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    Lisa Wingate
    Tyndale House / 2014 / ePub
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  1. momof3boysj
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    facing the past and finding the future
    June 1, 2015
    momof3boysj
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for The Story Keeper.
    **I received an ARC in exchange for my honest opinion**

    This story takes Jane, the heroine, on a trek to find a reclusive author whom she thinks will save her job by getting the publishing rights and rest of the story which has fallen in her hands. This journey forces her to face her past in Appalachia, the person she's become, and finding the person she wants to be. Somewhere along the way, she finds peace, becomes a mother figure to a sister and a young girl, and finds the possibility of love for her future.

    Unearthing secrets of Jane's past,and the past of others, and the trail of a story are interwoven in a beautifully told story by Lisa Wingate. This story touched my heart is so many ways.
  2. Cheryl
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: Female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    What a fabulous read. Absolutely spectacular!
    December 20, 2015
    Cheryl
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: Female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for The Story Keeper.
    The Story Keeper is one of my two favorite books of 2014! I was invested from page one, and fell in love with the characters, time periods, and storyline. Wow. What a fabulous read. Absolutely spectacular!

    Jennia Beth Gibbs, an editor at Vida House Publishing, finds a mysterious manila envelope on her desk. It likely came from the legendary slush pile mountain everyone other than George Vida is forbidden to touch. She should put it backit could be a trapbut what harm would it do to just take a peek inside? What she finds are three chapters of a twenty-year-old submission.

    She must have more. On a hunch, in search of the author, she leaves for Appalachiaa place she planned to keep in her past

    This book is two stories in onecontemporary and historical. Theyre both intriguing and memorable.

    In the contemporary part of this book, Jennia (Jen) is a likeable character with believable emotions and concerns. Her growth is evident throughout the story, and the trials she overcomes are significant.

    In the historical part of this book, Sarra and Rand deal with many unique trials of their own. I was completely enthralled with Sarra. Her Appalachian vernacular is strong, yet it never took me out of the story it actually sucked me in further. The imagery was intense and spectacular. I saw the winter clouds coming in, I heard the voices, I felt the urgency, fear, and frustration. I loved their story, and feared for their safety. I enjoyed getting to know them, and wish I could follow their story even further. (Sequel??)

    The Story Keeper is a keeper. Highly recommended. I couldnt put it down. I didnt want it to end.

    Cover: Love it

    Title: Love it

    Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

    Pages: 449

    Pace: Steady/fast

    First Lines: This is the glory hour. This is the place the magic happens. The thought fell quietly into place, like a photographers backdrop unfurling behind the subject of a portrait.

    Disclosure of Material Connection: I received a Review Copy from Tyndale House.
  3. Andrea Cox
    Texas
    Age: 25-34
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Stunning and beautiful.
    April 26, 2015
    Andrea Cox
    Texas
    Age: 25-34
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for The Story Keeper.
    by Andrea Renee Cox

    Sometimes a story woos you, dropping a few teasing hints at just the right moments to ensure it captures your heart before wrapping you in a whirlwind or emotion and hope. Novels like these tend to hold on to you long after youve placed them back on the shelf.

    The Story Keeper by Lisa Wingate is one such novel. But its also so much more. It squirrels away secrets you desperately want to learn, and as the story unfolds, you find that each piece of the treasure you were searching for might come in different vessels than you originally imagined, which might be the best discovery of all.

    When a partial manuscript lands mysteriously on Jen Gibbss desk, she faces a tough decision: read it and risk her new bosss wrath or sneak it back onto the legendary Slush Mountain. Either choice could get her fired, but the pull of the story might just be a journey worth the possible loss of employment if she can handle the murky shadows of her past. That could prove even more daunting than fessing up to her boss.

    The line that stood out the most to me came early on.

    Its strange how one person and a handful of stories can alter a life.

    Its true of The Story Keeper, but it resonated deeper with me because of another Storyteller.

