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Beyond Tuesday Morning (9/11 #2)
The hope-filled sequel to the bestselling One Tuesday MorningIn this new novel by Karen Kingsbury, three years have passed since the terrorist attacks on New York City. Jamie Bryan, widow of a firefighter who lost his life on that terrible day, has found meaning in her season of loss by volunteering at St. Paul's, the memorial chapel across the street from where the Twin T...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
December 21st 2004
by Zondervan
(first published 2004)
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I thought this book was just ok. The writing was atrocious in places. The training class in NY started out being mid November to early December, but ended up being the 1st 3 weeks in November. And in some places it said it was 6 weeks. Then, the "voice" of the little girl, Sierra, was just a bit too young for a bright 2nd grader. The author seemed to want to make her out like Junie B Jones, but Junie B is in kindergarten. When Sierra is thinking she says things like, "I did a sigh," instead of "...more
I really did hope that Kingsbury would redeem herself with Beyond Tuesday Morning, but I felt this book was even more improbable, predictable, and contrived than the first. There were so many errors in the book that should have been worked out in rough drafts - it left me thinking 'where is this woman's editor!' The timelines of certain events got mixed up, like when the FDNY training was and how long it went for. I couldn't stand the daughter Seirra's POV voice, and didn't feel her voice was ev...more
This is the sequel to One Tuesday Morning and it has now been three years since the attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11/01. Jamie Bryan is working at St. Paul's Chapel to help counsel visitors with grief. She believes that it is her calling from God to help others work through their pain from their losses. One day on her way to the chapel, Jamie encounters some trouble from some young adults on the ferry ride. Two officers were on the boat and came to her rescue. They were police officers...more
I enjoyed reading this book, although I found it a bit predictable and figured out what was going to happen in the book before getting to the end.
After the tragic loss of her husband on 9/11, Jamie Bryan has to learn what it is like to live without a spouse and takes on trying to heal as well as being a single parent. She wonders if she will ever be able to love again and lives daily in the shadow of memories that make it difficult for that healing to begin. After the 9/11 tragedy, Jamie comes...more
After the tragic loss of her husband on 9/11, Jamie Bryan has to learn what it is like to live without a spouse and takes on trying to heal as well as being a single parent. She wonders if she will ever be able to love again and lives daily in the shadow of memories that make it difficult for that healing to begin. After the 9/11 tragedy, Jamie comes...more
I did not realize this was the sequel to "One Tuesday Morning" until it was too late. I should begin by saying that this was a sad read in many ways, although touching in it's depiction of widows overcoming their loss on 9/11. Tears flowed from my eyes on several occasions as I internalized the loss of the families whose loved ones perished in the Twin Towers. The longing, the guilt, the need to hold on to their loved one's memory were all so poignantly clear in this story.
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The first book series I have read by Karen Kingsbury. This is a sequel to One Tuesday Morning. It has been three years since the September 11 attack. Jamie Bryan, a widow, is not doing much better coping with her grief but, is now volunteering at St. Paul's a chapel across the street from the Twin Towers. She feels a connection to men she meets there. One a firefighter like her husband and the other a LA policeman and brother of Eric Michaels the man she took care of for three months under false...more
Good story. I read the first book and therefore felt invested in the story which is touching and unique. Beautiful, really showing how everything happens for a reason and that we must not live in fear. However I rated it a two because the writing is poor. As another reviewer said it is not a very believable language particularly in scenes with criminals/non Christians. The Christian characters are believable however the non believer characters especially the criminals in the ferry and again in t...more
This is the sequel to "One Tuesday Morning," which is where Jamie's story really begins. Based on the tragedy of 9/11.
Jamie's husband was a firefighter and she livedhim more than anything. When he died in the collapse of the twin towers, she was grief stricken and swore she could and would never no able to love again.
