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The Treasure Box [Hardcover]

Penelope J. Stokes (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)


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Book Description

January 1, 2001

Vita Kirk is a travel writer who has never left her hometown. In fact, she rarely leaves her house. Due to deep wounds and bitter losses, Vita has chosen isolation over vulnerability. But when she stumbles across an antique chest in a hole-in-the-wall boutique, she discovers a puzzling link to her past and her physical surroundings mysteriously begin to change. Inscribed in the treasure chest are the words, "Love is the key that unlocks every portal."

The power of these words prove to unlock a part of Vita she thought had died years ago.

"Stories like this go by many different names-fantasy, time-shift, magical realism. Some are overtly Christian or religious in nature, others are not. But from a spiritual perspective, the common thread in all these works is the redeeming, transforming power of God's grace not only to alter the future but to change our understanding of the past."--Penelope Stokes


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An enchanted blue tin chest sets in motion a course of events that threatens to change the life of a bitter travel writer in Penelope Stokes's entertaining novel The Treasure Box. Vita Kirk won't let anyone get close to her: "Where most people had what psychologists call boundaries, Vita had always had fortresses." Even the charming Hap Reardon, owner of the Pastimes Antique Shoppe, can't penetrate Vita's tough veneer. But when Vita purchases and brings home a painted treasure box with the inscription "Love Is the Key That Unlocks Every Portal," strange things start to happen. Suddenly, her computer takes on a life of its own by showing Vita events from the past involving the blue antique. By the time the story of the treasure box disappears from Vita's computer, her life is turned upside down. Stokes, who delights in using special objects as a device to wind her plots around (a blue bottle in The Blue Bottle Club, a piece of jewelry in The Amethyst Heart), will continue to please her fans with this beautifully packaged tale. --Cindy Crosby

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The Treasure Box is a treasure in itself. -- Lamplighter, August, 2002

The book provides fast, fun reading that is even therapeutic at times. -- Church Libraries, Summer, 2002

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 300 pages
  • Publisher: Thomas Nelson (January 1, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0849917050
  • ISBN-13: 978-0849917059
  • Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,287,225 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I had a hard time putting this book down!, March 12, 2002
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Soozie4Him (Chicago suburbs) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Treasure Box (Hardcover)
First of all, I'm not a fiction reader in general. I prefer Christian non-fiction. However, this one caught my eye. This is the first book by Penelope Stokes that I've read and I think I'll be reading more!

The book has an interesting and very unique premise. After a thunderstorm that affected her computer, Vita (a travel writer who hates to travel) finds that her computer's operating system has been taken over by a strange new program called Treasure Box. As the story unfolds, Vita is consumed by the lives of inhabitants of her computer's story. There are similarities to her own life, but many differences.

Just as the main character can't wait to get back to the computer to see what the next "chapter" of this computer program has to say, you won't be able to wait to get back to this book!

I was a bit confused by the end - I think it came together a bit too quickly and I had a hard time following what was real and what wasn't. But the end result of the Treasure Box program WAS clear, and Vita's life is changed as a result.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Like reading my diary and opening the key to my heart, March 18, 2002
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Jennifer (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Treasure Box (Hardcover)
I picked up "The Treasure Box" from my local library a few days ago and now that I finished it, I must have my own copy. The author wrote so much more than a book. She has given us a gift this beautiful and magical story. If you have ever doubted the power of love, this book will make you question that doubt.
The characters are written with great attention to detail and you feel like you are right there with them. You cannot compare it to the "love story" format, though it is a book about the power of love and finding ones heart. It is about the discovery of joy, happiness, and love and the end to fear and isolation. This is the best book I have read in a lifetime.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Twists and turns, April 14, 2002
This review is from: The Treasure Box (Hardcover)
When I read the first chapter of The Treasure Box I thought this was going to be another ordinary, no real plot, women's Christian fictional book. I was delighted to find that I was wrong. It takes many twists and turns and keeps the reader involved with it's story within a story.
The ending was a bit strange, however, and not very plausible.
Thus my four star rating.
It was hard to put this book down.
Read the book.
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Vita? Vita, it's Mary Kate. Read the first page
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unlocks every portal, handkerchief doll
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Treasure Box, Mary Kate, Sophia Rose, Jacob Stillwater, Vita Kirk, Derrick Knight, Rachel Woodlea, Hap Reardon, Elisabeth Tyner, Hattie Parker, Angelo Benedetti, Aunt Vita, Gordon Locke, Mary Vita, North Carolina, New York, Rose Woodlea, The Judas Tree, Poor Cathleen, Cathleen Woodlea, Main Street, Rafe Dalton, Roe Reardon
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