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Sophie's Heart
by
Lori Wick
After the tragic death of his wife, Alec Riley struggles to put his life back together. He and his three children are lost in their grief... until Sophie walks unexpectedly into their lives. Having left her native Czechoslovakia, Sophie has discovered the land which seemed so bright with promise is far from her dream. A highly educated woman, Sophie now finds herself keepi...more
Paperback, 432 pages
Published
June 1st 2004
by Harvest House Publishers
(first published July 1st 1995)
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This is another of my favorite books. It is about a woman who moves to the US from Prague in the 1980s. She has to find her place in this country while she works as a house keeper for a family that has recently lost their mother/wife. As with all of Lori Wicks books, it involves a romantic relationship between an man and woman as well as different character's relationship with God. It is uplifting and almost every time I read one of her books I find something that applies to my life right now ei...more
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I've also read this book several times over the years. It is a bit more of an undertaking than The Pricess but still every bit worth it. This is another modern day fiction book that takes place after the mother of the family dies and Sophie, a new immigrant, comes to live with the family. There are many funny parts as Sophie tries to fit into the culture and many serious moments as she tries to help this family with their grief. This book always makes me cry! (in a good way, I love when a b...more
Sophie's Heart has been the latest book in my list of 15 to read, and though I'm not normally a reader of "Christian Romance" it was nice to read a different type of book. It was sweet and sentimental and a great "chick book" to read. All thanks goes to Kali for lending it to me.
The story is about a woman named Sophie who is from Czechoslovakia, circa 1989 during the cold war, and how her faith leads her to the US where she, by chance, becomes a nanny for a family...more
The story is about a woman named Sophie who is from Czechoslovakia, circa 1989 during the cold war, and how her faith leads her to the US where she, by chance, becomes a nanny for a family...more
This book was on my to-read list for a while and I bought it a few months ago, but just now got around to reading it throughly. I actually do like some christian fiction, sometimes I'm in the mood for a clean romance,so the point is I didn't miss the smut, but I did miss a good entertaining plot, the whole book was just about how she baked, cleaned, and in the middle of the book her boss noticed she was a woman and a not-so-dumb one, because she can speak FIVE languages, yeah that's it FIVE, ...more
This book was pretty good. Yet, towards the very end, it focuse more on the courtship between Alec Riley and Sophie Velikinoja than anything else. I found that slightly annyoing.
Also towards the very end, there were a few pieces of adult content.
example:
(I'm quoting this from Lori Wick's book. not made up.)
"Did the doctor say when you were due?" It was such a wonderful, normal question.
"May 23."
"...more
Also towards the very end, there were a few pieces of adult content.
example:
(I'm quoting this from Lori Wick's book. not made up.)
"Did the doctor say when you were due?" It was such a wonderful, normal question.
"May 23."
"...more
I think this is one of my favorite Christian Fiction books. It's the first Lori Wick novel I ever read. I've put it on my 'keeper' shelf in my personal library. This book will be on the list of 'must-reads' for my granddaughters.
Sometimes we see Christian Fiction as either preachy or fake - this is neither. I've seen first hand the kind of grief, survivors guilt, growing love between a child's nanny and her employer (not myself) and am able to see this character-driven story as true to lif...more
Sometimes we see Christian Fiction as either preachy or fake - this is neither. I've seen first hand the kind of grief, survivors guilt, growing love between a child's nanny and her employer (not myself) and am able to see this character-driven story as true to lif...more
The most beautiful, touching and heartfelt novel I've ever read! I'll be reading this one over many times. If we could all strive to be the kind of person Sophie is, what a wonderful world this would be.
From back cover:
"After the tragic death of his wife, Alec Riley struggles to put his life back together. He and his three children are lost in their grief until Sophie walks unexpectedly into their lives.
Having left her native Czechoslovakia, Sophie has di...more
From back cover:
"After the tragic death of his wife, Alec Riley struggles to put his life back together. He and his three children are lost in their grief until Sophie walks unexpectedly into their lives.
