Sarah's Song (The Red Gloves Collection #3) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Karen Kingsbury (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2005

Sarah knows the heartache that results from making wrong choices--her own life is proof of that. But will she be able to convince a troubled young woman before time runs out? For when the twelve days of Christmas have passed, it is possible the melody of SARAH'S SONG might bring out not one, but two miracles.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Carve one hour out of this busy holiday season and curl up by the fire with SARAH'S SONG. You'll be deeply touched, even moved to tears, by this simple, gentle story of an older woman's memories and a younger woman's heartache. As they count the days until Christmas, both women's lives are changed forever. May your life be changed as well!' - Liz Curtis Higgs, bestselling author of THORN IN MY HEART 'SARAH'S SONG is sure to touch the heart of the reader. Karen Kingsbury has crafted another moving story of God's hope and restoration. This isn't to be missed!' - Tracie Peterson, bestselling author of SILENT STARS and EYES OF THE HEART --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Karen Kingsbury was previously a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. She is the author of 14 books, including one made into a CBS television Movie of the Week (Deadly Pretender). She lives with her husband and six children in the Pacific Northwest. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 126 pages
• Publisher: Center Point Books (February 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585475378
• ISBN-13: 978-1585475377
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,083,541 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury is America's #1 inspirational novelist. There are nearly 20 million copies of her award-winning books in print, including several million copies sold in the past year. Karen has written more than 50 novels, ten of which have hit #1 on national lists.

Karen's newest novel, Unlocked, released Oct. 12 and has stayed in Amazon's top fifty for the past few weeks. Unlocked debuted at No. 3 on the New York Times Bestsellers list. Another recent and popular title of Karen's is Shades of Blue - the story of a 28-year-old ad executive who is six weeks away from marrying the girl he loves. But as he prepares for his wedding, something brings up his past girlfriend - a girl he dated in high school. He realizes he can't go forward and say, "I do," until he goes back to Holden Beach, finds the girl he loved back then, and tell her he's sorry.

Karen's novel Like Dandelion Dust is the subject of a major motion picture currently in theaters. Like Dandelion Dust stars Academy Award winning Mira Sorvino and Barry Pepper, along with Cole Hauser and Maxwell Perry Cotton. The film has received more than 30 awards in the Film Festival Circuit including numerous Best Picture awards. Several of Karen's books are currently under theatrical development.

Karen's most recent series - the Above the Line Series, which began with Take One, in March, 2009 and wrapped up in June, 2010 with Take Four. The series is about two producers looking to change the world with the power of film. The Above the Line series also includes Karen's popular characters from the fictitious Baxter Family. The Baxters were first introduced to readers through the five-book Redemption series, and then the five-book Firstborn series, and finally the four-book Sunrise series.

Dubbed by Time Magazine as the Queen of Christian Fiction, Karen has also been a featured guest on the Today Show, Fox News, USA Today, and numerous other television programs and magazines. Her fiction has made her one of the country's favorite storytellers. Others of her emotionally gripping titles include the 9-11 Series, Even Now, Ever After, and Between Sundays.

Karen is also a public speaker, reaching more than 100,000 women annually through various national events. Karen and her husband, Don, live in the Pacific Northwest with their six children, three of whom are adopted from Haiti.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A sweet story, December 28, 2004

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lor369 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sarah's Song (The Red Gloves Collection #3) (Hardcover)

The love stories described in this book were wonderful! I thoroughly enjoyed hearing Sarah's story and how she became

reunited with the man that she loved, through a song she wrote just for him. I loved how she used her story and song to

minister to Beth, who is struggling in her own marriage.

The story reminded me of the return of the prodigal son. Sarah ran off to Nashville to chase a dream, leaving the man that

she loved. Only, she gets entangled into such a negative lifestyle. Broken, she returns to her parents, who welcome her

back with open arms. And eventually, she is reunited with her loved one with open arms. And the same with Beth, with her

husband.

I loved the Red Gloves theme in this book as well, and how Kingsbury used each letter of "The Red Gloves" for each of the 12 Days of Christmas that Sarah uses to tell her love story. And the Red Glove ideas for ministering to the elderly were great, too.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Short and sweet, December 13, 2004

By 

Sarah N. Horton "WI reader" (Wisconsin, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sarah's Song (The Red Gloves Collection #3) (Hardcover)

This is a very quick, but sentimental read. About an elderly woman who has one last gift to give in her life-a miracle. She just has to find out who to give it to. The story is heart warming and, though short, you get a real sense of the emotions felt by the characters, especially Beth and Sarah. It is a great Christmastime read, and worth recommending to friends, especially those who need a pick-me-up. As all of Kingsbury's books in the Red Gloves series, the author places a special pair of red gloves for us to find in the book, as well as "Red Glove" project ideas for us to do in our own lives. Very commendable. I would recommend this as a great short read for you and your family this Christmas season.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A warm, meaningful Chistmas Story, December 3, 2004

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Bookreporter (New York, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sarah's Song (The Red Gloves Collection #3) (Hardcover)

Karen Kingsbury has found a formula for success before --- that's why she has over a million and a half books in print --- and she has definitely found it again in her Red Gloves series, of which the newest title is SARAH'S SONG. The red gloves, she explains on her website (www.karenkingsbury.com), symbolize red because "red is the color of Christ's love at Christmastime, a season of giving.

The first books in the Red Gloves series were also alliterative: MAGGIE'S MIRACLE and GIDEON'S GIFT, making SARAH'S SONG seem somewhat sensible. (Oops, I got carried away...) Eighty-six-year-old Sarah Lindeman begins her annual Christmas ritual of placing twelve handmade paper ornaments on a small plastic tree, and hopes that as she works her way through her personal "twelve days of Christmas" (the twelve days before December 25, for Sarah), that she will be able to reach out, through her song and her story, to someone in need.

At first Sarah believes that Beth Baldwin, the young married nurse on her floor, will not be the person she reaches. But as Sarah's ornament days progress and she finds herself in the thick of old and painful memories, Beth finds herself in the midst of domestic chaos and marital trauma. The beautiful and meaningful song that Sarah herself wrote and sings on each day of her ritual winds its way into Beth's heart and mind until she finds herself asking Sarah for counsel.

Sarah eagerly shares the story of her paper decorations, each of which has a name ("Excitement," "Rebellion") representing an action or period in Sarah's story of finding love. A naturally talented singer, Sarah had longed as a young woman to "make it" in Nashville. But when she leaves her tiny hometown for that city, she finds that the road to stardom is paved with roadblocks.

And roadblocks are what Sarah's song is all about. Beth listens towards the end of the twelve days as Sarah tells a hard tale about believing that she had lost everything --- and therefore turning her life and story over to God. '''...finally one Sunday I took the situation to God.' Beth's eyes were wide; she looked like she wouldn't have moved from her chair for anything in the world. 'And?' Sarah smiled, slow and full. 'He gave me my song.'"

Beth, torn about her marriage, eagerly awaits the next installment of Sarah's story and song, but before Sarah is finished, a crisis occurs that means she may not be able to do so. Will she release "the secret of love" to Beth? And what role do the red gloves play in this story? The answers are all there --- and so is a warm, meaningful Christmas story that has little of the frippery and ornamentation of most commercial fiction published at this time of year.

--- Reviewed by Bethanne Kelly Patrick