From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes a “heart tugging and emotional” story in the Baxter Family collection that will “touch readers deeply” (RT Book Reviews) featuring two people who lost their parents in the same national tragedy–two people desperate to find each other and the connection they shared for a single day…that changed everything. Brady Bradshaw was a … everything.
Brady Bradshaw was a child when the Oklahoma City bombing killed his mother. Every year, Brady visits the memorial site on the anniversary to remember her. Eleven years ago on that day, he met Jenna Phillips, who was also a child when her parents were killed in the attack. Brady and Jenna shared a deep heart connection and a single beautiful day together at the memorial. But after that, Brady never saw Jenna again. Every year when he returns, he leaves a note for her in hopes that he might find her again.
This year, Ashley Baxter Blake and her sister Kari Baxter Taylor and their families take a spring break trip that includes a visit to the site to see the memorial’s famous Survivor Tree. While there, Ashley spots a young man, alone and troubled. That man is Brady Bradshaw. A chance moment leads Ashley to help Brady find Jenna, the girl he can’t forget.
Ashley’s family is skeptical, but she pushes them to support her efforts to find the girl and bring them together. But will it work? Will her husband, Landon, understand her intentions? And is a shared heartache enough reason to fall in love?
With To The Moon and Back ”Kingsbury skillfully weaves a tale of divine love” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) in an unlikely love story about healing, redemption, hope, and the belief that sometimes a new tomorrow can grow from the ashes of a shattered yesterday. “Kingsbury writes with seemingly effortless poetic elegance, capturing the tender, intimate moments of daily family life as well as heart-wrenching flashbacks to fatal tragedy. A moving story of survival, of faith, and of beauty from the ashes” (Booklist).
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Fierce, fearless faith. Engaging story and fast-paced. Enjoyed it very much.
Loved it!
Loved this book! Read it in a day! Karen Kingsbury’s stories never disappoint! Love her character and how they seem to come alive! Can’t wait for her next book!
Loved reading this book
One of my favorite Karen Kingsbury books. I do wish that Ashley had not been a character in this book.
Karen Kingsbury never disappoints.
I love anything written by Karen kingsbury.
Great book with a capital G!
Wow. Awesome. Read in 1 setting.
Very good.
I love the way Karen Kingsbury writes! All of her books have lessons to be learned, are very realistic and are Christian based. Love, love, love her books!
This book is absolutely amazing, just like many of Karen Kingsbury novels. I revolves around family, and rebirth due to the Oklahoma city bombing. Such wonderful characters, made me feel like I was in the story.
Amazing read with a great story and lovable characters.
Anything from this author is awesome and worth reading.
If you have never read her books you have not lived life as well as you could be living it. So many books I can’t recommend just any. Start with the Baxter Family series. Her stand alone books are just as amazing.
You can never go wrong reading any of Karen Kingsbury’s books. The complete series of the Baxter Family is my most favorite books by her.
I am enjoying this new The Baxter Family series since I originally read all of those books years ago and am familiar with the characters and their history. For my job, I have been typing interviews from survivors and family members of victims of the Oklahoma City Bombing and I was fairly young myself when that tragedy occurred, so I had been literally looking online for books about the bombing. This wasn’t exactly what I was looking for, but it fell in my lap at the perfect timing, which I know God was in charge of! So that made this book even more enjoyable, and will be a great start as I look for other books that tell about the events of that day. There was one great “quotable” I wrote in my notebook as well because I thought it was a right-on explanation about why Jesus came to save us.
Karen has done it again! Another wonderful book about the Baxters and their extended family and friends. I learned many facts about the Oklahoma bombing – a lot of things I just didn’t know. Entertaining and inspirational.
Love Karen Kingsbury books. They are so about real life.
Sweet, sad and wonderful
Loved this book!