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  <title><![CDATA[Stepping Heavenward: One Woman's Journey to Godliness (Inspirational Library Series)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&quot;&quot;How dreadfully old I am getting! Sixteen!&quot;&quot; So begins 'Stepping Heavenward' by Elizabeth Prentiss, the journal-like account of a nineteenth century girl who learns, on the path to womanhood, that true happiness can be found in giving oneself for others. &quot;&quot;This book is a treasure of both Godly and womanly wisdom told with disarming candor and humility, yet revealing a deep heart's desire to know God,&quot;&quot; says noted Christian speaker Elisabeth Elliot. &quot;&quot;I do not hesitate to recommend it to men, who need to understand the wives they live with, and to any woman who wants to walk with God.&quot;&quot;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1891</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Elizabeth Prentiss]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Aug 12 07:52:14 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 19 18:36:04 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my FAVORITE books EVER! It's a really good book for us girls and our relationship with our mom and how it should look; and it's a good book for what kind of wife we should be to our husbands.I think it's a good book for many things. Like how we deal with hardships and struggles. Do we...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29933395">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36122066">
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  <date_added>Fri Oct 24 13:34:02 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite books.  Written as a journal, it follows the spiritual journey of a girl from about 16 years well into motherhood...  It challenged my walk with Christ more than anything I've read in a long time.  It's worth reading every couple of years.  <br/><br/>Some Favorite quotes:<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36122066">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42531478">
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  <date_added>Fri Jan 09 20:17:03 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 09 20:29:37 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fiction written in journal style, it's a surprisingly realistic and extremely personal account of one girl/woman's daily struggles in growth and godliness.  Refreshingly honest, too.  I felt like I have lived exactly what she describes--the frustrations of wanting to do what's right, and the complet...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42531478">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="33855462">
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  <date_added>Thu Sep 25 18:36:19 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 17 07:18:56 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't feel like I had anything in common with the main character, Katherine. The book begins on her sixteenth birthday and she has a little tiff with her mother on whether or not she should wear her boots out in the snow! I have never seen anyone do that over the age of six.<br/><br/>None of th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33855462">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44836420">
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  <date_added>Fri Jan 30 04:53:35 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 30 05:00:39 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the most challenging, encouraging books I have ever read. I've read this book probably 6 times and consider it one of my all-time favorites.<br/>Stepping Heavenward is the journal of a fictional girl. It follows her journey to become more Christ-like while she is still finding such fault in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44836420">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Aug 04 13:58:12 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I cannot praise this book enough!  Elizabeth Prentiss is so very honest about the struggles Christian women face with regard to their love for God, their relationship to the world around them--parents, boyfriends/spouses, children, friends, and the lost--, and even those sins which we often keep hid...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66191108">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="74555100">
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Oct 26 14:43:00 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I dare say this is my favorite book.  It's not just good reading - it's life-changing.  This story of a woman's life journey with God is so inspiring and so REAL.  Even though her story takes place in the 1800's, I can easily relate to it today.  It's not just one struggle that she overcomes - it's ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74555100">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75922119">
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  <date_updated>Tue Oct 27 13:51:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Such a moving book about the realistic struggle we tend to have as we swing from selfish wallowing to self-righteousness and back and again. Definitely one to read more than once. The only thing I take issue with is the glorification of poverty and suffering. Those who struggle with financial and he...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75922119">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I understand that this book is supposed to be a Christian classic, about how a girl comes to know Christ better, put I found her incredibly whiney. The entire book almost all she talks about is her short comings, but instead of asking God for help, reading the Word and changing her attitude, all she...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48848912">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I heard about this book at the Nor Cal OPC Women's retreat.  It is written in a journal format but is a fictional story.  Katy bears her spiritual struggles as a single woman, a wife and a mother.  The author of the book, Elizabeth Prentiss, wrote the famous hymn, &quot;More Love To Thee.&quot;  It ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76267140">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="33668491">
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very inspirational book. I would highly recommend it to any young lady who is wondering how her life could make a difference. It is a story, written as the diary of a young girl growing to be a young wife and mother. <br/><br/>In the story, you see a great picture of spiritual growth, an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33668491">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="33564621">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[<u>Stepping Heavenward</u> is the journal of a woman who lived in the 1800's.  We follow her life from her first entry as a 16 year old until her last entry shortly before her death.  Sometimes, her journal lies unwritten in for months, even years at a time.  But always, she returns to it and the entries i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33564621">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[the first time i read it my freshman year, i disliked it.  i thought it was overrated, boring and preachy and teachy and hopelessly antiquated.<br/><br/>today i reread it and i suppose much has changed in 4 years. :-P<br/><br/><br/>i love it because i relate with it, and i think other girls who...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/826040">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is absolutely wonderful, it's such a treasure!  I loved it all the way through.  I <em>did</em> get a little bit difficult about midway through...but I had been warned about that--I've heard that a lot of people wanted to stop around that point, but once they got past that was when their lives were...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42599343">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh how I love this book! I have read and re-read it many times over the years and each time I gain something new. It is a fictional journal account of a girl's life from the age of 16 on. She writes about her spiritual journey, her relationships with her mother, husband, children etc. , God's faithf...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47174554">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67986364">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[every Christian girl or woman]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Sharon Hall]]></recommended_by>
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  <date_added>Tue Aug 18 21:27:26 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 18 21:31:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>3 or 4</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I read this book first when I was in high school. The book begins when the main character is in her teens. Elizabeth Prentiss asks questions through her character that every woman asks. This book is so current on so many levels. This is one of my absolute favorite books.  There is so much wisdom pac...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67986364">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book has given me a lot to think about.  It was a bit dull to start with, and a bit preachy (well, very preachy), but, there were many good thoughts on what it means to trust God, and truly be His.<br/>This book has made me really think about my role as a mother and homemaker.  I was helped to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46679346">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Stepping Heavenward is basically the diary of a girl going through life. What makes it a great book is that you can relate to the characters, mostly the main character Katie, as she struggles through instances, pain and joys of life, and realize that you're &quot;not the only one.&quot; It's a great...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49017895">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An inspirational read about a woman's journey towards godliness. It's similar to the Millie Keith series in that it's inspirational without being annoying like Elsie Dinsmore. The only difference between the books is that Stepping heavenward is written in journal form. I highly recommend it!]]></body>
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