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51 reviews for:
Hope Heals: A True Story of Overwhelming Loss and an Overcoming Love
Jay Wolf, Katherine Wolf, Joni Eareckson Tada
4.47 AVERAGE
51 reviews for:
Hope Heals: A True Story of Overwhelming Loss and an Overcoming Love
Jay Wolf, Katherine Wolf, Joni Eareckson Tada
4.47 AVERAGE
Well- written, compelling story of a young couple whose lives turned upside- down and how they clung to God and each other through it. My only criticism is their occasional tone of "this is the worst possible thing anyone has ever gone through" when they should know that others suffer much deeper and harder losses and struggles every day.
Katherine's story is so gut-wrenching and she and Jay tell it with such clarity that it is hard to comprehend sometimes. It is honest and not overly-sentimental, and I am grateful they were willing to write it. I feel like this gets SO CLOSE to being the perfect book to recommend to someone who has experienced traumatic injury - or anything that makes them feel like their suffering is truly at the height of what they can take. However, like some readers noted, I feel like there is a lot of glossing over of the negative feelings. I am so glad they were acknowledged (the marital fights, their initial tendency to be annoyed with other people's "problems," the physical frustration), but within the same two page spread they were seemingly quickly "solved." There also isn't a lot of detail to those negative moments, especially compared to attention given to other interactions. However, it's their story, and I feel like they get to tell it how they want and keep whatever things private they wish. I still recommend it fully - their perspective is so crucial.
I could not stay interested. I read this because someone who I had gotten a lot of great book recommendations from recommended this book. It was just a miss for me.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
This book was really honest and beautiful. Jay and Katherine's story of faithfulness to God in spite of some incredibly difficult circumstances was very moving and humbling. It was easy to read and I enjoyed it a lot. It's a good nonfiction Christian read that will inspire, but it is not so heavy that it is difficult to get through.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
This is a pretty inspirational story, though the storytelling was a bit lackluster to me. Probably a ghost writer. The sacrificial way her husband cared for her wasn't treated like a big deal and that was really beautiful.
I loved this book. Jay and Katherine are refreshingly honest in their description of all that they’ve gone through since having their worlds turned upside down with an unexpected brain injury ten years ago. I finished this book feeling super encouraged and comforted by the way that they refuse to gloss over the pain and suffering that they’ve been through, while also refusing to forget the God who brought them through it all. Praise God for the healing and restoration He has brought to every part of their lives!!
I've heard about Katherine and Jay's story for years, and was really looking forward to hearing the full story. Just...wow. The book is easy to read, articulate, inspiring and I can't even remember the last time I cried during a book. I also can't remember the last time tore through a book in under 24 hours. I usually find Christian books (well, besides CS Lewis obvi) to be trite and unnecessarily long. I usually close one up and say, "that should have been an article...not a book." Not this time. I was so bummed it was over and started devouring their website because I needed MORE. The good news is, I hear they are already working on another book. Phew.
This book is great for men and women (they take turns telling the story from each of their perspectives), married people, people who want to be married people, suffering people (spoiler alert. everyone is suffering people), people who are near suffering people, people who wonder where the heck God got off too...everyone.
This book is great for men and women (they take turns telling the story from each of their perspectives), married people, people who want to be married people, suffering people (spoiler alert. everyone is suffering people), people who are near suffering people, people who wonder where the heck God got off too...everyone.
Everyone needs to read this book. What a shining example to this world of how to face tragedy and overwhelming circumstances with grace, and how to suffer WELL for His glory and by His power. We all have much to learn from the Wolfs. Grateful for their obedience to share their story.