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Another Way is the story of Sarah Graham, a woman consumed by bitterness, anger, and a troubled past, who finds herself relunctantly spending six months in a small mountain community in order to collect an inheritance left to her by a father she never really knew.
returnreturnAs you would expect, Sarah's stay in Jonah starts out rocky and gets quite a bit worse before it gets better.
I would have liked to see more detail about Sarah's past brought out much earlier in the novel.
She's not an easy character to like and the fact that the town's residents have the desire to help and support her is a little hard to accept when she returns their warmth with rudeness at every turn.
This would have been a lot more understandable if we'd learned about her troubled childhood and the heartbreak she suffered as a young adult sooner.
returnreturnDespite that, though, I really enjoyed the novel and was sorry to see it end, By the end I liked Sarah and the people of Jonah so much I was wishing for a sappy, pat, feelgood ending.
Parrish doesn't deliver on that though, She gives you an ending that's a lot like life kind of up in the air, but still satisfying.
returnreturnI'm not sure how much appeal this novel will have with the general public based on its religious bent.
Having recently gone through a time of searching and ultimately finding, I found it beautiful, comforting and affirming.
I hope readers who don't consider themselves people of faith will give it a chance, I was at a very unique place in my life when I read this book, I was raised extremely religious and at the time I was attending a ministry school that I didnt feel wanted or needed at.
I was, stumbling around in the dark, trying to decide if I believed any of my upbringing, I doubt it was the purpose of this author to give me courage to take a step out into the unknown and pack my bags for thehour drive back to Alabama from South Carolina, but that is what I did.
I am not even sure where I purchased this book at or why I picked it up out of the towering TBR pile I have by my bed, but boy am I glad I did.


Its true that there are undertones of Christianity, but as a now Atheist, I still think of this novel with fond memories.
I loved Sarah. I love the community around her and the natural way the characters of the mountain developed, Even now while I am writing this review I can

still remember lines from the book and the chilly Fall air that was blowing outside when I was reading this all those years ago.
The book has an unexpected ending, At least, it wasnt what I was thinking would happen, but it was not in the least disappointing.
It is bravery at its finest, As a woman who has had to pave her own way multiple times, I appreciate characters like Sarah.
She has stuck with me for almostyears, I just wish there was more like her out there.

This is definitely not a warm, fuzzy romance story where the ending is definitively roses and starlit eyes.
It requires a different mindset from the getgo, This is a gritty story of a through and through sinner named Sarah Graham who battles her hardknock life with ferocity, but her strength is waning.
What shes too proud to understand is that she was never meant to go into battle alone,

Home Another Way deals with hard issues like parental abandonment, promiscuity, resentment, abortion, death and unforgiveness, especially toward oneself.
Its Christian fiction with unapologetic realism, and if the reader can endure through the hard, dark parts and a main character who is decidedly NOT a Christian and acts every bit like it they will see the light shine through by the end.
They may even see a bit of themselves in Sarahs journey, like I did,

What I saw in the book was a dichotomy at play, Sarah, the main character, chooses to reject God and His people, Her foil, a pastor named Jack, who also becomes Sarahs love interest, is the example of a soiled past made clean through the surrender to Jesus, trusting in His Grace and Mercy.
Both are fallible humans. Both are hiding dark secrets that will hurt others, But its what they choose to do with that pain and hurt that makes all the difference,

The story is unpredictable and defies more than one Christian fiction convention, At times I was frustrated with Sarah and completely turned off and at other times, I desperately wanted to see her thrive.
The ending is openended, so we dont know exactly where Sarah ends up, but my personal opinion God uses the influence of Jack and his testimony in mighty ways.


If you like novels unafraid of taking on some of the hardest issues of sin and flesh and working them toward redemption, I recommend this book.

Imperfect, irreverent, selfdestructive main character not for young readers but really well done: funny, moving, and redemptive.
I disliked the way the stereotypes of the mountain people were never refuted in conversation or in general.
I disliked the main character immensely, I strongly disliked the ending, If I hadn't read her second book first, I wouldn't have read it at all, Home Another Way is unlike many of the other Christian novels I've read, and that's what I liked best about it.
There are many themes within the book, such as forgiveness, adultery, abortion, divorce, and premarital sex, and Parrish is never preachy.
Best of all, Sarah is unlike any character I've seen in Christian fiction granted, I haven't read all that much because she's not really religious.
She's promiscuous, vindictive, and angry, but also vulnerable and caring, She's far from perfect she's real. The book didn't end like I expected, and I was glad because it made it more believable, Parrish created a wonderful cast of characters in Home Another Way she made me sad that there isn't that smalltown sense of community where I live, and I hope she revisits these characters in the future.


