Penny Novel Joyce Meyer
This New York Times bestselling novel showcases Joyce Meyer in her first-ever fiction project with award-winning author Deborah Bedford, telling a captivating story of restoration and true forgiveness.
From Publishers WeeklyMeyer (Battlefield of the Mind), a Christian motivational speaker and bestselling nonfiction author, and inspirational fiction’s Bedford (Remember Me) are the most recent inspirational one-two punch with this novel that pairs Bedford’s solid writing with Meyer’s usual ministry messages. Set in St. Louis in the racial hotbed of the mid-1950s, the story’s protagonist is the sexually mistreated adolescent, Jenny Blake. All my life has been shaped by other people’s hands. Daddy slapping me, Mama never hugging me, Jean pointing a finger of criticism at me…. When Jenny picks up a penny in the street, she sets off a chain of events that results in her working for the mysterious Miss Opal Shaw, who teaches her the importance of unconditional love, grace, longanimity and forgiveness. Bedford has a penchant for similes, but crafts a lot of unforgettable phrases, such as when Jenny’s best friend teaches her how to dance: Move like you’re writing cursive on the wall with your backside. The penny motif is applied allround in believable and most times less believable ways, as is a Grace Kelly metaphor. Meyer fans will effortlessly recognize her themes of overcoming difficultnesses and shame through God’s love and positive thinking. A film version’s late 2007 release must aid assure that this book receives a great deal of attention.
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Review”This heartrending story is made even more captivating by the narration of Ellen Archer. She performs with a wide range of emotions and voices that invent pathos and warmth in just the right places. The characters become so real that one is sad when the story comes to an end. Those who treat themselves to this audiobook will surely determine it’s a favorite.” (AudioFile )
About the AuthorJoyce Meyer has been instructing the Word of God since 1976 and in full-time ministry since 1980. She is the bestselling author of more than seventy inspirational books, including Approval Addiction, In Pursuit of Peace, How to Hear from God, and Battlefield of the Mind. She has also freed thousands of audio teachings as well as a finish video library. Joyce’s Enjoying Everyday Life® radio and television programs are broadcast around the world, and she travels broad conducting conferences. Joyce and her husband, Dave, are the parents of four grown children and make their home in St. Louis, Missouri.
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19 of 19 humans found the following review helpful.
 Story that speaks to the heart
By Christina Lockstein
The Penny by Joyce Meyer and Deborah Bedford is the bittersweet tale of Jenny Blake, growing up in 1950s St Louis. This young teen espies a penny in the pavement and her picking it up sets off a chain of events that changes the course of not only her own life, but her entire family’s and those around them as well. The writers tackle the tough issue of sexual abuse and handle it with delicacy while facing up to the harm it does to families. Jenny’s father rules his family with an iron fist, and her older sister Jean can’t wait to escape from his abuse and his attentions. When Miss Shaw, the local jeweler, hires Jenny to work in her store, Jenny is given the chance to see Christianity in action. Her friend Aurelia also shows Jenny what friendship means. Jenny clings to the penny as she gives her heart to the Lord, but then is disappointed to go home and find that her father still comes into her bedroom at night. Jenny speaks for all those who give themselves to God expecting each circumstance of their life to modify without delay and become disheartened when they don’t. Jenny and Aurelia’s friendship is tried by both Mr. Blake and the racial tension in their schools. The writers do a wondrous occupation of creating the racial tension in the 1950s South, even if they do sound a little preachy on occasion. Jenny starts giving out pennies in hopes of bringing alter and light to others’ hearts, and when her world starts to crumble, pennies start out coming back to her from the lives she helped. Ultimately the penny gives Jenny the courage to stand up for what is right for Aurelia, her family and Miss Shaw. This is a book to make you start out looking for the pennies that God puts in your path and inspires you to look for ways to put pennies in others’ paths as well.
7 of 7 persons found the following review helpful.
 This book is for every one that may read.
By BleuHoney
This book addresses so numerous issues, I could see myself in Jenny and my father was awesome, it touched so a lot of areas. I was told once that a good deal of people may write a book, but an individual like Joyce puts God’s spirit into the book, I couldn’t put it down and now that I have finished I want to read more. We are a hurting world, and books like this support us deal with our pain and make us realize we will have to reach out to others as well. God Bless Joyce and Deborah.
7 of 7 humans found the following review helpful.
 Too much of a reminder of the past.
By Blessed
I found this book to be very depressing. It was hard for me to keep reading when things ALWAYS looked so bleak and hopeless. Anyone who has “been there” in one manner or another, is reminded over and over again of how Satan may keep us blind and bound and hopeless.
I know how close God always was and how He ultimately brings her to the realization that God was, is and always will “be there”. I just thought the answer was too long in coming. It took a long, long time to get past the bad and rejoice with her in the answer.
I am glad I read it, but not sure if I would commend it to others.
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