Sheltering Trees [Hardcover]

Donna Vanliere (Author), Eddie Carswell (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Howard Books (April 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582291705
• ISBN-13: 978-1582291703
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 7.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #882,673 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #78 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Relationships > Friendship

More About the Author

Donna VanLiere is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author and gifted conference speaker. She has published ten titles including The Christmas Shoes and The Christmas Blessing, both of which were adapted into movies (starring Rob Lowe, Kimberly Williams-Perry and Neil Patrick Harris) and garnered big ratings for CBS television. LifetimeTelevision adapted The Christmas Hope (starring Madeline Stowe) and premiered it December 2009 to stellar ratings as well. Donna's non-seasonal novel, The Angels of Morgan Hill, has captured the same warmth as her Christmas books and continues to please loyal and new fans alike.

Donna is the recipient of a Retailer's Choice Award for Fiction, a Dove Award, a Silver Angel Award, an Audie Award for best inspirational fiction, a nominee for a Gold Medallion Book of the Year and was recently inducted into the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges Hall of Excellence joining such luminaries as Coretta Scott King, Hugh Downs, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale and Senator John Glenn. Donna is an in-demand conference speaker having appeared at countless women's and family events, including select Women of Faith and Extraordinary Women conferences.

Donna's latest book, The Christmas Journey (October 2010) is a retelling of the story of the Nativity told through Donna's signature voice and accompanied by moving and beautifully rendered watercolor illustrations throughout. The eighty-mile journey of a common carpenter and a simple peasant girl is one of the most powerful stories in history. As books go out of print and stories fade from memory, the journey of Joseph and Mary and her delivery inside a common barn continues to bless and inspire hope in people around the world.

Look for her brand new novel entitled "The Christmas Note this fall (2011).

Donna lives in Franklin, Tennessee, with her husband, Troy, and their children, Grace, Kate and David.

Learn more at www.DonnaVanLiere.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heartwarming, November 4, 2001

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Milostarr (Pegram, TN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sheltering Trees (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful book to read for yourself and to give as a gift to your friends. The individual stories range from long-term friendships developed as young adults, to those formed in later years of life that may have only lasted for a "season". The one thing each of these friendships have in common is a deep love and respect for each other, as well as for God. I found the stories to be touching, inspiring and in some instances incredibly humorous, just like friendships are in real life. This book gave me the opportunity to reflect back on my own friendships over the years and to see how God has moved in me to bring some incredible "sheltering trees" into my life. I highly recommend this book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quotable quotes, interesting people, October 28, 2001

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Paul Grimshaw (Myrtle Beach, SC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sheltering Trees (Hardcover)

Friends are not something to be taken for granted and successful people can always testify to the importance of those few special people that motivate, comfort and inspire them to be the best they can be. In Donna Van Liere's Sheltering Trees, interviews from people like Zig Ziglar, Randy Travis and a host of Christian music movers and shakers remind us how meaningful those rare but necessary friendships are. This book is filled with short stories of those special friendships and how God works in our lives to make those connections. Sheltering Trees is also filled with inspirational quotes that help us all reflect on what it means to have a friend and more importantly, how gratifying it is to be a friend.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring!, October 10, 2001

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Sarah (Dayton, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sheltering Trees (Hardcover)

"Sheltering Trees" was bought for me as a gift from a good friend. I initially thumbed through the pages without a thought of immediately reading it, but the story about tennis great Arthur Ashe arrested my attention and compelled me to read it all in one setting. The anecdotes presented throughout the book are intriguing, heartwarming, and definitely provide insight into the complex and unselfish nature of friendship. Anyone who reads this will be blessed by tales of one of the most desperately needed relationships in life - true friendship.