The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom in Clearly Christian Readathon

Apr 25, 2023 Lindsay Lemus rated it it was amazing

Wow!!! May we all be able to show the love of Christ by being His hands and feet like Corrie and her family in terrible times of human depravity on this Earth.
I loved learning about her life and work. Her and her family are now among the saints reaping the rewards of their great works they did glorifying Christ and His cause in saving the world from the evils of sin.
Her father was a delightful man with many great analogies and faithful sayings. I can't wait to meet them all in heaven. ❤️ ...more

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Mar 22, 2020 Jana Henderson (Reviews from the Stacks) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: history-nonfiction, modernism-1900-1945, nonfiction, war-stories, biography, classics, books-about-books, mental-health-rep, set-in-europe, christian-nonfiction

There are so many good lines from this book. It's tragic, but hopeful; deeply relevant still today. ...more

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May 01, 2022 Lovely Day marked it as dnf

DNFd at 39%

It’s just making me way too anxious

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Sep 04, 2021 Kristina rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: missionary, christian, owned-physical, 2021-read, recommended-to-me, nonfiction

4.5 stars, rounded up

While the first 20% of this book was rather boring, it picked up with the story of how the ten Boom family hid Jews during Nazi occupation of Holland during WWII. The author shares her heart for others in her recounting of the many ways that she and her family joined a sort of resistance in hiding Jews within her own home. She goes on to share how they were finally caught and what happened next. I was so inspired by Corrie's sister, Betsy, and her almost unshakeable faith. I ...more

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Aug 14, 2020 Joann Rodriguez rated it it was amazing

Absolutely amazing story of her experiences and her and her sisters testimonials are so great in giving us and future generations a glimpse into a dark history and into the hardships so many suffered during this time.

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