Almost Forever, Deborah Raney
Almost Forever, Deborah Raney
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Almost Forever

Author: Deborah Raney

Narrator: Laurie Birmingham

Unabridged: 9 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/30/2011


Synopsis

A Christy Award finalist, best-selling author Deborah Raney has garnered the RITA Award, the HOLT Medallion, and a Silver Angel for her soul-stirring fiction. In Almost Forever, five firefighters perish battling the flames of the homeless shelter in Hanover Falls. Shelter volunteer Bryn Hennesey's grief at the loss of her husband is compounded by a secret, haunting question: Did she extinguish the candle before falling asleep on that fateful night?

About Deborah Raney

Deborah Raney's first novel, A Vow to Cherish, inspired the World Wide Pictures film of the same title and launched her writing career after twenty happy years as a stay-at-home mom. Deb now has more than two dozen published novels. She and her husband, Ken Raney, recently traded small-town life––the setting of many of Deb's novels––for life in the (relatively) big city of Wichita, Kansas. They love traveling to visit four children and five small grandchildren who all live much too far away. Visit Deb on the web at www.deborahraney.com. Twitter: @authordebraney


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rebecca on November 12, 2008

There are literally hundreds of war books told through the voice of the soldier. Almost Forever, however, speaks through the unique (to me at least) voice of the soldier's child. The innocent, six-year-old narrator watches as her father, a doctor, goes off to fight in Vietnam. Far from the horrors he......more

Goodreads review by Lizzy on April 21, 2019

Almost Forever is a novel written in verse that takes place in 1967 and follows a young girl whose dad must leave to go to war in Vietnam. The book addresses the struggles that the family faces when their father goes missing while away at war. This is a WOW! book for me because it addresses serious......more

Goodreads review by Kathleen on April 17, 2012

This one captured my heart. Written in prose , it is a real view of the life of a Military child who's father is MIA in Vietnam. The story pulls you in, but does not say everything. Loved it. This one can be read in one short sitting, but the message is profound.......more

Goodreads review by Courtney on December 22, 2010

How long is a year? It is almost forever according the young girl whose emotional journey is presented in a series of poems that detail the year her family endures apart from her father who is fighting in Vietnam. Could translate really easily to modern times and the Iraq/Afghanistan War.......more

Goodreads review by Tammy on January 13, 2020

Once a week, I take my four class periods of students to the school library to choose books. It takes about 10 minutes per group, and that's when I read this book - standing in the poetry section. It's THAT quick of a read. It's a short, sweet, emotional read. And it was definitely worth the fractio......more