Having left her native Czechoslovakia, Sophie has di...more
This is quite possibly the perfect romance, with all the right themes and messages. Rita was by far my favorite character and I'd love to see her return in a later novel -- maybe finding her own unique path to love the way Alec and Sophie did. I fell more in love with the children than the main characters.
I was extremely disappointed in this book. I've read one other book by Lori Wick and I really enjoyed it. But this one was way over the top and too much. By the end I couldn't get through it fast enough and I ended rolling my eyes and some of the cheesy conversations. I thought the characters were too sentimental. They cried way too much and too often, they prayed ALL the time. It seemed like there was at least one prayer on every page. I remember there was a time that Sophie and Mr. Riley were ...more
Sophie's Heart is a contemporary, heartwarming Christian romance about a grieving widower and his three children who hire Sophie, a Christian immigrant from Czechoslovakia, to be their cook and housekeeper. It's a fun journey seeing how the family comes to love Sophie and how she slowly becomes more Americanized. Throughout the book, the author reveals Sophie's heart through her prayers and one can see what it means to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ by reading this book. I enj...more
This is one of those tender stories that I never get tired of. It's the story of Sophie, a Czech woman who arrives in the US. She had worked as a translator in the country's Federal Assembly & was well educated, but, as is often the case with immigrants from non-English speaking countries, she ends up working in a low skill & low paying job. She meets a lady in church whose brother was recently widowed. He had three children, & he had struggled against hiring a housekeeper. The lady gets Alec - ...more
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I read the book The Princess by Lori wick a couple years ago and thought I would give another one of hers a try. But after reading Sophie's Heart I remembered all the reason's I didn't pick up more of Wick's books. I like a good Christian romance but the preaching gets to me if it is too heavy and this book was a little much for me. The main character was soooo good it was over the top for me. The way the children talked was also an issue. I have children around the kids in the books ages and th...more
This was a wonderful Christian book about a Czech woman coming to the States during a politically turmoltous time in her country to make a life. She leaves her grandmother back home which is very hard for her.
At first she finds a job in Chicago as a busgirl in a nice restaurant but it is very hard and she is not treated well. Because she does not speak English well, she is treated as ignorant when in reality she knows 5 languages fluently and worked as a translator in her native land.
...more
At first she finds a job in Chicago as a busgirl in a nice restaurant but it is very hard and she is not treated well. Because she does not speak English well, she is treated as ignorant when in reality she knows 5 languages fluently and worked as a translator in her native land.
...more
I read this EVERY year, it's a tradition. Timeless story, amazing characters, wonderful lessons, awesome ending. What more could you want?
A bit predictable, but a beautiful read. Lovely how Sophie gently works her way into the hearts of the children.
Ii would have to say that this is one of my favorite Lori Wick books. Sophie is so funny, especially at the end. Once again, the way the characters talk isn't very realistic, but the storyline picks up the slack.
There is one thing in here that I didn't like. A guy questions why Sophie wears pants, and she comes back with the fact that she is wearing women's pants. Excuse me, but what is the difference ?! Sure, the pants for females may be cut to accentuate the figure more, but there is n...more
There is one thing in here that I didn't like. A guy questions why Sophie wears pants, and she comes back with the fact that she is wearing women's pants. Excuse me, but what is the difference ?! Sure, the pants for females may be cut to accentuate the figure more, but there is n...more
I read this book many many moon's ago but I still remember it. I might even have to reread it. Its a great story and I remember not being able to put it down. The story line(a bit hard to remember since its been at least 10 years since I read it) was about Sophie who be comes a nanny to three children who's mom has died. The father is still dealing in his grief. Sophie slowly starts to bring love and God back into the family and ends up finding love alone the way.
I like this book, but on re-reading, I'm less impressed than I was before. The author cannot write. Her characters are all perfect, even though she gives them flaws, they're too goody-goody (though this is supposed to be inspirational fiction, I realize), and they lack depth. The story is good, but predictable and forced. I don't tend to read genre romance, so though I understand this is the norm, I thought it was annoying. Entertaining, yes. Good fiction, no.
