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Oceans Apart | 
| Author: Karen Kingsbury
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Category: Book
Buy New: $35.06
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Avg. Customer Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 3135705
Format: Large Print
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Largeprint
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 532
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0786272570
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780786272570
ASIN: 0786272570
Publication Date: February 2, 2005
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Product Description
He failed his family only once, long ago, but they never knew about it. Now pilot Connor Evans's life and marriage are going great, until Connor finds himself face-to-face with his past in the form of a seven-year-old boy. Read by Joyce Bean. Eleven unabridged audio CDs.
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 Too perfect September 2, 2008
I usually like Karen Kingsbury books but this was just too much. The characters were so unreal. The seven year old boy was perfect. Totally unlike a normal seven year old especially going through the loss of his mother.
The book was way too mushy for my taste. It was also too predictable. An affair in a marriage is devastating. Not something that can be fixed in a few weeks.
The other thing that really bothered me what the way she wrote when the boy was talking. I really didn't like the little kid talk she wrote in. Everything was "my mommy"... or some mispronounced word. It was kind of like reading Junie B Jones.
I did not like this book.
Cheesy and predictable August 25, 2008
There is so much foreshadowing in this book you'll know how it ends if within the first few chapters. This book posses no twist or turns. The characters are one-dimensional, the dialogue is cheesy, and the book is filled with preachy undertones. I suppose I should have done more research before purchasing the book, and I would have known better, but I was expecting more "literature" but found it to be "chick-lit".
I won't be purcahsing any more Kingsbury's novels.
On a positive note, it is a quick-read.
 Emotional Read August 17, 2008
This is my first Karen Kingsbury novel. The tragedy is borderline unbearable. This book has a nice ending, and takes you through the struggle of infidelity, but the emotion is so raw, and the characters, especially that of the little boy, were a little too unbelieveable. I don't know if I'd be willing to give this author another shot or not, and I am an avid reader of Christian fiction. Should've gotten it from the library.
Aimee
 This book will make you think August 11, 2008
This book is outstanding! Kingsbury does an excellent job of capturing real human emotions. She is not afraid to create flawed characters with real emotions who are dealing with a heart wrenching situation. It was very easy to relate to the characters and to feel what they were feeling. Many Christian authors stick with fluffy topics and create too perfect characters. I commend Kingsbury for tackling difficult topics and for creating a story that will hook readers and make them think. This book will not disappoint.
Oceans Apart August 7, 2008
Kiahna Siefert and Connor Evans had a brief affair that ended as quickly as it had started. Now eight years later there is a plane crash and Kiahna's will asks that Connor be found, and her young son to be with the father that he did not even know existed.
Connor has regretted that one night and never even told his wife about it. Now his marriage is stronger then ever. When the Lawyer calls him with a proposition of a two-week visit with Max, Connors world is flipped upside down. Will he lose the wife that he adores or will he have to give up the son he always wanted?
Oceans Apart is a heart-wrenching story that starts out with a terrible tragedy and grips you from the first pages and does not fail to keep you wondering how it would end until the last pages. Max is such a doll of a character; you cannot help but fall in love with him and his simple trusting love of God. Oceans Apart is another winner in Karen Kingbsbury's long list of must read books.
Tori
reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed
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