Lullaby (Novella)

by Jane Orcutt

Book Overview

Merrilee wants only the best for the child she cannot keep. Nora dreams of being a mother to a child of her own. "Lullaby" is a tender story of a courageous teenage girl and a woman who longs for a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0842354050
• ISBN13: 9780842354059
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 15 to 19 years
• Grade Range: Grade 10 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Great Book!

If you need a good cry, this is the book for you. I could not put this book down until I had finished it! I have not read a book in souch a long long time and decided to buy this book for some reason. It was like God was telling me to choose this book and get back into the love of ready because I was a true book worm before I had children. This book, it is like you are there with the people and you feel what they are feeling. Remember to have a hanky handy because you will need it.

Awesome read!

I loved this book, it is the first christian fiction book I have read and found myself really moved by it. It reminded me of a book I favor called "Bastard out of Carolina" by Dorothy Allison. I really felt the characters had much depth to them and loved the ending. I would highly recommend this book. You will love it!

Wonderful, very touching story!

First of all, I am not a fiction reader. Fiction has to be really good for me to like it. Most of what I read is Christian nonfiction, with an occasional Christian novel thrown in. If you look at my other reviews, you'll see I'm picky about my fiction!That said, this is an INCREDIBLE book! Like the other reviewer said, this book is best read in one sitting, but I didn't have the time to do that. But I did read it in a day, a chapter here and a chapter there. The author is just outstanding at description. The way she depicts her characters... well, let's just say that you really come to know and love Merilee and Nora and Steven too. The characters really come alive. I am a journal-keeper, so I loved the fact that Jane Orcutt used Merilee's journal in the story! This book is so poignant, so sweet (without being saccharin), but so REAL. I will be looking for more books by this author, as this is the first I've read by her!I highly recommend this book to people who don't have a lot of time to devote to a long novel, but want to read something with some meaning and meat to it, while reading something totally enjoyable.Please check out my other book reviews. I also highly recommend "Gideon's Gift" by Karen Kingsbury, another short but meaningful novel!

God moves in mysterious ways.

This is the second Orcutt book I have read now. THE LIVING STONE was superb and I had a feeling this would be just as good, or so I hoped and gladly I was not let down!LULLABY can be read in one sitting - so pour a cup of tea, have a seat and and meet Merilee and the adoptive parents, Nora and Steven. Merilee is just 15, pregnant and parentless herself. Her father went off when she was little and her mother killed herself shortly after hearing of her daughter's pregnancy.Moving story about a couple who deeply desires a child and can't have one of their own and feels hope when Merilee enters their lives. God moves in mysterious ways and only through His grace are we saved. This novella brings the unconditional love.