Tidings of Peace [Paperback]

Tracie Peterson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (October 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764222910
• ISBN-13: 978-0764222917
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,173,473 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tracie Peterson is the bestselling, award-winning author of more than eighty-five novels. Tracie also teaches writing workshops at a variety of conferences on subjects such as inspirational romance and historical research. She and her family live in Montana.

Visit Tracie's web site at: http://www.traciepeterson.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful - COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN!, May 2, 2001

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Rachel Wenton (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tidings of Peace (Paperback)

I loved this book and can't say enough wonderful things about it. Perhaps that's because as a woman who experienced the sorrows of World War II, I found the stories hit so very close to home. Life was very different then and Tracie Peterson has perfectly captured that in her 4 wonderful stories. She could have been writing my own story in #3. I hope everyone gets a chance to read this treasure. Now I'm off to read Tracie's Long Awaited Child.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Four Short Stories - not one of Peterson's best, December 23, 2001

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Bonnie McKinzie (Garden Grove, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tidings of Peace (Paperback)

I am a huge Tracie Peterson fan but these four short stories (novellas) were too shallow and predictable for me. Since it is Christmas the stories were relevant, and since we have servicemen and women overseas the stories were certainly poignant. However, I think the third story was my favorite and one which could have happened to any couple in love and impatient during a war situation as Tracie wrote about WWII. That one, alone would get 4 stars, the others would not.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok, but not great, July 10, 2002

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J. Peterson "jenpeterson" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tidings of Peace (Paperback)

This is a good collection of novellas. The common theme is WW2 and Christmas. There are 5 sides of serviceman relationships here. First is a story about a returning vet, who has to deal with survivor guilt. Second is a story about a man stranded who thinks that his girl may have found someone else AND a man back home who has somehow never been drafted. Third is the story about the impulsive marriage that leaves a young woman alone to give birth to their child. Lastly is a story about two people who put off getting married until they finally decided the war was too great a risk not to get married.

I enjoyed each of the stories, but the relationships were left hanging. You don't really know what happened--did everyone make it back alive? The only story you get some kind of closure on is the first one, and only then because you are able to pick up the clues in other stories.

All in all, it's a good book, but I wouldn't buy it---I would borrow it from the library.