Remember (Redemption Series-Baxter 1, Book 2) | Karen Kingsbury, Gary Smalley

Remember (Redemption Series-Baxter 1, Book 2) | Karen Kingsbury, Gary Smalley | Remember by Karen Kingsbury

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Remember (Redempti...

	Remember (Redemption Series-Baxter 1, Book 2) Karen Kingsbury, Gary Smalley Tyndale House Publishers, 2003 - 432 pages average customer review:based on 29 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Tragedy/healing, hurt/forgiveness, the back cover says it all

Wow, I've never a had a book impact so much emotionally. The title is so perfect in so many ways. It's about so much more than 9-11. It's about remembering your first love, remembering your youth and the good things in life, remembering to care and to live in the moment rather than protect your heart from pain because you never know what tomorrow will bring, remembering God and the big picture, remembering that only God can heal our heart and love us the way we need to be loved. I cried so many times during this story I can't remember (LOL!), mainly because all of the relationships between the characters were so real. And there was true love, and romance, and kissing between several sets of characters, all with different issues causing them pain. This is so often absent in "inspirational" fiction, and that makes me sad. The characters' temptations were real, their sin and mistakes were real, the losses they all felt were amazingly real. I don't think the 9-11 thing was overdone at all. Maybe because I'm from NY state, it hits me closer to home. I remember watching the events unfold on television (while living in Arizona) and being in shock for a week. Remembering this event, in my opinion, is important, because like with any tragedy we tend to forget, and I don't think that's a good thing at all. Remembering makes us love more, try harder, and ultimately heal. Did I mention that I couldn't put this book down? Good thing this was a long weekend!

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Remember by Karen Kingsbury

This is a great book and a wonderful series. I recomend this series to everyone.

Even better than Redemption!

Remember is the 2nd in the Redemption Series. I loved the story of Ashley and her position in the Baxter family. She was talented and had a good heart, but she made poor decisions and had to deal with one bad consequence after another. The conflicts she triggered within the now beloved Baxter family were interesting to see. As with all the books in this series (and by this author), Christianity is perfectly woven into the story line. I just couldn't recommend it more highly...but be sure you buy all 5 of the Redemption novels at once so you don't have to pause between closing one cover and opening another!

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Great Message!

This book was even better than the first! The story line concerning the Alzheimer's patients was thought provoking and sweet. The story as a whole did an excellent job of conveying the spiritual journey that all Christians go on and how our walks with God have peaks and valleys. Remember showed glimpses of all of the Baxter children's spiritual walks. Another powerful point made in the book was the difference between being religious and being Christ-like. At the beginning of the book and in the last book, Luke's judgmental and hateful attitude towards Ashley wasn't very Christian. At first I was annoyed that September 11th was brought up in yet another book, however the authors did a good job of working it into the story and making it relevant to the character's lives without making it the central theme of the book.

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A STORY OF INSPIRATION AND HOPE

Novelist Karen Kingsbury and relationship expert Gary Smalley joined forces one book ago to not only tell a story but remind us of some valuable life lessons - what is important, how should we treat one another?

Voice performer Sandra Burr gives her usual accomplished reading as she inhabits the mind and heart of Ashley Baxter, a young woman who is trying desperately to prove that she needs no one - not even God.

Those who read or heard the first in this series know that the stories revolve around the Baxter family, very human folks who face the challenges often encountered by all of us - especially when an enormous tragedy occurs such as September 11.

Ashley is loved by Landon Blake. For years she has been the only one for him. Now, he must forget her heartbreaking rejection and do all he can to help at Ground Zero. This monstrous event also causes Ashley to change in a way that she had never dreamed.

Once again, Kingsbury and Smalley have offered a story of inspiration and hope.

- Gail Cooke

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