

The Promise of Jesse Woods
Author: Chris Fabry
Narrator: Chris Fabry
Unabridged: 10 hr 23 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 07/01/2016
Categories: Fiction, Christian Fiction, Coming Of Age, Women
Author: Chris Fabry
Narrator: Chris Fabry
Unabridged: 10 hr 23 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 07/01/2016
Categories: Fiction, Christian Fiction, Coming Of Age, Women
Chris Fabry is an award-winning author and radio personality who hosts the daily program Chris Fabry Live! on Moody Radio. He has written more than seventy books for children and adults. His novels have won three Christy Awards and an ECPA Christian Book Award, but it’s his lyrical prose and tales of redemption that keep readers returning for more. Chris and his wife, Andrea, have nine children and live in Arizona. Visit his website at www.chrisfabry.com.
When I read Fabry's novel "June Bug" I knew I was in the hands of a skilled wordsmith. Then "The Promise of Jesse Woods" came into my hands, and I realized it anew. Fabry takes us back to Dogwood, WV (where he's set several books) and tells the story of Matt both in 1972 when he's fourteen, and many......more
I liked the story a lot. The story gets four stars but the writing style and connecting with the characters fell a little flat and seems more like three. it was engaging-- but I feel like it should have had some more parts to connect and not so much just to tell. since my mom really liked this and r......more
I picked up this book as it was in the “new release” rack when I was returning my last audiobook to the library, and needed something to listen to while commuting this week. I liked what I saw in the description, the settings in West Virginia in 1972 and 1984, and the description of the plot. I had......more
There are some books that stick with you long after you've finished reading it. The Promise of Jesse Woods is one of those books for me. Two and a half years after my first read-through, the characters and themes of the story still come back to me in memorable ways. Whenever I'm talking about Christi......more
I was so sad for this book to come to an end! I adored it. Firmly set in a historical time period, it was unmistakably character-driven with characters that are so sharply distinctive and believable I felt like I was right there on scene with them. Amazing storytelling, powerful message. This novel......more