Seasons Under Heaven

Like the other reviewers, I couldn't put this book down. I loved the story, but it had even more meaning to me since I am a heart/lung transplant recipient. Many stories about transplants or organ donation distort the facts; these authors obviously did their homework. All the details about the transplant and organ donation itself are right on the mark. If you or anyone in your family has had a transplant, this book may hit too close to home, just like the movie, "Return to Me"; however, I still recommend it highly. As one reviewer said, it's not the Mitford series, but it is still a good story about Christion women supporting each other. I'm glad to see there is a sequel!

I couldn't put this book down.This is the story of 4 women with very different lives who live in a cul-de-sac. The writing was so honest I felt like I knew these women. They all try to help when one of the children needs a heart transplant.This is not a sad or preachy book. It shows how faith works in peoples lives. I have also read their second book which I also highly recommend. I hope these authors are working on a third book.I'll be first in line to get it!

A beautifully written book that tells the story of four women, all in different stages of their lives. The way the women befriended and mentored each other was a wonderful example for all of us. I learned so much about myself and about the way I care for my own family by reading this book and I look forward to the next in the series.

Seasons Under Heaven was one of the best Christian novels I have ever read. It was so well written and it gripped my heart from the first page to the last. Seasons Under Heaven is the aptly named novel by Terri Blackstock and Beverly LaHaye. 4 families, who are close neighbors on the quiet, suburban cul-de-sac Cedar Circle, are each in their own way going through their own Seasons Under Heaven. Tory Sullivan, want-to-be writer is the stay-at-home mother of two preschoolers who have definitely altered her ambitions and goals. Brittany and Spencer require a lot of time and effort, as all children do, and husband Barry wants the best for his children and happiness for Tory. Can Tory re-prioritize and still be happy? Sylvia Bryan is trying to rediscover her purpose in life. The strong woman is feeling especially vulnerable and has a bad case of the empty nest syndrome since her children are grown and gone. Her husband, Harry, a prominent cardiac surgeon, is just the opposite. He has felt God's call to become a medical missionary. He's left it up to Sylvia to answer, though, and she's not sure what she could possibly have to offer. Cathy Flaherty is a single mother who works outside the home and is trying to raise three children, one a rebellious teenager, on her own. The local school has gotten her attention and she feels the need to face the school board. Will she push her children away? Lonely, she would love to find someone to share her life with and become a positive influence in the lives of her children. How can she raise the kids, work, fight the school board and still be just "Cathy"? The Sullivan, Bryan, and Flaherty problems all pale in comparison to the Dodds. Brenda and David Dodd seem to have such stability and happiness in their lives. The parents of four precious children, they devote their lives to them. Brenda homeschools all of them so she can give them the upbringing she feels they wouldn't get elsewhere. David is self-employed and works at home and assists her however he can. Although they are not "rich", their basic needs are met and they are happy. This all changes in a matter of moments, when one the children becomes gravely ill. How can they cope with the suffering of their son? How will they pay the bills? Brenda and the children are confident the Lord will provide for them, but can she keep encouraging herself and her son when her husband, due to traumatic childhood events, refuses to believe in the God Brenda so desperately loves and needs? The families of Cedar Circle unite and share the burden of young Joseph's illness. Page after page is filled with the support and dedication to the Dodd's the other families have. They reach out in ways they never knew they could, and fi

These two women should write more books! When I received this book as a gift, I thought ho-hum, I'll read it after I've read a few other more interesting books. I picked it up the next day and couldn't put it down! This book encourages you to reevaluate your life real fast. First, if you take your children for granted, don't. They are a blessing from God and we should be grateful for every second that we have them. Ditto for our husbands, whether they leave wet towels all over or not! :) I'd like to rave about this more, but I don't want to spoil the plot and the relationships between the characters. Buy one for yourself and one for your sister who is always griping.