    Jesus Christ told a handful of stories called parables. Each one shared a piece of His heart and a large dose of the Truth. They arent always easily understood, but they impact the lives of those who try to discern the hidden meanings. With these incredible stories, Jesus paved the way for His sacrifice to settle into our hearts. With these stories, He illuminated the way to cross the bridge and be reunited with the Author of our lives. Isnt it amazing how one Man and a handful of stories could provide such a beautiful gift as eternal life with God the Father?
  4. Texas girl
    Texas
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Beautifully written and filled with life lessons
    September 22, 2014
    Texas girl
    Texas
    This review was written for The Story Keeper.
    When I read a Lisa Wingate book, it's always on two levels--one for the

    engaging story, the other for the beautiful prose. Neither disappointed

    with "The Story Teller". A story of cultures intersecting, lost things

    found, secrets revealed, historical mysteries, newfound purpose and a hint of romance. A winning

    combination for any book. I found myself sneaking moments to read--getting

    up early, finding a quiet place at lunch and, of course, staying up late.

    In this story within a story, Lisa captured how I felt when she wrote of the mysteriously found

    manuscript entitled, "The Story Teller: "The "Story Teller" beckoned, seeming to have an understanding

    of its power. It whispered unrelentingly as the day continued..Rand and Sarra flickered through my thoughts like a leaf shadows against a window, parting, then flickering, then parting again, stealing my attention."

    "The Story Teller also reminds each of us that we have a story. With that story comes the responsibility to share it, to pass it along to our family. "Our stories are powerful. They teach, they speak, they inspire. They bring about change. But they are also fragile. Their threads are so easily broken by time, by lack of interest, by failure to understand the value that comes of knowing where we have been and who we have been...when we lose our stories, we lose ourselves."

    And as in all of Lisa's books we see two things 1, That there is always an opportunity to change, to become better. "Remember that no matter how many wrong choices we've made in the past, we can always decide to make the right ones today The past need not determine one moment of the future." And 2, God's role in our lives: "The threatening God of my youth... might instead be a God of both purpose and provision. That He might have been looking after me all these years, laying down a path while I worked to convince myself that I was going my own way."

    This book wasn't nearly long enough, I didn't want to give up the characters and their lives.

  5. Jeanie
    Phoenix, AZ
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Beautiful, Lyrical Prose, Gods Healing Love Dont Miss This One!!
    April 18, 2015
    Jeanie
    Phoenix, AZ
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for The Story Keeper.
    Sometimes the past comes to claim us in ways we hadnt planned on, especially if we try to bury that past so that no one in our present can find out just where we came from. It happened that way for Jen Gibbs, a professional editorial team member who landed a dream job at Vida House Publishing. In the past, she has worked with non-fiction manuscripts, and a twist of Gods hand working in her life lands her into what is presumed to be a fictional manuscript, the first three chapters of a story, from the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. A manuscript with a beautifully drawn cover page and titled The Story Keeper was left on her desk one day, thought to be part of the editorial Slush Pile that nobody was supposed to touch. Yet Jen felt compelled to see what it was, read it, until such time that she could slide it into the pile when nobody was around. One could almost feel the guilty pleasure of opening and reading the contents of the envelope.

    Jen thinks she knows who and where the mystery author might be. The contents teased her into looking for the author, bringing it up to her supervisor who tells her to stop the pursuit and if she presents it to the owner, she does so at her own risk. The next thing she knows, Jen and her pup are on a plane back to North Carolina, where her roots were but more importantly, where the potential author was. And everything she learns about the adversarial writer tells her to stop and go back to New York City. In spite of the ugly memories of her childhood and the bad attitude of the author, Jen just cant let it go. Then she visits her sisters, additional chapters of The Story Keeper appear at the cabin she is renting, and she wishes she could believe in God as one of the characters in the book does, a loving God instead of the one she was taught about through her fathers church. Does this bring Jen to dream the dream of publishing the novel of a lifetime, or to pursue the desire to find the love that makes her life worth living?

    The men, women and children in Lisa Wingates novel, The Story Keeper, step off the pages into my minds eye as if they are real. For the days that the story consumes me, they are real. One can see and hear each one, which is a testament of the gift of writing that the Lord has given to Ms. Wingate and the ability to reach into the heart and soul of a reader to seek the God she serves.

    This is a magnificent, unforgettable novel of loss and redemption, of anger and rejection and the love of God. The prose is lyrical, at times wailing a dirge and at others exalting the wonders of Gods world. The characters are real, representing all of us who have secrets and wounds and bringing those secrets and wounds into the light to find the love of the Lord. I highly recommend this novel to be read, re-read, and shared with friends and loved ones.

    With a grateful heart, I received a copy of this book through the For Readers Only group at The Book Club Network, in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own, and no monetary compensation was received for this review.

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