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A Hundred Years of Happiness
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Item Description...
Overview
After forty years of silence, two daughters search for the truth they hope will set them free and the elusive peace their parents have never found.
Publishers Description
A beautiful young woman. An American soldier. A war-torn country. Nearly forty years of silence. Now, two daughters search for the truth they hope will set them free and the elusive peace their parents have never found. In the South Carolina Lowcountry, a young mother named Katherine Ann is struggling to help her tempestuous father byAplunging into a world of secrets he never talks about. A fry cook named Lisa is trying desperately to reach her grieving Vietnamese mother who has never fully adjusted to life in the States. And somewhere far away, a lost soul named Ernest is drifting, treading water, searching for what he lost on a long-ago mountain. They're all yearning for connection. For the war that touched them to finally end. For their hundred years of happiness at long last to begin. From the beloved author of The Spirit of SweetgrassA and Trouble the Water comes this generous story of family, war, loss, and longing . . . of the ways we hide from those we love, and the ways that love finds us anyway.
Gift of Grace Books was established to glorify God in thanksgiving for his abundant grace.
2 Corinthians 4:15 "All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God." |
Item Specifications...
Pages 307
Dimensions: Length: 1" Width: 5" Height: 8.5"
Weight: 0.62 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Mar 1, 2009
Publisher Thomas Nelson
ISBN 1595545026
EAN 9781595545022
UPC 020049134368
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Availability 8 units.
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 | Very interesting Read Apr 3, 2010 |
| This book captured my attention from the beginning to the end. It was about a Vietnam War veteran John Porter, who had a hard time dealing with what happened at the war. The story also centered around his wife and his daughter, both of whom tried very hard to try to help John and to reconnect with him. The story also deals with a Vietnamese immigrant Lisa Le and her mother. Their lives were also touched by the war and were intertwined with the Porters. Their stories were interesting by themselves, but I thought the most fascinating part of the story is about John Porter's war buddy, Ernest, who turned into a fish and were trapped in a fish pond during the war. At the end of the book, we found out what really happened to him, and how he was connected to all the other characters. A Hundred Years of Happiness is very well-written and clever book. You won't regret picking this book up! | | |  | Thought provoking Aug 30, 2009 |
| I enjoyed how the characters' lives -- which seemed so disjointed at the outset -- became interwoven as the story progressed. The book touches on themes of compassion, forgiveness, self-acceptance, friendship, and family, and the reader gains insight about characters' Christian beliefs that are solid but never pretentious. I love a book that can surprise me, and this one did! I highly recommend it. | | | | As Reviewed on CBN.com Jul 24, 2009 |
"A Hundred Years of Happiness" is a treasure...a truly lovely book! Rich characters, down to earth dialogue, and a meaningful storyline make it the perfect summer read.
Nicole Seitz has a way with sentences... they flow, they meander, and they artfully weave characters, thoughts, and ideas in the most wonderful manner. By the last chapter I was doing things like sucking in my breath, and saying "Oooo!" It's not that A Hundred Years of Happiness has a surprise ending, but more that it has a deeply satisfying, tender, touching, and poignant ending. It's a beautiful book that will stay with you long after you've turned the last page.
| | | | Readers Will Laugh and Cry Right Along with these Fictional Characters Jun 10, 2009 |
A young mother of two small boys finds herself fitting in marvelously with a group of older women who dub themselves the Water Lilies, a synchronized swim team that meets in her parents' pool. Katherine Ann, better known as Katie-bug to her nearest and dearest, is sort of surprised that since she retired from being a malpractice lawyer to raise her two young sons, she so easily meshes with these elderly women (one of whom is her perfectionist and beautiful mother, Betty-Jo Porter).
Workouts take place in the mornings in preparation for a show that will display all the graceful moves this small group of genteel southern ladies can offer. Katie-bug, though appreciative of the womanly interactions she's on the receiving end of, still feels out of sorts. Her dad, a Vietnam veteran, has never been "easy" to get close to, and Katie-bug wonders just what sort of secrets he holds close to his chest that keeps him drinking so much and so emotionally distant. When the opportunity arises, Katie-bug invites him to a pricey ceremonial evening where veterans are honored and can meet/greet one another. Little does Katie realize what internal awakenings this will stir in him and how drastically all their lives will change.
Nearby, another young adult woman, Lisa --- daughter to Doan Vien, a Vietnamese immigrant --- is wrestling with her own life questions. She silently wonders about her past, the father she never knew, questions about her mother's romance, and why she feels so untethered. When she accidentally breaks the only photo of her father and reads his name, she suddenly has a mission. She must locate and meet this man, and she does. But the occasion is definitely not what Lisa envisions. Instead of happy reunions and loving words, she feels more rejected than ever.
Interestingly, both Katie-bug and Lisa have the inner grit to keep pressing past their worries and fears and get to the truth of the matter. Between the two of them, there is a mutual bond that was formed years earlier in Vietnam. Seemingly all the women involved will find a way to forge out the truth. Through a small measure of manipulation and subterfuge, they rally their forces, and the annual Water Lily presentation takes a wildly different turn than ever before. Courage and fear, truth and lies, present and past, all meet one another face to face. Not a single participant can dodge the memories or their affects (nor would they choose to). Real healing is possible only when the ghosts that have lingered so long have been banished.
Author Nicole Seitz offers her fans a lovely story, welcoming and charming from beginning to end. Readers will laugh and cry right along with these fictional characters, recognizing from one heart to the next that we're all the same underneath.
--- Reviewed by Michele Howe | | | | Great Book Jun 6, 2009 |
| I have read all three of Nicole Seitz's novels. A Hundred Years of Happiness was yet another wonderful offering. The story is gripping, as John struggles with his demons and "Katie-bug" tries to find herself. I completely identified with Kate. This is a story of love and redemption. I highly recommend it to everyone! | | | Write your own review about A Hundred Years of Happiness
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