Redeeming Love
by Francine Rivers

I came across this book twice over two trips and in two years. This friend of mine likedto take her time reading novels and so I noticed that she was reading the same bookas she had done the previous year when we met in a trip. I got curious about the book,though I at that time, I wasn't quite a novel fan yet. She was loving the book and assoon as she finished reading it, I begged her to lend it me. I was intrigued to see howclose she felt with the book and unwilling to just give it to me instead of lending it.

To cut a long story short, I read the book in three days. I absolutely loved it. The storyis so powerful that though it's a fiction, you can certainly see it happening anyway. If Ican summarize it in one sentence, it would be how different is the way God sees us, nomatter who we are - completely unexpected and it will bring tears to your eyes. I startedreading novels because of this book and to be honest with you, I haven't found anyother that would come even close to as good as this. I'm still looking though.

Cristiane Cardoso