Always (Focus on the Family Great Stories) [Hardcover]

Betsy Holt (Author), Gary Smalley (Author), Mike Yorkey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1999 | Series: Focus on the Family Great Stories

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Focus on the Family presents their major marriage book of the year! In this timeless collection of inspirational stories from the marriages of Les and Patsy Clairmont, Dave and Jan Dravecky, Steve and Terri Largent, and others, couples will learn the value of commitment through the conflict and crisis that exist in every marriage. With helpful commentary from Gary Smalley, Always captures the stories of 17 couples that emphasize the importance of the permanence of marriage.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers; 1ST edition (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561797804
• ISBN-13: 978-1561797806
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,016,889 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book should be given out to every newlywed., May 30, 2000

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Rosemary Thornton "Niece of Addie Hoyt Fargo ... (Norfolk, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Always (Focus on the Family Great Stories) (Hardcover)

I bought this book after 22 years of marriage and it was a wonderful resource. The book contains several stories of married couples who struggled through some VERY hard times to stay married. It provides a rare keyhole peak into the intimate details and struggles of couples' lives.

And it proves that the great majority of good marriages come at a cost - of much self-sacrifice, letting go, prayer and a deep desire to remain with your spouse, even when the going gets *extremely* rough. It includes stories of verbal and physical abuse and marriages healed and restored through prayer and patience.

I highly recommend it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspirational!, April 18, 2002

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This review is from: Always (Focus on the Family Great Stories) (Hardcover)

This book is a collection of true stories about marriages in trouble and how the couples overcame these problems. There were various problems like abuse, alcoholism, illness, infidelity, and depression. This book showed that despite the worst of problems, things will get better if we keep focused on God. This books provides inspiration for my own marriage. The commentary at the end of each story by Gary Smalley was very helpful, too, in analyzing what went wrong in each relationship and how the couple worked through their problems.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lessons on saving your marriage even when you don't want to., June 8, 2000

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S. W. Savoie (New Hampshire) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Always (Focus on the Family Great Stories) (Hardcover)

I am a divorced single mom, so why did I read a book that focuses on how to keep a marriage together? I want to know for next time how to avoid the pitfals that I succumbed to before. This was an inspiring and insightful book. I recommend it for single, married, and divorced people. There is much to be learned by anyone.