Full review on sitelinkDiary of an Eccentric I was shocked at how much I enjoyed this book.
Although a bit predictable in storyline, you continue to turn pages because Parrish has a gift for creating realistic characters.
Characters that you smile with, get angry at, and cry with ok, I was a blubbering mess at times.
Characters that I will miss when I wake tomorrow and their story is at an end,.Stars. I both enjoyed and did not enjoy this book at the same time, I didn't care for the author's writing style, and yet she's a superb storyteller, Some of the characters will stick with me a long time, But the setting was downright depressing, Thankfully, not at all like the small towns I'm used to, There were some reviewers who thought the character Sarah was mean and spiteful, but who wouldn't be with all that happened to her A number of people from her past, and in her present, held the power to completely change her situation, yet did nothing.
Also, some didn't agree with the ending, but I did, I thought a relationship was the last thing Sarah needed at that point in her journey, A young woman, flat broke and steeped in anger, resentment, and fear travels to a small villageJonah, New Yorkto claim her inheritance when her father dies.
He is the antihero who stole her childhood when he killed her mother and then went to prison.
He owes her, which is why she feels driven to collect,

But she doesn't anticipate the stipulations her father has placed on the inheritance, In order to claim the modest estate that seems huge to this girl who has nothing, she must live in Jonah for the next six months.
Furious, yet compelled to do so nonetheless, Sarah Graham moves into her father's cabin and begins to count down the days until she can leave.


As she meets each of the townsfolk, all with their quirky characteristics and homespun charms, Sarah is both appalled and drawn to them, but the walls she has built around herself only gradually begin to diminish.
Each villager offers a view of her fatherLuke Petersenthat she has never seen before, and as she grows to see other dimensions to him, she also begins to expand her version of herself.


Even though I was somewhat reluctant to read a book dubbed "Christian fiction," for the possible moralistic posturing I would find, I soon forgot about labels as the author described and brought each character to life through her vivid descriptions and multilayered characterizations.
Soon I could see and feel the individuals who people this story,

However, I was disappointed that, at the end, the plot seemed to flatten, with the primary character sent off to continue her selfdiscovery "back in the city.
" This did not ring true for me, which was why I deducted one star, Overall, however, "Home Another Way" was a worthwhile read, just for the lively and unique characters and the world the author painted for them.


I was blown away by Christa's spectacular writing, Her characters step out of her book and right into your life, This is a real story about real peopleanyway it feels that way,

I will be reading a lot more books by this author, I'll be watching for her next one to release,

Thanks Christa for this most excellent readand my favorite this year,

This book was interesting, I liked that it was not sappy sweet like many of the books Ive read by Christian authors.
The author did not try to make everything work out wonderful for every situation, It was very realistic, with people getting sick, dying, etc with no miraculous healings or death bed conversions.
The story line Itself was well done in that the foreshadowing was so obscure that the reader had to get to the very end before piecing together what had happened with the parents relationship.
Good read. Christa Parrish's books are proving a strange phenomenon for me, While I read, I always think of this or that I didn't like about it, When I get to the end, however, I realize everything is as it should be, Christian fiction usually tends be too “ Hallmarky” or “preachy” for me, but I found this book to be neither.
I found myself being pulled into the small town of Jonah, NY, The characters were interesting. The fact that nobody had a cellphone was kind of odd, Im not sure what year she intended as a backdrop for the story, There were a couple other things that were hard for me to buy into, but, the story had some twists I wasnt expecting and I always like that in a book.
If there would be “half”, I would have said,stars. In an attempt to escape the past, Sarah, now, is living life hard and fast and she's flat broke.
When her estranged father dies, she travels to the tiny mountain hamlet of Jonah to claim her inheritance.
Once there, she learns her father's will stipulates a sixmonth stay before she can receive the money Oh, I struggled through this book disliking the main character possibly more than any character I have ever come across.
Sarah, Sarah, Sarah selfcentered and oh, so hard to endure, I did enjoy having to look up unknown vocabulary words: sloeeyed, antediluvian, luthier, I have nothing else to add this book depressed me, Home Another Way by Christa Parrish
Not only is this book so heartfelt but it truly is direct, Parrish really captivates the reader with this story that somehow teaches a lesson.
More than just the life of her lead character Sarah but also the people she finds herself surrounded by, they all have stories that Parrish so beautiful ties together in this story that results to a gripping plot.
I find that the story's message lays in the character within Sarah and how she discovers herself in this small town, she discovers that there is more than just the bitterness she has lived with her entire life but that she might even be worthy of happiness.
I love that Parrish has created this sort of special bond between Sarah and a few of the characters in the novel, it adds so much humor to the story.
Home Another Way shows that there may be faith,hope,forgiveness,love and even happiness for those who have faced the worst.
I have been taken aback with this novel, I have enjoyed it and it has allowed me to sit back,relax and refill my coffee cup.

Good read indeed!
Talitha definitely a different book, as in a 'religious' book, . . I get so tired of the Christian genre, the people are usually entirely too perfect to be real, This book was NOT like that, Sarah slept around, both while married and after, she was bitter, angry and as prickly as a cactus.
Yet Gods grace still found her, I didn't like how it ended though : definitely needs a book, .