Marvelous Journey Home [Hardcover]

John M. Simmons (Author), Bruce Call (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 3, 2007

The Marvelous Journey Home tells the remarkable story of parents and children coming together. This story, based on actual events, takes the reader through a rollercoaster of emotions as parents seek their child, who longs for the chance to have a family and travel home to a faraway place. With scenes situated from orphanages in small, remote Russian villages, to Moscow, and finally on to América, "the fairytale land," the reader is taken on a journey around the world, home again, and eventually, even far beyond. Filled with hope and disappointment, love and loss, happiness and despair, The Marvelous Journey Home draws the reader along by the heartstrings to an unexpected destination. Home is found in distant places, peace is found in unlikely circumstances, and family is always what matters most.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A not to be missed, fabulous book! I highly recommend The Marvelous Journey Home." -- MyShelf.com, August 1st, 2007, Reviewer: Connie Harris

"This book is a must-read for anyone considering adopting a child from overseas...an eye-opener if you know someone who has." -- BookReview.com, August 2007, Reviewer: John Lehman

From the Publisher

"The Marvelous Journey Home is a beautiful and insightful story, based on actual events in the author's life. Simmons not only gives us an insight into the adoption world, but he creates an awe-inspiring parallel between this world and the next. This is a story about life! Exciting and intriguing; the reader is taken through a series of unimaginable events, and is left at the end feeling that all is well in the world. This story relates to everyone, and has the ability to give insight and comfort to those who allow it to do so."

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 382 pages
• Publisher: Brigham Distributing; 1st edition (August 3, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972591613
• ISBN-13: 978-0972591614
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,361,334 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Marvelous Journey Home, October 3, 2007

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Teancum1 (MT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marvelous Journey Home (Hardcover)

I received an advance copy of this book some months ago. The commercially edited version is just as good, and perhaps flows a bit better. While written as "fiction" to protect privacy, almost all of the events depicted are taken directly from John and Amy's experience in adopting three children from Russia.

The book offers a tremendous amount of insight into the bureaucratic world of international adoption. But this isn't a "how-to" book on adoption. It is a story of love, hope, fear and triumph. There are no villains. Most of us will live a whole lifetime without ever encountering a real villain. There are problems to overcome. Differences of opinion. Of course there is bureucracy..........can't be helped. In short, it is a story of life - several lives really. And that makes it a story we can all relate to.

Three Russian orphans had their lives changed forever because someone was willing to love them and pay the price to salvage them. The story teaches that we can all save someone. You need to read the book, and if you ever get the chance to hear John or Amy tell you their story personally, do whatever it takes to do so. It will change your perspective on life.

5.0 out of 5 stars Adoption ups-and-downs in a wonderful story format, March 17, 2008

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Rick Sheridan "AudioColumn.com" (Xenia, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Marvelous Journey Home (Audio CD)

As you have probably guessed by now, this audio is one family's account of their emotional journey through the process of adopting a Russian child. This story serves as an example for others who are interested in pursuing the adoption process, and is filled with hope and disappointment, love and loss, happiness and despair. A good job from a new audio publishing venture.

5.0 out of 5 stars A stirring, tender book, January 14, 2008

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Andy in Utah (SLC, Ut.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marvelous Journey Home (Hardcover)

If anyone has journeyed down the road of international adoption, they empathize with the author's every pen stroke. The book starts off with John describing a little girl who longs to be adopted after her best friend is adopted. He captures what this little girl was surely going through in heart-touching detail, having obviously been told first-hand what it was like to be so lonely, teetering on the verge of losing hope. The delicate feelings of many sweet children, as well as the see-saw emotions of the would-be mom and dad, who never gave up, are captured so vividly in this book. This book is based on actual experiences. Knowing that simply makes the tears of sadness and joy flow more freely as you live this experience. If you haven't experienced internation adoption, you just might find yourself Google'ing 'Russian Adoption' before you finish.