Beyond Tuesday Morning, Karen Kingsbury
Beyond Tuesday Morning, Karen Kingsbury
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Beyond Tuesday Morning
Sequel to the Bestselling One Tuesday Morning

Author: Karen Kingsbury

Narrator: Kathy Garver

Unabridged: 10 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 04/26/2005


Synopsis

The hope-filled sequel to the bestselling One Tuesday Morning In this new novel by Karen Kingsbury, three years have passed since the terrorist attacks on New York City. Jamie Bryan, widow of a firefighter who lost his life on that terrible day, has found meaning in her season of loss by volunteering at St. Paul’s, the memorial chapel across the street from where the Twin Towers once stood. Here she meets a daily stream of people touched by the tragedy, including two men with whom she feels a connection. One is a firefighter also changed by the attacks, the other a police officer from Los Angeles. But as Jamie gets to know the police officer, she is stunned to find out that he is the brother of Eric Michaels, the man with the uncanny resemblance to Jamie’s husband, the man who lived with her for three months after September 11. Eric is the man she has vowed never to see again. Certain she could not share even a friendship with his brother, Jamie shuts out the police officer and delves deeper into her work at St. Paul’s. Now it will take the persistence of a tenacious man, the questions from her curious young daughter, and the words from her dead husband’s journal to move Jamie beyond one Tuesday morning. “Jamie Bryan took her position at the far end of the Staten Island Ferry, pressed her body against the railing, eyes on the place where the Twin Towers once stood. She could face it now, every day if she had to. The terrorist attacks had happened, the World Trade Center had collapsed, and the only man she’d ever loved had gone down with them. Late fall was warmer than usual, and the breeze across the water washed over Jamie’s face. If she could do this, if she could make this journey three times a week while Sierra was in school, then she could convince herself to get through another long, dark night. She could face the empty place in the bed beside her, face the longing for the man who had been her best friend, the one she’d fallen for when she was only a girl.”

About Karen Kingsbury

American author, Karen Kingsbury, is the country's bestselling, inspirational storyteller. She has over twenty-five million copies of her books in print. She knew she wanted to be a writer as soon as ten years old, falling for the Dr. Seuss at the age of 5. She was born in Fairfax, Virginia, but given her dad's computer programming job, the family of seven moved quite often. When Karen was 10, they moved to the San Fernando Valley of Southern California. Just thirty minutes from the beach, she spent hours sitting on the sand, reading her books, and dreaming of being a novelist.

Karen's journalism teacher placed her on the newspaper staff at Pierce College, and told her to never stop writing. She graduated from California State University at Northridge with a degree in journalism. She immediately began a job as a sports writer for the Los Angeles Times. She wrote mostly high school sports articles in the beginning, but later wrote for college and national professional sports. It was during this time that she met her future husband, Don. He was a handsome young man with an extraordinary love of Jesus Christ. Karen tells the story that he came to pick her up for their first date, with Bible in hand. It became what she considered annoying after three months, so she confronted him about it. Don left that day, but God would bring them back together. She unknowingly came to understand Don's thoughts about life as a Christian. They married and lived their married life as God would see fit. When she found out she was pregnant after six months of marriage, she did not know how she
would take care of a baby with such a busy work schedule. Don said that God would show them the way to write at home. Later, she submitted an article to People Magazine, and they thought the article would make a great book. Karen submitted a book proposal, a bidding war resulted, and she ended up with a book deal that paid her a little more than she already made in one whole year of work. She has been home writing books ever since.

Karen wrote four books in the crime genre, then decided to switch to books that glorified God. Her first novel in the new genre was ......Where Yesterday Lives. It was published in 1997, the same year their third child was born. Ever since her first novel, she wrote life-changing fiction. She said God puts a story on her heart and in her mind. Many of her books are under development with Hallmark Films and as major movies.

Karen and Don now live in Tennessee. She is an adjunct professor of writing at Liberty University. In 2001, they adopted three boys from Haiti, very quickly doubling their family. They are now empty nesters, living near their five adult children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cara on May 30, 2022

OH MY GOSH!!!! This story destroyed me so much! Beyond Tuesday Morning is the second book in the 9/11 series written by Karen Kingsbury. I wasn't born yet when 9/11 happened, but reading this story made it feel like I was right there. Beyond Tuesday Morning broke my heart the same way the first book......more

Goodreads review by Brianna on May 04, 2015

In Karen Kingsbury's sequel to One Tuesday Morning, this novel really delivers in allowing Jamie Bryan to grieve and move forward with life post loss. So many books and stories just end, but I'm so unbelievably thankful that Karen Kingsbury took Jamie's story to the next level. Finding God and love......more

Goodreads review by Crystal on January 29, 2024

Great story about Jamie and Sierras life after Jakes death. Jamie is facing each day the only way she knows how, by volunteering and honoring the victims of 9/11, until something unexpected happens and she meets a man named Clay. She definitely doesn't feel at all okay with or ready for the emotions......more

Goodreads review by Vicki on September 16, 2015

This sequel to one Tuesday morning was so good! I loved it as I loved the first book! It was about a tough subject, the first one about 9/11, and this one about Jamie getting passed the death of her husband and moving on. Choosing life as she puts it in this book! It shows us how God is so good! How......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on September 22, 2008

What a compelling read! For a Christian author, Kingsbury always tackles the most interesting and intense topics with ease. I am a Christian and sometimes I have a hard time with Christian fiction because it can be very boring! Not Karen's books...she acheives her purpose while enticing the reader t......more