Letters to Karen (Abingdon Classics) [Mass Market Paperback]

Charlie W. Shedd (Author)

Book Description

Series: Abingdon Classics | Publication Date: January 23, 2001

How can we keep our love alive forever?


Karen Shedd, away at college, had recently become engaged. Looking forward to a long and happy union, she wrote to her father for advice.


Dr. Charlie Shedd, a popular minister and father of five, began to write Karen a series of letters--straight talk about love in marriage, the things that build it up and the that tear it down! Those letters were eventually published in a collection that soon became one of the most widely quoted and best-selling books or our time.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Letters that any father would like to have written and any daughter would wish to have received." ---Houston Post

"Warm, tender, earnest . . . more than the insights of an expert." - --Christian Home

"Warm, tender, earnest . . . more than the insights of an expert." ---Christian Home

About the Author

Dr. Charlie W. Shedd was a master communicator of homespun wisdom. He spent a lifetime making God's grandest truth available to even the simplest of folks. Dr. Shedd served as a Presbyterian minister for over 50 years. Charlie Shedd came to personify the best ideals of Christian counseling.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Abingdon Press (January 23, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 068721565X
• ISBN-13: 978-0687215652
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #209,347 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #6 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism > Self Help
  • #22 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Sociology > Marriage & Family

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kristy's little review on "Letters to Karen", October 29, 2000

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"282yk-j" (El Cajon, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Letters to Karen (Paperback)

My Bible teacher gave us an assignment to read one of the books that he recommended for this quarter. I choose "Letters to Karen" because it looked like an easy book to read. It interested me that it was a collection of letters about a married life that a father wrote to his daughter. I was told that it might be too old and boring, but actually I found it very absorbing as I read it. The Dad in the letters talks to his daughter very respectably with deep thoughts. He talks about many different struggles incidental to a married couple and gives good examples based on his experiences. Each of chapters taught me some new lessons that I would have never even thought about if somebody did not tell me. Of course, I am not going to be married to someone right now, but those little tips were good to know because I probably will be married someday. I wish I could get some advice like them from my own Dad, but I am from a broken home, and I know that I probably will not. At least now I know where to find some guidance for marriage if I needed some. I think, if there is someone like me, it would be nice for them to read this book. I also want to encourage others who are not from a home like mine just because it might be helpful for them too!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best engagement gift you can give a woman you love, April 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Letters to Karen (Abingdon Classics) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is wonderful, witty, practical advice on how to keep love alive. For years, it has been my favorite gift to give to engaged couples...along with its companion, "Letters to Philip." Charlie Shedd is a master on building healthy, loving relationships in a world bent on destroying them. I read everything he writes!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What about letters to Karen?, October 25, 2000

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Jessica (San Diego) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Letters to Karen (Abingdon Classics) (Mass Market Paperback)

In the book, "Letters to Karen," the author Charlie W. Shedd gave some basic guidelines for a sucessful marriage. The points in which he made were very good and did not appear to be unreasonable. There are many books which appear to be strick and unrealistic, their ideas for a sucessful mariage seem to be impossible to acheive, but "Letters to Karen" are not. For example, in the chapter "Emphasis on Good Things," Shedd emhpasises how we should concentrate on the positive "gradually cancling out the bad and raising up the good." One reason that I like the book "Letters to Karen" so much is because it was written from a christan's point of view. Charlie W. Shed is a pasture who has experience in the areas of marriage for he has helped counsel other married couples and also been himself, this book isn't written from an unexperienced person but a person who has been through many married situations and troubles of his own and of others. In "Letters to Karen" is written by the love of a father to his daughter, this gives it a very heart warming feeling. So if you are interested looking at some advice on marriage from a christian view point I highly recommend reading "Letters to Karen."