From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes a classic story about second chances, featuring the beloved Baxter family and a young father who finds his whole world turned upside down on the eve of his divorce. What if you could see into the future and know what will happen tomorrow, if you really walk out that door today. Pay attention. Life is not a dress rehearsal. From … a dress rehearsal.
From their first meeting, to their stunning engagement and lavish wedding, to their happily-ever-after, Noah and Emily Carter seemed meant to be. They have a special kind of love–and they want the world to know. More than a million adoring fans have followed their lives on Instagram since the day Noah publicly proposed to Emily. But behind the carefully staged photos and encouraging posts, their life is anything but a fairytale, and Noah’s obsession with social media has ruined everything.
Distraught, Emily reaches out to her friend Kari Baxter Taylor and tells her the truth: Noah and Emily have decided to call it quits. He is leaving in the morning.
But when Noah wakes the next day, everything is different. Emily is gone and the kids are years older. Like Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, bizarre and strange events continue throughout the night so that Noah is certain he’s twenty years older, and he is desperate for a second chance.
Now it would take a miracle to return to yesterday.
When We Were Young is a rare and beautiful love story that takes place in a single day. It’s about knowing what tomorrow will bring if you really walk out that door today–and the gift of being able to choose differently.
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Another amazingly written book by karen kingsbury she really knows how to keep the readers wanting more. What I like most about her books is she always includes little bits of the baxters love love love it
I love the Baxter family and have often cried as I’ve read one of these inspiring and romantic stories from Karen Kingsbury.
I don’t recall reading one of Karen Kingsbury’s books before, but she’s definitely an author that I’ll read again. This book has a unique storyline, which I greatly enjoyed. This is a terrific book and I highly recommend it.
This was a quick read with a happy ending (those are my favorites!) but it took some tough emotional turns along the way. What happens when social media consumes our lives? How do two people so perfect together end up on the brink of divorce? Where do we turn when we find everything slipping away? While at times I felt this book went to extremes to prove a point, it’s a point so many I think need to hear in the internet age. I think this is a good read for anyone who’s in a relationship, but especially those who are married and have kids.
this Book is great a book
This book is a contemporary Christian romance with a lesson on football concussions, marital struggles, missing out on your children’s lives, and the impact of social media.
Not my cup of tea. Also, hints of A Christmas Carol where God does it all in one night.
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This book WAS different than any of Karen’s others, and I totally understood she was doing, but didn’t know her sentimental/symbolic why, so that was cool to figure out at the tail-end of the book (yes, I read the ENTIRE Book–well, not the book club questions part, but everything else). I did get a chuckle out of how many times I read the “even now, even still,” et cetera because that was just a lot, to me, but no biggie. She’s a great writer and she was making a point, I’m sure. What a team, and I will continue reading her books. Pretty sure I’ve read all of her books, children’s and adult novels, except her Bible study, which I surely will read and DO someday as well. Thanks, Karen, for using your time to shine the light of Christ and remind us…of so many things, the things that really matter.
I love all her books
Love Francine Rivers books. One of my favorite Arthur’s. It’s hard to put her books down until I’ve finished it.
I would have to say that I like how the author builds each character. Kingsbury is a wonderful author and she has many tens of thousands of readers
Good story line, but there seemed to be constant repetition of emotional turmoil
Loved it!
I COULDN’T GET INTERESTED,
NOT AT ALL LIKE ANY OF KAREN KINGSBURY’S BOOKS.
Great read- sad but ends well
This is an excellent book. You can hardly put it down. Have your tissues nearby. Karen Kingsbury did an outstanding job as always.