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Book Reviews of When Joy Came to Stay

When Joy Came to Stay
When Joy Came to Stay
Author: Karen Kingsbury
ISBN-13: 9781590527511
ISBN-10: 1590527518
Publication Date: 9/15/2006
Pages: 400
Rating:
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 28 ratings
Publisher: Multnomah
Book Type: Paperback
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15 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed When Joy Came to Stay on + 44 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Great story of hope!
reviewed When Joy Came to Stay on + 11 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Heartbreaking, tender, an honest look at the belief we may not be "good enough" and how forgiveness can overcome!
reviewed When Joy Came to Stay on + 128 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Excellent! Emotional! and Edifying! One of my favorites from Karen Kingsbury! A must read!
reviewed When Joy Came to Stay on + 391 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Excellent book-very cool ending
reviewed When Joy Came to Stay on + 147 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Tremendous read, like all of her books.
booklit avatar reviewed When Joy Came to Stay on + 473 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
A very inspiring story about forgivness and unconditional love.
reviewed When Joy Came to Stay on + 26 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I absolutely LOVED this book! I felt like I was a fly on the wall inside the character's minds! Exactly what you expect from Karen!
reviewed When Joy Came to Stay on
Helpful Score: 2
I LOVED THIS BOOK. I COULD HARDLY PUT IT DOWN. IT SHOWS EVEN THOUGH WE ARE CHRISTANS WE CAN STILL HAVE TRIALS AND LIFE IS NOT ALWAYS EASY. BUT THERE IS A WAY TO FIND FREEDOM.
reviewed When Joy Came to Stay on + 377 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
An extremely emotional read...the mother is in a psychiatric hospital suffering from depression and near suicidal, the father is totally unaware that anything was wrong with his wife, the daughter is being abused in a foster home...and no one is willing to admit they might share in the blame for what went wrong. This is the kind of book that has to be put down every few chapters so that you can recover from the emotional reactions it generates in the reader.
Christianswapper avatar reviewed When Joy Came to Stay on + 21 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I loved the reminder that God is working in your life even when you cant see it.
stormyinAlabama avatar reviewed When Joy Came to Stay on + 146 more book reviews
This was truly an awesome book. Very emotional. Karen Kingsbury writes so vividly that you are really in the story.
reviewed When Joy Came to Stay on
Good book. It kept my attention from beginning to end.
reviewed When Joy Came to Stay on + 19 more book reviews
A hard to put down book, with a lesson about being honest in our relationships, and the stress & troubles that can result when we aren't.
karenaif avatar reviewed When Joy Came to Stay on + 13 more book reviews
Excellent!! One of this country's best Christian authors. Great book.
reviewed When Joy Came to Stay on + 36 more book reviews
Very good