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Sep 12, 2011

Ashley rated it:

This book, centered around the 9/11 attacks, is a very poignant novel with heavy Christian themes. Jake Bryan is a fireman who believes in God while his wife, Jamie, is a nonbeliever who doubts his faith. Despite this, the two are very much in love and together, dote on their bubbly four year old daughter, Sierra. They live in Staten Island. Meanwhile, Eric Michaels is an ambitious businessman who puts his job before his wife and seven year old son, Josh, occasionally missing important events, s More...

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Aug 03, 2011

Sheila rated it:

This book sat on my shelf for YEARS and I just never got around to it. Then I seen it on audible.com and bought it to listen to on audio.... now with tears in my eyes, I wonder what took me so long.

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Jake Bryan was a God fearing man. He loved his wife Jamie, and his daughter Sierra with all of his heart. Jake was a fireman in New York City but made it a point to always be home to put his daughter to bed, and spend time with his wife.

Eric Micheal's wa More...

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Jan 07, 2011

Jill rated it:

The story covers two families affected by 9/11. Jake is a FDNY firefighter who is called into action in the south tower on 9/11. The other, Eric, is a businessman from California who just happens to be in the south tower on company business. Just before the tower collapses, Jake is heading up to the 64th floor and Eric is headed down from the 61st. The two meet in the stairwell and are struck by their uncanny resemblance to each other.

These two men, different as night and day, ar More...

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Jan 05, 2012

Ruth rated it:

The heartbreaking event of 9/11/2001 always brings a tear to my eyes. Shock, confusion, deep sorrow, and temporary joy start the beginning of another well-written series by this Karen Kingsbury. She brings to life a potential scenario of mistaken identity. In the south tower when firefighter Jake is on his way up the stairs and businessman Eric is headed down the stairs, a moment passes between the two as if looking into a mirror. Jake's helmet falls and the picture of Sierra, his daughter, beco More...

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Aug 03, 2011

Cathy rated it:

It is VERY rare that I give five stars.... I might read 2 books a year that come close to getting all five, but this one would get six if there was the option! Karen Kingsbury had me completely in her grip. A Christian author, Ms. Kingsbury's book "One Tuesday Morning" is sure to capture even a non-believer's attention, and hold it throughout the entire book. Set against the backdrop of 9/11, the story is fiction, but could very possibly have happened. In the wake of the 9/11 trage More...

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Sep 14, 2009

Heather rated it:

This is the first book I've ever read by Karen Kingsbury, and it was a good one to start with. While it's not some of the best writing I've ever read, the story is EXCELLENT and absolutely captivating. It also was probably the most heart-wrenching thing I have read in a VERY long time. I can't remember the last book that literally had me choking back tears through a good portion of it!

I like that it's faith-based fiction. It's so cool to have characters who do what I do in times of c More...

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Jan 12, 2009

Allison rated it:

In the book, One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury, i felt the way she told about the lives of people and their families before, during, and after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. This book tells the story of two men- Jake Bryan and Eric Michaels -who were in the South building of the Wourld Trade Center. It talks about Jake and Eric and their families before the accident, to learn how they were before that day. Then it goes through September 11 with you by times so you know where t More...

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Dec 03, 2009

Alesha rated it:

I've kind of struggled with what to say about this book. The writing is very heavily Christian; there's lots and lots of talk about God. I come from a strong Christian family where it is not strange to talk about God in our daily lives, but the writing in this book seemed unrealistic at times-a little over the top. However, this book is very touching. It brought back the horrible memories of 9/11...even though I wasn't directly touched by this tragedy. The scene between the two firefighters More...

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Oct 18, 2007

Gerry added it

i learned that no matter the circumstance that god always has a plan for us even when we dont see it when we are going through the toughest things in our lives. that no matter what god know where we are and that is has never let us down. The hardest thing somethimes to do is to let god be god in your life. i also learned that you need to really have the peace of god.

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Jan 21, 2011

Suzanne rated it:

I've heard people say that everyone has a twin running around on this Earth.

This is a story based on 9/11/2001. The second airplane has just crashed into the second Twin Tower. People are rushing to get down the stairs since the elevators are broken. During one point in time, while on firefighter was going up, another is coming down the stairs. They glance at each other only to see how much they look alike. A few hours later, the same person is found a truck a few miles from the Towe More...

