Audiobook9 hours
Simple Gifts
Written by Lori Copeland
Narrated by Devon O'Day
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
()
About this audiobook
Can anything else go wrong? Marlene Queens goes home to Parness Springs, Missouri, to put her late Aunt Beth’s house on the market and settle the estate. But once she’s back home, Marlene suddenly finds herself in over her head. Her Aunt Ingrid grows more demanding by the day. Marlene discovers her childhood sweetheart is now the local vet and the town’s acting mayor. And when a group of citizens want to put up a statue in memory of Marlene’s father—the parent who always embarrassed her as a child—Marlene is unwillingly swept into a firestorm of controversy.As one thing leads to another, Marlene sees her entire life being rearranged before her eyes. Parness Springs may never be the same. Marlene fears that the secret she’s kept for years may be revealed. Can God work a miracle so she can finally have the future she’s longed for?
Author
Lori Copeland
Lori Copeland is a bestselling author whose books includde Now and Always, Simple Gifts, Unwrapping Christmas, and Monday Morning Faith, which was a finalist for the 2007 Christy Awards. Lori was inducted into the Springfield Writers Hall of Fame in 2000 and lives in the beautiful Ozarks with her husband and family.
More audiobooks from Lori Copeland
Unwrapping Christmas Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Now and Always Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Monday Morning Faith Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Man's Heart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Christmas Lamp: A Novella Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lost Melody: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to Simple Gifts
Related audiobooks
Child of Grace Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Roses Will Bloom Again Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Matter of Character Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Maverick Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Plainsman Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Patience Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Trouble in Paradise Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Drifter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What Lies Within Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To Honor and Trust Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Indentured Queen Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pathways Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Half Finished Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beyond the Shadows Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hidden in a Whisper Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCross My Heart Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Under the Starry Skies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When Grace Sings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Case of Crooked Letters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Forevermore: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Case of Bad Taste Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Serendipity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Daughter's Inheritance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Surrendered Heart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Whirlwind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To Have and To Hold Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Love Through the Seasons: 4 Stories from a Beloved Author Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Faith Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Through the Deep Waters Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Here in Hart's Crossing: Four Charming Small Town Novellas Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Christianity For You
Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Holy Bible in Audio - King James Version: The Complete Old & New Testament Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mere Christianity Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Boundaries: When To Say Yes, How to Say No Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Divorce Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Grief Observed Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The 5 Love Languages Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Four Loves Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Boundaries in Marriage: Understanding the Choices That Make or Break Loving Relationships Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Switch on Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Weight of Glory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better (updated with two new chapters) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cost of Discipleship Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Winning the War in Your Mind: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Garden Within: Where the War with Your Emotions Ends and Your Most Powerful Life Begins Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for Simple Gifts
Rating: 3.6666666666666665 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
15 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Lori did a good job at revealing tidbits of backstory that would entice the reader to continue, but the main character's constant mulling over her dilemma without any character progress slowed the reading down. I felt the "romance side" portrayed the man as "too perfect," and too patient and forgiving for reality (some evidence of struggle or negative response would have made him more human).
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Marlene Queens was just suppose to go "back home" to Parnass Springs, Missouri, to get her late Aunt Beth's house ready to sell and settle her estate. Then she was going to get "out of town" before anyone found out the lie she has been living. Folks there think she is happily married to Noel and has a daughter and 2 grandkids. The lie is that Noel left her shortly after her daughter Sara was born for another woman and has since passed away. But Marlene is too proud to admit she made a mistake by marrying and leaving Parness Springs. But Marlene didn't know how much her Aunt Ingrid would need her, how the town's wanting to put a statue up in memory of her father would cause such problems and how her heart longed to stay and reunite with her childhood sweetheart, Vic. Can Marlene let go of her pride, confess her life was a lie and will God give her the future she was always wanted?This story had alot of humor in it, alot of crazy days for Marlene with her Aunt Ingrid, alot of sorrow over remembering how she treated her Dad, and alot of yearning for someone she thinks she can never share a life with. It will take a major storm to bring Marlene and Vic together, but will it be too late by then? I enjoyed reading this story.