Download PDF Things I Never Told You Thatcher Sisters edition by Beth K Vogt Religion Spirituality eBooks

Product details File Size 13009 KB Print Length 433 pages Publisher Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. (May 8, 2018) Publication Date May 8, 2018 Sold by  Digital Services LLC Language English ASIN B077FHQ7PW

Things I Never Told You Thatcher Sisters edition by Beth K Vogt Religion Spirituality eBooks Reviews

• I love Beth Vogt’s romance novels, so I was excited to read her first venture into women’s fiction. The story is told from the points of view of three sisters, all easy to identify with and maddening at the same time. I wanted to walk into the story and fix their lives, which goes to show how deep their characters are and how much they all struggle. The tangible conflict throughout the novel made redemption that much sweeter. The novel makes you think about your own family conflicts and how to identify with those you love, but don’t always understand. I can’t wait to get my hands on the rest of the series to follow the sisters through their journeys.
  
  I wasn’t’ sure at first how I felt about the main character in this story being told from a first person POV, while the other two are told from third person POV. But Beth Vogt masters it beautifully, enhancing the story with her writing brilliance.
• "Sometimes you just have to forget all the other stuff and remember we're sisters."
  
  It's a tale of three sisters; no, it's actually a tale of four. Johanna, Jillian and Payton Thatcher have a sister-sized hole within their hearts; the result of a tragic accident that took the life of Payton's twin, Pepper, ten years earlier. Still reeling from the shock, Payton has buried her grief deep inside her soul, throwing her time and efforts into her event planning business, constantly bickering with her oldest sister, and at times feeling awkward around the other. It all comes crashing down around her when she begins dreaming conversations with her deceased sibling, and another potential tragedy unexpectedly looms on the horizon.
  
  "If there's one thing he'd learned since God had broken into his life, it was that He was always working in the waiting times."
  
  Zachary Gaines has waited ten years to ask the Thatcher family for forgiveness. His role in their family tragedy triggered a spiral of unhealthy behavior that lasted nearly a decade. His first encounter with Payton Thatcher went badly, and the second even worse. But he's confident that Payton is severely broken, and that God has called him to be a part of the restoration for; "he could only hope that Pepper was in heaven. And he would continue to pray for Payton, the sister still on earth."
  
  This book is going to be extremely personal for many people on many different levels; the varying personalities of the characters both annoying and endearing, their choices and perspectives quite heartbreaking and realistic, but in the end truth reigns supreme, where it should have been all along.
  
  "Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other."
  
  I was given a copy of this book by the author and publisher. The opinions stated are entirely my own.
• This is an emotionally heavy book, which I didn’t expect (I should have read the reviews first). A lot of it was depressing. But it was well written, and I kept reading—mostly to get resolution. The ending was realistic, which was good...and also bad. Dealing with these issues in real life is exhausting enough, and I look forward to reading books that help me escape real life. I don’t like fairytales or sappy stories, but this one was a little too heavy for me. I finished it feeling exhausted emotionally, not relieved or satisfied.
• I was immediately swept into this achingly honest story of sisters who, through tragedy, a secret kept, and their own inner battles, find themselves at odds with one another. How often do our true thoughts and desires go unspoken in the face of family dynamics that allow the strong-minded to roll over others, the insecure people pleasers to feel unseen, and the hurting and fearful to hide? I loved how Beth let us see the story unfold through the minds of certain characters; to be up close and personal with their unspoken struggles and raw emotions.
  
  This story is a keeper and I'm looking forward to spending more time with the Thatcher sisters in the books to follow.
• Things I Never Told You (Thatcher Sisters)
  
  There is something magical about a novel that takes you to the depths of despair and back to joy again.
  Enter Payton, sister to Jillian and Johanna Thatcher. Payton is an event planner and identical twin. Only Payton has lost her twin sister, Pepper, in a tragic accident.
  As a twin, I was overwhelmed with Payton’s story of grief and recovery over the intense loss of her best friend.
  And as a cancer overcomer myself, I can tell you that Jillian Thatcher’s experience with the disease rings true.
  Much like Karen Kingsbury, Beth takes her characters through the deeper issues in life. Things like disease, extreme loss, grief and estranged relationships. And she does it with such authenticity that it leaves you feeling as though the author must have peeked into your heart and pulled out things you could not put words to.
  If you are facing an unimaginable trauma or simply enjoy a meaningful book, I highly recommend ‘Things I Never Told You.’
  It’s not just another novel, it is truly a work of art from one beautiful soul to the reader.