Secret Keeper: The Delicate Power of Modesty [Paperback]

Dannah K. Gresh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2002

Discover the lost art of modesty.We live in the age of low-rise jeans, belly-button rings, and backless shirts. Many girls and young women today could not even define the word modesty, let alone tell you how to live it out. But Dannah Gresh has a new message for them: modesty itself is a delicate yet formidable power. In Secret Keeper, she teaches that modesty not only issues a challenge for one man to romantically earn your virtue, but it also expresses your love for and obedience to God.

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About the Author

DANNAH GRESH is a bestselling author and co-founder of Pure Freedom. She has sold over 750,000 copies of her books, including And the Bride Wore White , What Are You Waiting For: The One Thing No One Ever Tells You About Sex, and Lies Young Women Believe (co-authored with Nancy Leigh DeMoss), in addition to the Secret Keeper series and Pursuing the Pearl. She is also a frequent guest for national radio, TV and print mediums. Dannah lives in State College, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Bob, and their three children.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Moody Publishers (July 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802439748
• ISBN-13: 978-0802439741
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,105,305 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dannah Gresh is a best-selling author and the founder of Pure Freedom, (purefreedom.org) and is the creator of Secret Keeper Girl (secretkeepergirl.com). She is a frequent guest who is called upon to defend the conservative position of abstinence in mediums such as The Chicago Tribune, USA Today, and TIME. Her most recent best-sellers are "Six Ways To Keep The Little In Your Girl: Guiding Your Tween To Her Teens" and "What Are You Waiting For: The One Thing No One Ever Tells You About Sex." She lives with her family and a wonderful menagerie of pets in the Happy Valley of State College, Pennsylvania.

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48 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a "must give" book, October 27, 2004

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This review is from: Secret Keeper: The Delicate Power of Modesty (Paperback)

This book is visually engaging with eye-catching colors and graphics--a wonderful, but compact and quick-to-read presentation on the subject of modesty from a Christian perspective. It presents a compelling case on the "whys" of dressing in a less revealing way. This little gem doesn't come across as preachy, but as one godly and lovely young woman sharing her wisdom and her struggles with teens. The photos inside serve as illustrations that being modest doesn't mean dressing like your grandmother. I highly recommend this and am ordering forty from the publisher to share with the teen girls I work with. Now does anyone know of a book that addresses the issues teen boys struggle with in an equally engaging way?

43 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It hits the mark!, December 21, 2003

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C. Arnett "doveya" (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secret Keeper: The Delicate Power of Modesty (Paperback)

This book clearly and cleverly addresses the point with young women that modesty in dress and behavior is a choice worth making. With fun art, hip type fonts, and well-written tidbits of valuable information, it captivates the reader and gives her a desire to be more than she has been...to be a better woman.

I initially purchased this book for my daughter, and I preread it in one night. It was so good: the information is written in such a memorable way, and it applies to preteens through womanhood. (I'm 39.) I intend on buying copies for the preteen and teen girls in our church, because I wish I had known then what I know now.

Do not be at all discouraged with the small size of this book; good things come in small packages!

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This book rocked!, September 10, 2003

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Alissa123 (Lockport, New York, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secret Keeper: The Delicate Power of Modesty (Paperback)

I read Dannahs book a few days ago. I really loved it. As i watch girls in my class dress like hookers all the time, i see how horrible it is that they give away their body like that. I am a 14 year old girl, so I know what its like, and i think "Secret keeper" did a pretty good job of addressing the situation. This book, gives a new look at modesty and the deeper issues. I love how they used examples of christian rocks singers, because those women have to be up front about how they want to dress and follow God, and may young girls look up to them. I wish all my friends could own this book, but for now I will just have to let them borrow my copy.
An also recommended read from me would be "and the bride wore white" by Dannah Gresh.