Jamie's husband was a person of great faith and played a role leading Jamie to the Lord. As a way to keep her husbands memory and legacy alive, Jamie volunteers at St Paul's Church...more
Aug 11, 2011
Lisa Rathbun
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I enjoyed this story, although again the coincidences are a little hard to take. Three bad guys attempt to abduct Jamie in broad daylight on the ferry, but thankfully two policemen are standing right there, one of whom is the brother of the man who'd had amnesia who'd been mistakenly identified as Jamie's husband Jake. Hmmmmm. That stretches my credibility a bit too far. Still, it was certainly readable, and I cared for the characters enough to hope that they would find healing for their pain an...more
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"Life's a fragile thing…September 11 taught us that…For those of us who remain – all of us touched by that day, we need to find strength and hope in Christ, and to do the thing He asks us to do." So states one of the main characters of Karen Kingsbury's novel, Beyond Tuesday Morning, a heartwrenching look at the survivors of the greatest terrorist attack America has ever known.
Quite honestly, like most Americans, I had put the horror of 9/11 behind me. I had not forgotten – I don't know how anyo...more
Quite honestly, like most Americans, I had put the horror of 9/11 behind me. I had not forgotten – I don't know how anyo...more
I read this because it was the sequel to "One Tuesday Morning." I still haven't found any Christian fiction writers who can get beyond spelling out their message except Jan Karon. Although I wouldn't call my faith profound, I certainly did not arrive at it just by hearing the Word. Interspersing the message with the story tends to make the story not flow as well. However, I have to admit most fiction does nothing for me anyway: I don't like trite conversation and descriptions.
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As with most series, the first was better... but this one surely didn't disappoint. As sequels go, I was wonderful! This book answered a lot of questions that I had after reading the first book... mainly my "what ifs". Ms. Kingsbury has done a beautiful job telling a story that is sure to leave you with happy tears in your eyes. She does such an amazing job with her God-given talent that you can easily get pictures in your mind's eye of how everybody and everythign look. She leaves no questions...more
I didn't know this was a second book in a series but I did read it because it was a gift and on my shelf. I had no idea what to expect and was heart taken to find it's about a women who lost her husband in the twin towers and has taken her time to pray and listen to other survivors in a small church just down from the twin towers. I remember that day but just vagely now that it's been nine years and we are still fighting for those lives that were lost.
Loved the book just as much as the first one, the characters were easy to love and relate to being just everyday people. They had extrodinary faith that leaves me to really reflect on my faith and what I teach to my children could be so much more.
Story line was quaint and interesting, kept you guessing on how each one would react in the situation that just kept twisting and turning. Laughed and cried in the first and second book.
I'll definitely read another Christian Fiction series by this auth...more
Story line was quaint and interesting, kept you guessing on how each one would react in the situation that just kept twisting and turning. Laughed and cried in the first and second book.
I'll definitely read another Christian Fiction series by this auth...more
This good story was a sequel to the 9/11 first story and then went on to tie up some of the relationship issues started in the first book. Some of it was pretty predicable but it really did hold my interest. Can't help but like the characters too. Jamie Byron, Eric Micheals, Clay Michaels (shockingly brother of Eric) and how Jamie's heart moves beyond grief and she is able to heal as well as the other widows from 9/11.
The sequal to ONE TUESDAY MORNING is just as amazing and touching as the first. BEYOND TUESDAY MORNING brought so much joy, happiness and triumph all at once. It follows the lives of Jamie Bryan after Jake, her firefighter husband was killed in the Septemeber 11th attacks. I read it in one day, it's a book (and series for that matter that you can't put down. Gotta love everything by Karen Kingsbury :D
As the sequel to One Tuesday Morning, I was curious to read to the end of the story. Major tragedy leads to happiness in a set of almost unbelievable circumstances. I will admit this was a page-turner that kept me engaged from Orlando to Denver. My mom is keeping me on track with some other Kingsbury novels. I'll be curious to compare those to this story. I hope the narrative is vibrant and not formulaic.
I liked reading more about the characters from "One Tuesday Morning", but this sequel was much less believable. Having a nine year old daughter, made the 7 year old girl in the book very unbelievable. I just didn't think the things she said and did were very realistic. It's light, entertaining, good reading for this waiting period before baby is born when I needed something lighter.
Jul 18, 2010
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well this one made me see how I have given no regard to the damaged people left from events of sept 11th, and how people are still struggling to deal with those who are gone. It also made me realise how quickly, as Christians even, we are to blame God for not stepping in to change situations or loved ones from bad situations. I definately felt changed after reading this one.