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May 27, 2011

Anna rated it:

I wasn't very sure about this book. My first thought was that if it wasn't written with a lot of compassion then it would really do a great disservice to those that lost their lives on 9/11. However, the book came highly recommended from several people so I decided to try it.

I had mixed reactions to the book. The thing that really stuck out the most was that the plot simply wasn't believable. However, this is fiction so I pushed that thought aside. The writing was OK but didn't More...

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Aug 08, 2011

Burouj rated it:

This book seemed like it was interesting, so I picked it up but the obvious "God" message. At first, I was annoyed, then when she came to the 9/11 part, I realized you had to have God in a book that dealt with that kind of tragedy - it was the only way to get through it. But THEN it got waaaay too much. The bottom line is, If you love Jesus, then you are a good person and if you don't, then you are a bad person. If your spouse is good (loves Jesus) and you are not (don't believe in Go More...

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Jan 05, 2008

Sandi rated it:

Oh my gosh - get some kleenex but so good! It's about Sept. 11th... about a fireman and a businessman. One lives. One doesn't. Fiction, but felt so real. A little tough to relive that morning, but a lot of it is about after that day.

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Nov 22, 2008

Amber rated it:

Karen Kingsbury is one of my favorite authors, having said that I must also say that I think One Tuesday Morning is one of the most heart breaking novels I have ever read. The book is set around 911 and is about two entirely different families who have to learn to cope with the loss of the men they loved. They learn to deal with this by leaning on the family and friends that surround them. I believe that God has a plan for all of us and in this novel you begin to understand what his plan is for More...

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Jul 07, 2008

Madison rated it:

This book is sooo sooo sad! I just finished it and it took me all of 3 days to because it is so good. I cant even count how many times i cried when reading it!

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Mar 21, 2009

Marla rated it:

This a a heartbreaking novel about September 11th at the Twin Towers.
It about two men that look like twins, but don't know each other. Eric Michaels, a finacial manager and the other Jake Bryan, a heroic fireman, are both at the Twin Towers when it collaspes. One makes it out with amnesia, but will he find his way home. Jamie Bryan takes care of her husband Jake trying to help him remember. A family on the other side of the country is griefing their lose. Jamie helps the survivor lear More...

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Mar 31, 2011

Laurel rated it:

Most of the time I really liked it, and there were times I couldn't put it down. However, by the time it ended, I was bit disenchanted from having to link three huge themes together. Each was good, but the impact of 9/11 eventually faded, overshadowed by the drama of the other themes. It just didn't mesh right. The romance was often cheesy, and I'm growing tired of people working their jaws and raking their hands through their hair.

I do recommend it because it's a wonderful me More...

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Aug 21, 2009

Lorrie rated it:

I have become addicted to Karen Kingsbury's books! Can't get enough. One Tuesday Morning is a page turner. Like all of her books, it is fairly predictable, but Karen writes in such a way that she pulls you in to the drama and the characters. I had a hard time putting it down. The 9/11 retelling was very believable. I also love the spiritual dimension to her characters, whether strong believers, or individuals who are struggling with their beliefs. Unfortunately, I read the books out of order, so More...

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Oct 06, 2011

Om08189 rated it:

This book is amazing! It really made me feel like I was going through what the characters were going through. As soon as I finished it I cried like a baby and then read the second and third very shortly after. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a moving story. The odd thing about this was that I read it over the summer without realizing that this year was the tenth anniversary of 9/11. When the eleventh rolled around and they were interviewing firemen and families of those who lost More...

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Oct 11, 2011

Monica rated it:

Okay...I was really excited and eager to read this book but I found it very annoying. I'm Catholic, go to Church regularly and I pray, etc. But I don't push my religion on anyone else and I don't go around every 15 minutes telling people that I'm praying for them. That being said, it seemed liked every other paragraph was about praying to the Lord, or someone's struggle with faith and someone else trying to help someone else with their faith. It got to the point where I couldn't enjoy the bo More...

