We know and love the Christmas story-light comes to dispel dark, purity comes to stomp corruption. It's beautiful. It's perfect proof of an eternal truth and light. . . . This is not the usual story. This is the tale of a mute boy who is born and abandoned in the shadows of life. He carries with him two things-his dead mother's shawl and her promise that someday he will find a king who will give him a voice. Like Reuben in The Promise, may you sing of Light, even when no one else can hear.
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I was excited to see that BONEMAN'S DAUGHTERS was a discounted download last week one day, I think it was $2.99. I had recieved a message on FB that I read on my phone about it. When I went to purchase the book a few hours later, once I was at a...
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Hi Amy, thanks for your question. I've passed it along to my publisher. Right now, all publishers are experimenting with ebook pricing and promotions. It's still very new so everyone is learning together. This kind of feedback is exactly what they need to decide how often to do specials and for how long. You'll start seeing more of my books being offered as ebook specials. I promise.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Despite being a short read, I PROMISE you that Dekker still delivers!,
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This review is from: The Promise: A Christmas Tale (Hardcover)
You've heard it said that dynamite comes in rather small packages. Well, consider this just that, because it might be just a few pages, but it explodes in a way that only dynamite could dream of! Last I knew, dynamite can't exactly dream. My wife and I decided that we'd get both of Dekker's Christmas books in one package for the whole family. So, in a way, you get a great story, and if you have kids, then there are pictures throughout the whole thing. The pictures have just as much impact as the words Dekker so thoughtfully composes on the page.
The story is so meaningful. It is the story of young Rueben, who is a mute boy. Before his mother dies, she gives him her shawl, and the promise that a king will one day give him a voice. So despite his mother, Rueben is hated by most people, simply because he is an orphan. And he is made fun of mercilessly by Jude, his guardian, and laughed at by others. He is teased at the fact that he carries around the shawl around as well. After all, what purpose could a shawl possibly have with a mute boy? The ending might seem rather obvious, but just see if it doesn't touch you. I'll let you in on a secret... IT WILL! And it has some of the suspense you expect with a Ted Dekker read. So Dekker doesn't give you a 400 page thriller with this one... OH WELL! It wasn't meant to be. It was meant to be short, sweet, sometimes a bit sour, and it hits the heart of the spirit of Christmas. It puts beautiful meaning to that blessed night when our Jesus was born! This was meant to touch some hearts in a big way through a small offering from Ted Dekker! He is not only to be commended for that, but thanked with a whole heart, and that's a lot of thanks. Thank you, Ted Dekker! Christmas is made just a little brighter with reads like these. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful,
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This review is from: The Promise: A Christmas Tale (Hardcover)
I imagine this story first being told as a bedtime story for Ted's children...perhaps I am wrong, but please don't shatter my illusions. The Promise is a wonderful book that can be read aloud to younger viewers. Its beautiful illustrations further its appeal to children. Don't be turned off by that or its small size, The Promise is a Dekker tale in microcosm...a modern-day parable meant to encourage, excite, and teach.
2.0 out of 5 stars
a little inspiring but too disturbing,
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This review is from: The Promise : A Christmas Tale (Hardcover)
This little book (6.6" x 5.1" according to the description) seems like a nice story about a little mute boy named Reuben who lives with shepherds and is blessed with a miracle at the time of Jesus' birth. Part of the story truly is a sweet tale of how the little boy looks for a king his dying "mother" told him would come, but the story is mixed with quite disturbing parts in how the boy's situation is portrayed. *SPOILER* Other than the woman who took the little mute orphan in, everyone treats him with disregard, but when his adoptive mother dies, he is subject to literal child abuse. Obviously this is a fictitious story, but I was shocked and disturbed by the way the adults are portrayed as treating the little boy - hitting him and intending to beat him with a whip - and all without any condemnation in the story for what they did or almost did to the boy. The child has a "justification" of sorts when angels back up his announcement of the King, but because of the abusive side to the story, this is not a book I would find appropriate for children. The little boy seems to be quite forgiving of his abusers, and the book portrays the abuse as almost normal, but that does not make its portrayal in this story any less disturbing. There is actually a picture toward the end of the book of the "father" figure holding the whip when he tells the boy to kneel down for a beating. Whether that kind of behavior truly was typical in that society or not, it is not the kind of story that leaves a heart warm, regardless of the miracle and hope mixed in with that story.
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