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When Joy Came to Stay

By: Karen Kingsbury
Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
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Publisher's summary

When Joy Came to Stay illustrates the miraculous power of faith to overcome even the most debilitating suffering. Maggie Stovall has a successful career and a happy marriage, but she also bears the crippling weight of a secret from her past. As she slips farther and farther into depression, her only hope lies in God's loving forgiveness.

Best-selling author and former Los Angeles Times reporter Karen Kingsbury has enriched the lives of countless readers with her spiritually uplifting tales.

©2000 Karen Kingsbury (P)2006 Recorded Books LLC

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Precious Tale

This book is precious! Highly recommend!. Amanda shows how far faith can really go.

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Heart stopping!

This book has a very profound message. The narrator is par-excellence. The story is a beautiful one and spoke to my heart in powerful ways. I hope to see many more Karen Kingsbury books available on Audible and also would enjoy listening to other books read by this narrator. The spiritual message of this book is exactly what I love to experience. Thank you!

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Inspiring

This story was great and refreshing to hear about a family's struggle and overcoming with faith in God.

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Pulled my heart strings.

The story was so real. As if, I knew characters first hand. I anxiously listened and wept through this book.

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beautiful story

I love Karen Kingsbury and have listened to many of her books. This one was one of my favorites so far.

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Wonderful story

If I hadn't adopted teens from foster care before reading I would do so now. It also dealt with depression which I struggle with occasionally. I highly recommend this.

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God’s marvelous MERCY and GRACE!

I appreciated the way it was brought about that “even Christians” can suffer from deep depression, and that it is good to seek counseling and there may be a need for medication, the imbalance of chemicals of the brain are very real.
Grace and forgiveness is of utmost importance.
The faith of a child is so precious!

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Wonderful story

What did you love best about When Joy Came to Stay?

Everyone can relate to this story.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The children are always my favorite.

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I listened to this story very quickly.

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Much use of scripture Excellent

Loved this! Most memorable moment when Maggie met Amanda. The narrator did an excellent job

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When Joy Came to Stay

This is a well written book. I finished the audio in two days! So good! The narrator, Barb Caruso, is excellent. She uses accents, etc. expertly.

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