER:

I have read and enjoyed many of Karen Kingsbury's books but this one was even better. I was enjoying the characters and the plot, when whammo - the plot took a turn that I didn't see coming. I was in shock and wondered how the story was going to continue for almost 200 more pages. But Kingsbury is a talented author and finished her phenomenal story.
When you read the book don't stop with the last sentence "And what could be a happier ending than that?" - be absolutely certain to read the epilogue. It doesn't call itself that but be sure to read the last few pages (that begin "Dear Friends,") to truly understand and better appreciate the great book you've just finished reading.