Wow wow wow wow. This book just blew me away.
I’ve been wanting to read it for quite a while now, and I was super excited to see it on the list of books for required school reading in my home school curriculum. Once I started it, I was hooked! Corrie ten Boom’s real-life story of working with the underground in Holland during the Nazi Occupation in WWII, and surviving a Nazi prison camp, is incredible.
Chapter after chapter; story after story; I just kept thinking “There’s no way this woman’s faith could be any stronger. There’s no way God could provide any more that he already has.” It was so inspiring and really made me think about my own faith and the things God can still do today through Corrie’s story!
The first few chapters walked through Corrie’s life leading up to the Holocaust. Her childhood, her family, the man she fell in love and why she never married. I loved reading about her simple, faithful life in the home above the hundred-year-old watch shop.
Once I reached the parts where Corrie and her family hid Jews in their home, I couldn’t put the book down. Miracle after miracle, I was amazed! The fleas that infested the barracks Corrie and her sister Betsie were in – keeping the soldiers away so that they could read and share with other women the Bible they kept hidden. The oil that helped Betsie’s and other women’s coughs that never ran out until Corrie was able to get her hands on another bottle of vitamins. I loved it.
This is most definitely one of my new favorite books. Five stars!!
have you read the hiding place? do you want to?
Awesome review Emily! I’ve always been really fascinated by anything WWII (and history in general) I’m really gonna have to read this book!!
Yes, you will definitely have to read this, Madi. WWII is my favorite historical fiction to read/watch about, and this is a personal, true story, so it’s that much more amazing. I also love that Corrie was a Christian. Her faith was so amazing. 🙂
I. love. this. book. I’m so glad you liked it!!! It is so good and so inspiring and SUCH an amazing story!!!!
*fangirling over*
-Grace (trueandpure.wordpress.com)
YES. I love it too!! I honestly would not want to know someone who read and was not inspired by this book. It was amazing.
Great review Emily!
OMIGOD, I need to read this book. You don’t know how long this has been on my TBR list.
I also wanted to talk to you about MMR? Should we start talking about the topic and when we should post it? From now on, I feel like we should decide the topic at the beginning of the month to tell everyone too.
This is one of my favorite books and I’m so glad you enjoyed it! I read this quite a while ago, but I still remember reading about the oil that never ran out. It’s a passage that’s really memorable and it was so amazing to see how strong Corrie’s faith was.