This is the second in the Tuesday Morning series by Karen Kingsbury.
The book starts three years after 9/11 and tells how the main character and her daughter are moving on, or more appropriately, how they are not.
Of course there is a dreamy man, a twist, a conflict, and overall a happy ending.
It was a quick, easy, enjoyable read. I plan to read the third book as soon as I can get it!
The book starts three years after 9/11 and tells how the main character and her daughter are moving on, or more appropriately, how they are not.
Of course there is a dreamy man, a twist, a conflict, and overall a happy ending.
It was a quick, easy, enjoyable read. I plan to read the third book as soon as I can get it!
Love Karen Kingsbury! Everything she writes touches my heart. There's always love and family issues that need resolution. God is always the center of that resolution. She has a way of sharing scripture that brings it to a new light for me. I just plain feel good when I read her books. They are an easy read...a curl up in your favorite chair and just enjoy!
I found this book to be very good. I could tell what was going to happen, but I always enjoy trying to figure out how an author is going to let it develop! I am going be honest, reading these books has brought me closer to my faith and brought me to the point of extending my learning. So if anything, that is one thing that these books have done.
This was a great book that leaves you feeling uplifted and hopeful, even though the backdrop is the story of the characters' lives after 9/11. The surprising positive idea that a successful, good looking Christian man can be out there looking for a woman who also believes in God, is a great mood lifter! Now, I need to read #1 and #3.....
Yes, the story is highly unlikely... but if you can leave statistics out of it, it is a fabulous book. A great story about healing, following God's plan for our lives, and finding new love. What more could you want?
P.S. I said I had plans for Clay after reading book 1... and I TOTALLY nailed it. Man, I'm good. :)
P.S. I said I had plans for Clay after reading book 1... and I TOTALLY nailed it. Man, I'm good. :)
I enjoyed the first book in this trilogy, (One Tuesday Morning) and was anxious to follow the lives of the main characters as the story continued, but found this book tedious, endlessly repetitious and disappointing. It was a big price to pay to find out what happened to characters I grew fond of in the first book.
Just finished reading Karen Kingsbury's "Beyond Tuesday Morning". I am reminded that God is a God of second chances and His mercies are new every morning. I am also reminded that God is a God of Miracles, when things seems to be not working out as planned, He is still in control and He surprises us in overwhelming ways! :)
I learned that God is a God of life... everyday we have 2 choices: Life or Death.
We may think we never chooses death, but breathing is not life at least not in its truest sense...more
I learned that God is a God of life... everyday we have 2 choices: Life or Death.
We may think we never chooses death, but breathing is not life at least not in its truest sense...more
I really enjoy Karen Kingsbury books. This is the second one I have ready (the first was the prequel to this novel) and I enjoy the simplicity of her writing. I also enjoy the Christian themes in her novels. This is the second book in the 9/11 series and was quite good although predictable, but in a good way :)
The second book in a 9/11 trilogy. I really enjoyed this storyline. The characters are very likable. Kind of like you wouldn't mind being friends with them IRL. Faith is woven throughout. Sometimes I wondered if parts were very realistic, but in the end, it didn't really matter. It's fiction after all! It's romance. It deals with human sorrow, pain, joy and hope. All in a context of Christian faith. No scandalous surprises. Just a good story.
I loved this book, a sequel to One Tuesday Morning, which I also loved. The coincidences are at best improbable, but the characters are delightfully and believably human and of course the book ends exactly as we hoped. It isn't likely to go down as great literature, but was definitely a good read and I would recommend it highly.
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USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury is America’s #1 inspirational novelist. There are more than 15 million copies of her award-winning books in print, including several million copies sold in the past year. Karen has written more than 40 novels, ten of which have hit #1 on national lists.
Karen has a true love for her readers, and she has nearly 1...more
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USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury is America’s #1 inspirational novelist. There are more than 15 million copies of her award-winning books in print, including several million copies sold in the past year. Karen has written more than 40 novels, ten of which have hit #1 on national lists.
Karen has a true love for her readers, and she has nearly 1...more
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