By Karen Kingsbury
Zondervan 2012
Reviewed by Diane Busch
Coming Home seems to be the wrap-up book for the many series
about the Baxter Family that Karen Kingsbury has written. The initial chapters fill you in on
many details of each member of the family, in case you haven’t read all the
books or in case it has been so long that you forgot a few things.
The title “Coming Home” has several special meanings, as
this story unfolds. The entire
extended Baxter family plans to get together in Bloomington, Illinois for their
father’s 70th birthday.
A joyful family reunion & celebration is what they have planned.
But, as in real life, not all things go as planned. The family has to endure tragedy and
heartache. They pray as never
before. They cling together as
family and they hold onto their faith in God, even during these most difficult
circumstances. Christians are not
exempt from bad things happening to them.
But the Baxter family shows by example how to walk through difficulty,
tragedy, and loss without losing faith.
The book ends about a year after John Baxter’s 70th
birthday and gives one last update on all the family members. If this is the last book, I for one,
find it hard to say goodbye to so many wonderful characters.
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