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The Hiding Place

By: Corrie ten Boom, Elizabeth Sherrill, John Sherrill
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
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At one time, Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that she had a story to tell. For the first 50 years of her life, nothing out of the ordinary ever happened to her. She was a spinster watchmaker living contentedly with her sister and their elderly father in the tiny house over their shop in Haarlem. Their uneventful days, as regulated as their own watches, revolved around their abiding love for one another.

But with the Nazi invasion and occupation of Holland, everything changed. Corrie ten Boom and her family became leaders in the Dutch underground, hiding Jewish people in their home in a specially built room and aiding their escape from the Nazis. For their pains, all but Corrie found death in a concentration camp.

Here is a story aglow with the glory of God and the courage of a quiet Christian whose life was transformed by it.

©1971 Corrie ten Boom and John and Elizabeth Sherrill (P)1993 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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"Wanda McCaddon does great credit to the writers of this true story. Her emotional control makes the tension and horror of the family’s plight more real and hideous. The listener is left with a story of extraordinary humanity, goodness and overwhelming love." ( AudioFile)

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A great story

I couldn't stop listening. Great reading, gripping story, powerful message. I highly recommend this book.

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Wonderful narration!!

Her inflection and emotion draw you into the story.
Heartbreaking but beautiful and inspiring. Looking forward to more.

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Thank you Corrie and Betsy.

To read this book is to understand Gods love. Today we need to pass this book along to the next generation.

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The Hiding Place

I love being pulled into history even the ugly history subjected on innocence. In The Hiding Place the reader can see through the eyes of Corrie ten Boom and see how the love of thy neighbor can heal even the savage heart of the monster. A great book that should be held in high regard for its honesty. Heart breaking as well as heart warming. This will be on my shelves and read again and again!

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Worth the Read.

Fantastic book talking about hope during life within the Nazi Concentration Camps. Worth the read.

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Best book I’ve heard in a long time.

Life changing perspective! Great voice for this book too! Was like she was telling her own story!

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Life changing.

This book so eloquently demonstrates Gods love for us and how even in the most dark circumstances He will use it for His glory to point us so graciously to himself. I am in awe of the courage a dedication of these women. Their story is having as much an impact today as it did when it was written, and perhaps even more so.

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Absolutely Fabulous

I knew a sketch of this story but the full story is so much more... the pain and the glory are mesmerizing.. thank you Corrie ten Boom

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I loved this book.

Wanda McCaddon did a great job of narrating this wonderfully written book. It took my breath away, sometimes in a good way and sometimes not. I will definitely listen to this one again.

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WOW! ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW!

I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH! AT FIRST I STRUGGLED WITH IT BECAUSE I KNEW THE HORROR THAT SURELY AWAITED ME WITHIN IT. THE HAPPINESS AT THE BEGINNING AND ME KNOWING WHAT WAS COMING MADE IT EVEN MORE SUSPENSEFUL. BUT I AM SO GLAD I FINISHED IT! WHAT A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE I'VE LEARNED! MAKES ME REALIZE HOW MUCH WE TRULY TAKE FOR GRANTED! GOD BLESS HER STORY AND LEGACY!

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