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Feb 05, 2011

Christine rated it:

Still trying to live through the loss of my husband, One Tuesday Morning swept me away on another tide of emotions. Karen Kingsbury crafted a beautiful love story of two families amid the horror of September 11, 2001. One family was from Staten Island, NY who had a very happy marriage and family and the other from Los Angelis, CA had a marriage and family heading quickly for breakup. One minute I found myself with teary eyes and then in the next smiling once again. Gut wrenching at times, this b More...

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Sep 29, 2011

Nancy rated it:

WOW...this is the first book I have ever read about 9/11 and a possible scenario. Really brought it all to reality of what a tragedy that day was to so many thousands of people and the thousands more that loved them. Karen's writing brings you there and you feel what the characters in the book are feeling as well as God moving in their lives and how He speaks through her fictional writing as well.....
In the story I wonder how it would have been if Eric and Jake were found to be twins. Tha More...

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May 05, 2009

Rosemarie rated it:

This book is a realistic fiction about two very different families and how their lives were intertwined with the events of 9/11. It's a hard read at times because it takes you back to that day and it's so vivid and you're in tears seeing it from a person who was in the towers when it collapsed and also from a fire fighter's perspective that was in there trying to rescue people. Not only that but from their wives and what they had to deal with not knowing and talking to their children. This is More...

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Aug 29, 2009

Kristen rated it:

This book is sappy and overly religious. (Some Christian, Evangelical type religion) Unfortunately, it was the only book that I had with me, besides the stupid one with the swearing that I refused to finish, so I decided to keep going because it was that or really pay attention to the eleven kids running around me.

I wish that it had been a realistic book about Sept 11. Instead it was a fantastically hard to believe story about doppelgangers who got switched due to death and amnesia. More...

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Feb 27, 2010

Sondra rated it:

What a "hold" Kingsbury's telling of the events in this story had for me! I was one of those Americans whole stood riveted to my tv in my library workroom the morning of 9/11/2001 and watched as the events of that day unfolded. In watching the events unfold, I took news account in and related that info to the overwhelming number of people who were personally affected tragically that day. But, Kinsbury has brought those events down to reliving that day through the eyes and hearts of More...

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Jun 18, 2011

Barbara rated it:

The terrorist attacks of 9/11 were an unspeakable tragedy that touched each of our lives in some way, and would, undoubtedly, have to be approached very carefully, especially in a fiction story. Karen Kingsbury was the perfect author to do this. Her descriptions of the events in the twin towers while the tragedy was happening were perfect; you really felt the horror of what was happening, but you still wanted to continue reading. Karen's best attribute as a writer is enabling you to identify wit More...

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May 05, 2009

Patti rated it:

This was a good read although I might not recommend it to a non-believer. I heard about this book and I really remember being turned off by the storyline - set in NYC on 9/11 it is the story of a fireman who is a believer. Yet, when I was searching for a good love story for my teenage girls, I kept being drawn to this book. I enjoyed it very much. Although there are no teenagers in the story, I think many of my teenage girls will like it and it is a fabulous love story and reminder of God's More...

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Jun 14, 2009

Shannon rated it:

Sept 11, 2001 New York City, A dovoted fireman, named Jake, and a driven businessman, named Eric, strangers with the same face. Jake heading up the stairs of the South Tower stops to help Eric when is stumples on the way down. They stop and each wonder about how much they look like. Eric picks up Jakes helmut and looks the the picture and name of Jakes daugher. Then heads on down the stairs. Jake is on the 61 floor when the tower collapses. Eric suffers a head injury and is found under Jake's fi More...

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Dec 05, 2011

Sara rated it:

I thought this book was good, though I did have one question about it. Were we supposed to be wondering the entire book who of Eric and Jake died? Because I thought that it was clear who did and who didn't and I wasn't like on the edge of my seat trying to figure it out. I thought it was terrible cruel to poor Jamie too, though I guess if there wasn't the whole "mistaken identity" bit, then the book would have been a lot shorter.

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Jun 06, 2011

Connie rated it:

A man with amnesia finds his way to right relationship with God and family through the death of a strong Christian firefighter. The story was useful in helping me to identify with the suffering of losses occurring at the collapse of the Twin Towers, but the final chapters were not well written. In my opinion, the decisions made by key characters, especially in the final chapters, were not reasonable ones.

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