Stars Upside Down

Name: Stars Upside Down
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Jennie Goutet
ISBN: 9781977336989

Author: Jennie Goutet

Narrator: Nancy Peterson

Unabridged: 8 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/04/2018

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Religion, Religious Nonfiction

Synopsis

At seventeen, Jennie Goutet has a dream that she will one day marry a French man and sets off to Avignon in search of him. Though her dream eludes her, she lives boldly—teaching in Asia, studying in Paris, working and traveling for an advertising firm in New York.

When God calls her, she answers reluctantly, and must first come to grips with depression, crippling loss, and addiction before being restored. Providence takes her by the hand as she marries her French husband, working with him in a humanitarian effort in East Africa before settling down in France and building a family.

Told with honesty and strength, Stars Upside Down is a brave, heart-stopping story of love, grief, faith, depression, sunshine piercing the gray clouds—and hope that stays in your heart long after it's finished.

About Jennie Goutet

Jennie Goutet is an American-born Anglophile who lives with her French husband and their three children in a small town outside Paris. She is the author of the award-winning memoir Stars Upside Down, the Regency novel A Regrettable Proposal, and the modern romance A Noble Affair. A Christian, a cook, and an inveterate klutz, Jennie writes about faith, food, and life-even the clumsy moments-on her blog, aladyinfrance.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennie on December 31, 2013

The author's review doesn't count, but I was tired of staring at the green "to-read" button when I've already read it dozens of times. ;-)......more

Goodreads review by Scott on February 12, 2014

I love traveling; I've been to two of the countries that were important in this book: Taiwan and France. Thus, I was very intrigued by her adventures in all the countries she had visited. It's quite amazing how much of a varied life she's had, and she has had many blessings. I can see she is wise in......more

Goodreads review by E.J. on October 08, 2019

I wasn't sure what to expect when I picked up this memoir. I had been told that it was a book of faith and the author's unfolding relationship with God and therefore quite a break from my usual choices. I simply couldn't put it down. If I'm honest, I expected a more clichéd story about discovering C......more

Goodreads review by Lizzie on February 18, 2016

Confession: I don't read many books in the Religion category, but do read a lot in the Spirituality corner of Amazon. Jennie Goutet's memoir is about her travels and relationship to God and while I am not of the same faith as she is, I really loved her story. This is a book that both believers and n......more

Goodreads review by Emanuel on July 22, 2016

Following your dream... More than anything this book was for me a view into the inner works of following your dream. Jennie Goutet took me through a life of experiences told in an honest manner by a woman that took her time in observing the beauty of the world around her while fighting her inner demon......more