The Best We've Been - (The Thatcher Sisters) by Beth K Vogt (Paperback)
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Highlights
- How can you choose what is right for you when your decision will break the heart of someone you love?Having abandoned her childhood dream years ago, Johanna Thatcher knows what she wants from life.
- Author(s): Beth K Vogt
- 464 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Christian
- Series Name: The Thatcher Sisters
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About the Book
Includes an excerpt from Things I never told you.Book Synopsis
How can you choose what is right for you when your decision will break the heart of someone you love?Having abandoned her childhood dream years ago, Johanna Thatcher knows what she wants from life. Discovering that her fiancé was cheating on her only convinces Johanna it's best to maintain control and protect her heart.
Despite years of distance and friction, Johanna and her sisters, Jillian and Payton, have moved from a truce toward a fragile friendship. But then Johanna reveals she has the one thing Jillian wants most and may never have--and Johanna doesn't want it. As Johanna wrestles with a choice that will change her life and her relationships with her sisters forever, the cracks in Jillian's marriage and faith deepen. Through it all, the Thatcher sisters must decide once and for all what it means to be family.
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Vogt rounds out the "Thatcher Sisters" trilogy with this last installment. All three siblings realize the strength in family and faith as the story unfolds. Best read in order; readers who enjoy authors Karen Kingsbury and Lori Wick will love the Thatcher sisters.--Library Journal
Vogt paints a realistic portrait of a messy family struggling to deal with the pressures and pains of life. Series fans will be overjoyed by how things wrap up.--Publishers Weekly
Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x 1.2 Inches (D)
Weight: .8 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 464
Series Title: The Thatcher Sisters
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Christian
Publisher: Tyndale Fiction
Theme: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Author: Beth K Vogt
Language: English
Street Date: May 5, 2020
TCIN: 79565348
UPC: 9781496427342
Item Number (DPCI): 247-38-8972
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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4.5 out of 5 stars with 2 reviews
100% would recommend
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What an Interesting Series!
4 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
Rebecca Maney - 5 years ago
3.5 stars
"We're all good. . . . The best we've been in a long time."
"The best" for the Thatcher sisters was indeed, a long time coming. Their personalities were so distinct that independence meant constantly leaving someone out, or their arguments predictably generated a peacemaker in the middle of the three; and like a song repeating itself over and over and over again, the fragile balance of their friendship would topple hopelessly to the ground. And topple it did when Jillian acted uncharacteristicly impulsive, and Johanna nearly made the worst decision of her life; leaving Payton to pick up the pieces in between. Why did their family always feel the need to keep secrets?
In some ways, this book really doesn't end. In other ways, its open ended conclusions create a deeper sense of realism and authenticity. The emotional journey between the pages is a road that many readers have either already travelled, are currently travelling, or will have to travel at some point in their life. Ultimately, to quote their beloved Pepper, . . . . "Sometimes you have to forget everything else and remember you're family."
Heartbreaking and Heart-Mending
5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
Angie A - 5 years ago
I've heard the Thatcher Sister series, described as 'Little Women' gone wrong, recounts the fragile relationship between three sisters and the hard, real-life problems that drove them apart. Vogt's newest release is the story of the oldest sister.
Johanna takes her responsibility as first-born very seriously. We all know someone who’s a serious, over-achieving organizer, right? Johanna makes it an art form. She reminds me of Jethro Gibbs (of "NCIS") on a very bad day. When I heard that Johanna’s story was coming out, I couldn’t wait to read it. I’d finally learn her “why” and maybe even start to understand her.
And I did. You know how we need someone to lean on, but sometimes we're too proud to ask? That's Johanna's story and it's both heart-breaking and heart-mending.
I think you'll love this book if you:
- love drama (women’s fiction) that touches your heart,
- are facing a hard situation and you think no one understands,
- have fragile family relationships, or
- need a story of hope -- right now
This book is a "standalone," meaning you don’t have to read the others in the series to understand everything. (But I think you'll love them, too.) I received an Advance Reader Copy (ARC) of this book with no obligation to post a review.