Book Overview
In Far from Home, the third volume in Dean Hughes's best-selling series, Children of the Promise, Alex Thomas is still battling the Nazi forces. He's also worried about whether or not he can preserve... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1573454060
ISBN13:9781573454063
Release Date:January 1998
Publisher:Shadow Mountain
Length:492 Pages
Weight:1.90 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 6.4" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Loved the series
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I enjoyed the series very much. The family became very real to me. I also learned more about WWII.
read this book!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
reading these book are alittle like eating peanuts, once you start you cant stop. this is what the war was like for every family in america during ww2.this is about your family or your next door neighbor or the family down the block. a time when you were proud to be an american. this would be a great series to give a teen, to help them learn what we were fighting for. family,home and freedom.my only problem with it was dean hughes writes to slow. i cant wait for volumn 5.
amazing!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Everyone, you have to read this book you will never regreat it! I can not express the emotion I felt when I read this book. I was the kind of person who pretended that the war didn't really happen. I didn't even want to watch war movies. But after reading all three Children of the Promise (I'm on the waiting list for the 4th book) I respect the people that lived during the war and everything the had to suffer through. These books have taught me so much that I can proudly say that i would fight for my counry and my freedom.
A Remarkable Series
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I don't usually (in fact I can't ever recall doing it) give a 5-star review..but these books by Dean Hughes are amazing. They paint the picture of an LDS family caught up in WWII. The reader follows one son in a Japanese labor camp, another as a top-notch paratrooper..a daughter serving as a nurse in Hawaii...and more. As a younger person, I learned a lot about this particular time period. I love historical fiction..it really gives the reader a taste of a different era.The book may not have the spirituality of Gerald Lund's saga, but it's much more well-written. Hughes avoids all of the Lund-isms. His characters don't have group hugs whenever they get together. They don't grin sheepishly..or any of a dozen other phrases. Well worth reading.
character development
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
What most impresses me about the "Children of the Pormise" series is the depth of the characters. Each character is believeable. It is a great way to climb into the thoughts of people who lived through this era. My grandparents say it's true to life, filled with the emotion of the era.This series far surpasses the Work and the Glory series. Hughes is a sofisticated writer.
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