This was a sweet book. I am much more private in my spirituality than the characters in this book, bot once I got past that, the story was quite enjoyable. It was especially so because I have been to Prague, Chicago, Middleton, Bayfield, and Green Bay; I've been to The Shoe Box and Woodman's. I have a friend who is from Mazomanie, which is a tiny little town in WI. It always adds to my pleasure when I can relate geographically!
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Quick easy read. Purely for entertainment value. The story line was completely predictable and a little cheesy, but sometimes it is refreshing to have something to read for entertainment value. Here is the brief sum up Alec's wife dies in car accident and he hires Sophie an immigrant from Czechoslovakia as a housekeeper/maid to help out with his family and ends up falling in love with her. The book falls into the Christian Romance genre and was clean and uplifting
I would give this a 4.5 stars if that were an option. It was well written, emotionally moving, and it had a substantial spiritual message (rare, even in Christian fiction). My only qualms were that the romance scenes were a bit too descriptive and I thought her wording in the last chapters was awkward as she tried to wrap up the storyline.
Read with Kleenex. In fact, invest in Kleenex before reading. This story is so moving, so gripping. It's predictable but the characters and the plot draw you in so deeply that you don't care. I own this book but haven't seen it for over a year because people keep passing it around to someone else who they think just has to read it.
Sophie’s Heart, by Lori Wick, is just right for you if you’ve ever made a major change in your life-style. Sophie is from Czechoslovakia; she doesn’t speak or understand English like an American native might. But I love how she works hard and depends on God to help her through it all. Mrs. Wick truly describes in detail what real faith in God is and does.
A really sweet story. But as always with Lori Wick, the outline of the story sounds so amazing but the writing is fluff. Bad dialog that no one would ever use in real life. Its hard for me to read and not look past this. But three stars for the concept and for fluff, its not a bad story.
I love this inspirational Christian romance novel for the simplistic tale of how Sophie grew to love not only the children in her care but also her employer. It is in keeping with Jane Eyre and Sound of Music. I love to read this book when I feel like a good romance without all the drama.
One of my favourites by Lori Wick.
I see she doesn't have as many "that woman" or "that lady" phrases in this one and it seems a lot less old-fashioned than some of her period-books, but here and there she starts mentioning things like that the kids were not ashamed of their father's tears and some-such. I don't know of any teenagers who are not embarrassed when their parents cry, especially their fathers!
Other than that the father is quite weepy, I ...more
I see she doesn't have as many "that woman" or "that lady" phrases in this one and it seems a lot less old-fashioned than some of her period-books, but here and there she starts mentioning things like that the kids were not ashamed of their father's tears and some-such. I don't know of any teenagers who are not embarrassed when their parents cry, especially their fathers!
Other than that the father is quite weepy, I ...more
This book really interested me because the main character was from Prague, where my husband spent a couple of years. It was an enjoyable book, clean, interesting. It seemed to me that it took a really long time to tell the story. It was good, though.
This is a wonderful love story. The book was a little difficult for me to "get into" in the beginning, but once I got past the first few pages, I didn't want to put it down. I had picked it up and put it down I don't know how many times. Now I know that God intended for me to read it. The lesson I learned was on page 93.
I just finished it last night. It was so beautiful. This is one book I will read again. It showed me how truly spoiled we are in America. And believe it or not, to be thankful when we realize our sins. Because it is not incurable, Jesus paid the price and sins will be washed away.
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Lori Wick is known as one of the most versatile Christian fiction writers on the market today. From pioneer fiction to a series set in Victorian England to a contemporary novel, Lori's books (over 5 million in print) continue to delight readers and top the Christian bestselling fiction list. Lori and her husband, Bob, live in Wisconsin with "the three coolest kids in ...more
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Lori Wick is known as one of the most versatile Christian fiction writers on the market today. From pioneer fiction to a series set in Victorian England to a contemporary novel, Lori's books (over 5 million in print) continue to delight readers and top the Christian bestselling fiction list. Lori and her husband, Bob, live in Wisconsin with "the three coolest kids in ...more
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