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  • All She Ever Wanted

  • By: Lynn Austin
  • Narrated by: Linda Stephens
  • Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (495 ratings)

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All She Ever Wanted

By: Lynn Austin
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A three-time Christy Award winner, Lynn Austin crafts rousing tales of hope and redemption. All She Ever Wanted stars Kathleen Seymour, a woman who seems to have it all, though she hides a dark family secret. To her horror, everything comes crashing down when she loses her job and her daughter is caught shoplifting. Desperate to regain control over her life, Kathleen returns to her estranged family to mend her severely broken relationships before it is too late.
©2005 Lynn Austin (P)2006 Recorded Books, LLC

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"[A] brilliant novel about love, forgiveness, suffering, and the importance of resisting the temptation to run away when things get tough." (Christian Book Previews.com)

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Lovely

Inspiring and lovely. Our choices never affect just us and this book weaves such a beautiful picture of how our lives intertwine and play out based on the choices our families make.
It also shows how God works in our hearts and minds through His plan for us. Praise God for His great love and mercy towards us.

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Excellent!

Lynn Austin is such an excellent writer and in this book she keeps you captivated on the characters life and growth. I love how she deals with some difficult issues in families and in spirituality and in love and forgiveness.

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May Be the BEST Lynn Austin Book

Loved the surprises at every turn. Encouraging spiritually while not beating you over the head with religion. Just real people struggling to live out their faith. Very engaging and I learned even more history as I felt like an eyewitness to many events across the 20th century.

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Pure Enjoyment

A solid, clean story that’s completely entertaining. One of my favorite Lynn Austin books!
I love it

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A Perfect Generational Book for Daughters

I've listened to this book maybe 4 times in the last 5 years , twice with my 4 adult daughters and once with my mother, when we took long trips together. It never fails to captivate us and lead to long, interesting discussions about our families and relationships(that is saying a lot, since our tastes in books run from nonfiction to romance to space opera, and all of my daughters are involved with writing, editing, and illustration at different levels )

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Didn’t want it to end

This book left me wrapped up in the lives of three generations redeemed by Christ and wanted the story to go on to learn more about their brighter future.

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Excellent story

A very clever illustration of historical fiction and an important perspective on how much women have suffered overtime. An excellent listen

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God’s grace

I love how she unveiled God’s grace woven throughout our lives, hidden in parts of our story that we would never think to look, which are ever drawing us to Him.

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Loved the complexity and the direction the author used to keep you wanting to know more of the sad story of Eleanor.

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Just. Wow.

A phenomenal story. I feel so invested in the characters. As though Eleanor, or Fiona, or even Kathleen could’ve been my sister, aunt, or best friend. I highly recommend. Truly compelling.

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