The Hiding Place
 

The Hiding Place

by Corrie Ten Boom, Elizabeth Sherrill, John Sherrill

Corrie ten Boom was a woman admired the world over for her courage, her forgiveness, and her memorable faith. In World War II, she and her family risked their lives to help Jews escape the Nazis, and their reward was a trip to Hitler's concentration camps. But she survived and was released--as a result of a clerical error--and now shares the story of how faith triumphs over evil. For... (read more)

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Wendy
  • Rated 5 stars

This book is beautiful. Love has never been so painfully revealed and within these pages lies a depiction of such true and tangible faith that each heart exposed to its light must weep in realization of how much shorter we have fallen of God's glory than we ever wanted to admit.I love this book because it made me love God.

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  • michal p

    michal p said:

    This is the true meaning of bravery.

    posted Saturday, December 22 2007
  • Jenay H

    jenay h said:

    I loved this book. I recently read Wild Swans by Chang and kept hoping there would be a redeeming character like in this book. It is incomparable to any WWII or nonfiction story of struggle I have ever read.

    posted Friday, November 23 2007
  • Herstory

    herstory said:

    One of my all-time faves!

    posted Saturday, September 8 2007
  • lfe

    lfe said:

    RaNata, How odd that this is on your book list. I met Corrie ten Boom in Amsterdam in 1974 when I was there with my parents on holiday. No kidding!

    posted Wednesday, September 5 2007
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