What do you think?
Rate this book
The Treha Collection: Every Waking Moment / Looking into You
With authentic characterization, lyrical prose, and razor-sharp wit, bestselling author Chris Fabry delivers two poignant stories about brokenness and hope, heartbreak and healing. Now both novels are available in one e-book for a great value!
Every Waking Moment (A 2014 Christianity Today Award of Merit winner!):
Devin Hillis is a struggling documentary filmmaker who stumbles onto the story of a lifetime while interviewing subjects at an Arizona retirement home. One of the employees—a seemingly ordinary young woman named Treha Langsam—has no family and little memory of her childhood. She does, however, possess an extraordinary gift for connecting with dementia patients. Even more gripping is the story that begins to unravel when a cryptic letter from one of the home’s residents reveals clues to Treha’s shrouded past, setting into motion a chain of events that captures national interest.
Looking into You (2017 Christy Award winner, Short Form category):
Every day, Paige Redwine is haunted by a choice she made when she was only seventeen. Now, just past forty, still single, she lives a tidy, controlled life as a well-respected English professor at a college in Nashville. Nothing could prepare her for the day Treha Langsam—the daughter she secretly placed for adoption—walks into her classroom as a student, unknowingly confronting Paige with both her greatest longing and her greatest fear.
As Treha sets aside the search for her birth mother to concentrate on her education, Paige summons the courage to reach out to her daughter, never dreaming her actions will transform them both as she faces a past she thought she’d laid to rest.
Every Waking Moment (A 2014 Christianity Today Award of Merit winner!):
Devin Hillis is a struggling documentary filmmaker who stumbles onto the story of a lifetime while interviewing subjects at an Arizona retirement home. One of the employees—a seemingly ordinary young woman named Treha Langsam—has no family and little memory of her childhood. She does, however, possess an extraordinary gift for connecting with dementia patients. Even more gripping is the story that begins to unravel when a cryptic letter from one of the home’s residents reveals clues to Treha’s shrouded past, setting into motion a chain of events that captures national interest.
Looking into You (2017 Christy Award winner, Short Form category):
Every day, Paige Redwine is haunted by a choice she made when she was only seventeen. Now, just past forty, still single, she lives a tidy, controlled life as a well-respected English professor at a college in Nashville. Nothing could prepare her for the day Treha Langsam—the daughter she secretly placed for adoption—walks into her classroom as a student, unknowingly confronting Paige with both her greatest longing and her greatest fear.
As Treha sets aside the search for her birth mother to concentrate on her education, Paige summons the courage to reach out to her daughter, never dreaming her actions will transform them both as she faces a past she thought she’d laid to rest.
619 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 1, 2017
3 people are currently reading
15 people want to read
About the author
Chris Fabry
213 books676 followersChris Fabry is an award-winning author and radio personality who hosts the daily program Chris Fabry Live on Moody Radio. He is also heard on Love Worth Finding, Building Relationships with Dr. Gary Chapman, and other radio programs. A 1982 graduate of the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism at Marshall University and native of West Virginia, Chris and his wife, Andrea, now live in Arizona and are the parents of nine children.
Chris' novels, which include Dogwood, June Bug, Almost Heaven, Not in the Heart, Borders of the Heart, Every Waking Moment, The Promise of Jesse Woods, Looking into You, Under a Cloudless Sky, and A Piece of the Moon, have won five Christy Awards, an ECPA Christian Book Award, and two Christianity Today Book Awards of Merit, but it's his lyrical prose and tales of redemption that keep readers returning for more.
Chris has also published more than 70 other books, ranging from nonfiction and film novelizations, including the Kendrick brothers' War Room and Overcomer, to novels for children and young adults. He coauthored the Left Behind: The Kids series with Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye, as well as the Red Rock Mysteries and The Wormling series with Jerry B. Jenkins. RPM is his latest series for kids and explores the exciting world of NASCAR.
Visit Chris' website at www.chrisfabry.com.
Chris' novels, which include Dogwood, June Bug, Almost Heaven, Not in the Heart, Borders of the Heart, Every Waking Moment, The Promise of Jesse Woods, Looking into You, Under a Cloudless Sky, and A Piece of the Moon, have won five Christy Awards, an ECPA Christian Book Award, and two Christianity Today Book Awards of Merit, but it's his lyrical prose and tales of redemption that keep readers returning for more.
Chris has also published more than 70 other books, ranging from nonfiction and film novelizations, including the Kendrick brothers' War Room and Overcomer, to novels for children and young adults. He coauthored the Left Behind: The Kids series with Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye, as well as the Red Rock Mysteries and The Wormling series with Jerry B. Jenkins. RPM is his latest series for kids and explores the exciting world of NASCAR.
Visit Chris' website at www.chrisfabry.com.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
July 21, 2018
Great book
Every waking moment confused me at first, but after that I understood the reason for why it was written the way it was. This book was written in the viewpoints of Mariam Howard and Devon. I don’t remember his last name, but at first Devon part in the book confused me. But then I understood that his role in the book was to tellTreha’s story. Also, I think the first few chapters kind of set up the scene and drag on just a bit. But after that, you got into it and you realize what it was about. What I liked about the book, was thatTreha started out to be just a girl who never smiled or never express her feelings and emotions and who had different things going on with her, but then she was taken under Mariam swing and got help. I think the only thing I didn’t like about this book, was that the point of use skipped around a little bit, and then in between that were scenes from the videos that Devon took. It kind of confuses me and if you didn’t know what was going on, it would seem like out of place. I would recommend this book to you if you have some sort of disability and if you like stories with older characters.
Every waking moment confused me at first, but after that I understood the reason for why it was written the way it was. This book was written in the viewpoints of Mariam Howard and Devon. I don’t remember his last name, but at first Devon part in the book confused me. But then I understood that his role in the book was to tellTreha’s story. Also, I think the first few chapters kind of set up the scene and drag on just a bit. But after that, you got into it and you realize what it was about. What I liked about the book, was thatTreha started out to be just a girl who never smiled or never express her feelings and emotions and who had different things going on with her, but then she was taken under Mariam swing and got help. I think the only thing I didn’t like about this book, was that the point of use skipped around a little bit, and then in between that were scenes from the videos that Devon took. It kind of confuses me and if you didn’t know what was going on, it would seem like out of place. I would recommend this book to you if you have some sort of disability and if you like stories with older characters.
April 5, 2024
Captivating
This book drew me in from the first page. Chris Fabry crafted the story and characters in a way that compelled me to keep reading from beginning to end. I can't wait to read the second book.
This book drew me in from the first page. Chris Fabry crafted the story and characters in a way that compelled me to keep reading from beginning to end. I can't wait to read the second book.
November 26, 2020
Loved this story.
May 18, 2017
Well-written and very interesting book. It kept up my interest all the way through. Fabry does an excellent job with the characters and how they grow and develop throughout the story. Well worth reading.
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews