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Where Yesterday Lives by Karen Kingsbury
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Where Yesterday Lives (edition 2006)

by Karen Kingsbury

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Fiction. Literature. Romance. Christian Fiction. At thirty-one, Ellen Barrett has already won a Pulitzer prize. Sadly, though, her skill as a journalist far surpasses her ability to sort out her troubled past, so she's less than eager to return to picturesque Petoskey, Michigan, for her beloved father's funeral. When she most needs comfort, her husband is distant and her siblings antagonistic â?? and the solace an old sweetheart offers is almost too much to resist. In the end, going home to the shores of Little Traverse Bay is an emotional and spiritual journey for Ellen â?? a rediscovery of what is truly important and eternal in her… (more)
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Title:Where Yesterday Lives
Authors:Karen Kingsbury
Info:Multnomah Books (2006), Edition: Reprinted, Paperback, 416 pages
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The characters were not likable. It was hard to get into when you could not relate to any of them. They seemed shallow and there was no real character development for a book that was this long. Disappointing. I wanted to like it. ( )
  HootieHoot | Dec 8, 2023 |
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  WBCLIB | Feb 19, 2023 |
Ellen is a Pulitzer prize journalist with an uncertain marriage, forgotten faith, haunting memories of her hometown who must return home when her father dies. She must begin the quest to make peace with people she left behind years ago.
  SABC | Jun 19, 2020 |
Fiction Christian Romance. Ellen is brought to grips with her feelings for her husband, and family. When her much loved father dies in Petosky, Michigan, Ellen must leave Florida and her job as a journalist to attend to things. She has to make peace with her past feelings and go on to a more mature outlood and the future that God has wrought for her.
  scsaglib | Apr 9, 2009 |
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Fiction. Literature. Romance. Christian Fiction. At thirty-one, Ellen Barrett has already won a Pulitzer prize. Sadly, though, her skill as a journalist far surpasses her ability to sort out her troubled past, so she's less than eager to return to picturesque Petoskey, Michigan, for her beloved father's funeral. When she most needs comfort, her husband is distant and her siblings antagonistic â?? and the solace an old sweetheart offers is almost too much to resist. In the end, going home to the shores of Little Traverse Bay is an emotional and spiritual journey for Ellen â?? a rediscovery of what is truly important and eternal in her

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