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    Oceans Apart

    By Karen Kingsbury

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    A forgotten secret. A shocking discovery. A sacrifice of love that will bring Connor Evans to his knees.

    A story of hope and redemption from #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury.

    Airline pilot Connor Evans and his wife, Michele, seem to be the perfect couple living what looks like a perfect life. Then a plane goes down in the Pacific Ocean. One of the casualties is Kiahna Siefert, a flight attendant Connor knew well. Too well. Kiahna’s will is very clear: before her seven-year-old son, Max, can be turned over to the state, he must spend the summer with the father he’s never met, the father who doesn’t know he exists: Connor Evans. Now will the presence of one lonely child and the truth he represents destroy Connor’s family? Or is it possible for healing and hope to appear in the shape of a seven-year-old boy?

    “[Kingsbury’s] ability to accurately express life’s sorrows and grief through her characters’ inner dialogue rings true time and again.” —Publishers Weekly on Every Now & Then

    “Her emotionally charged novels often contain a strong romantic component and feature Christians at odds with their everyday world. This title is no exception. Recommend this one to readers who enjoy well-drawn characters and contemporary settings.” —Library Journal on The Baxters Take Four

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateSep 9, 2008
    ISBN9780310295129
    Author

    Karen Kingsbury

    Karen Kingsbury, #1 New York Times bestselling novelist, is America’s favorite inspirational storyteller, with more than twenty-five million copies of her award-winning books in print. Her last dozen titles have topped bestseller lists and many of her novels are under development as major motion pictures. Her Baxter Family books have been developed into a TV series now available everywhere. Karen is also an adjunct professor of writing at Liberty University. In 2001 she and her husband, Don, adopted three boys from Haiti, doubling their family in a matter of months. Today the couple has joined the ranks of empty nesters, living in Tennessee near four of their adult children.

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    • 4/5
      Plot Summary: What happens, When & Where, Central Characters, Major ConflictsMax, a little 7 year old boy, loves his dog Buddy and his mother Kiahna. But his world is shattered when his mother's plane crashes over the ocean and she is killed. However Max has a dad that he knows nothing about--and who knows nothing about him. Conner Evans' life seems about as perfect as it can get at the moment. He has two beautiful girls, a loving and adoring wife, and a job he enjoys as an airline pilot. The only flaw is his estranged relationship with his dad. But then he gets a phone call from a lawyer in Hawaii that rocks his world. His one time, brief affair with a flight attendent resulted in a child--Max--who is now left alone after his mothers death. Her dying wish was that Max spend two weeks with Conner before being placed in a foster home. Conner and his wife Michelle now face the crisis of their lives, having to decide on the fate of their marriage in the light of these revealations--and the fate of a hearbroken boy.Style Characteristics: Pacing, clarity, structure, narrative devices, etc.Kingsbury is the master of tugging at the heartstrings with emotionally laden situations. Conner, Michelle, and even Max seem like the people next door in their ordinariness and realistic reactions to these events. Kingsbury also weaves in the element of faith, with Max being a strong believer in God, but Michelle and Conner being somewhat lapsed in their faith. A butterfly metaphor is used to symbolize the second chance at a new life that predicatably occurs by the end of the story.How Good is it?Emotionally moving, yet predictable and tied up a little too neatly.
    • 4/5
      Top Christian Fiction author in my opinion. This books tugs at your heartstrings. It is about a soldier's child he fathered while overseas. His wife isn't ready to accept the orphaned child while the child wants desperately to have a family.
    • 4/5
      Every one of Karen Kingsbury's books makes me cry and this was no exception. It was a predictable book, not one of Kingsbury's best but still a good book.
    • 5/5
      Excellent book by an amazing author. Heartwarming story.
    • 5/5
      Powerful lessons of allowing God’s love to flow in o
    • 1/5
      Not a fan how this whole book is all about the wife having to forgive AND forget, and be guilted into doing the right thing...yet the husband pretty much got away with cheating on his wife, having a son (of course) with the woman he cheated with, and not really have to face any real consequences. There’s no repentance on his end. Where is his character growth? He already had in his mind he was going to have Max in his life at the expense of his wife if it came down to it. There’s no real remorse on his end (until the end but only because it benefits him to try and get his wife on side). Unlikeable characters. And all I kept thinking was how many other kids does he have out there because his lack of empathy for his wife made it seem this wasn’t the first (or last) time he was going to cheat.
    • 5/5
      This is my second read and it was just as nice as the first time i read it and i cried several times while reading. Beautiful story!
    • 5/5
      Love Karen Kingsbury, and love this book. An amazing story. God is good always !