I was a bit surprised by this book. I learned things I didn’t realize I wanted to know.
Surprising
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Lynn Austin is a new author to me, but this book was way more than I expected. It was simply incredible. If you are not a person of faith you may not like listening to it, BUT if you want to experience real life characters in all their flawed, sinful, caring, screwed up ways struggling..
I loved how the stories were woven together. Some parts were predictable but I enjoyed it all the same.
I just finished this and I am in tears. What a moving story spanning generations. One particular part of the story really opened my eyes to the consequences of sin, whether or not what we do is for the “right reasons”. The narrator was great. I highly recommend this book and will be reading many..
Loved the story, didn’t like the narrator. It sounded like she had a cold which was very distracting. Also, the hymns that the girls sang are well known hymns, couldn’t the narrator have sung them properly?
This was a pretty thorough and detailed book. I learned a lot of concepts! Unfortunately, there were a lot of outdated concepts in here. For example, recommending vegetable oil as lube was something that I found strange and outdated.
Lynn Austin hit a home run with this book. Brought love to life. Love of family, love of God and love that is greater than our personal wants and desires.
I had heard about the community of Oneida from a course on America’s Religious History. Most people are surprised to learn about a community of Free Love or Sex because they think people in those days were more straight laced than people of today. The book addresses the Oneida Community, their founders and industry, and..
This is a struggle for me to rate. It could have been a good book, but Leona made me hate it! She was what the kids today call a Karen, and I absolutely despised her! I kept hoping Eli would arrest her or tase her! My husband is a cop so I was looking forward..
This book was ok. I mainly liked it because I’m a huge fan of the Great British Baking show but I agree with other reviews that have said the author doesn’t really get what is so great about that show. It was entertaining enough though I wouldn’t recommend it as a top pick.
