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Gentle Reads Annotation

Sandy Toes
By: Robin Jones Gunn
Robin's Nest Production, Inc.
273 pages
ISBN 9781942704072

Synopsis:  Christy and Todd are Southern California residents who happen to believers in Christ. This first installment in Christy & Todd: The Baby Years visits Christy and Todd during Christy's first pregnancy. Christy thoroughly enjoys the gift that she is about to receive in having a child. However, during the course of her pregnancy and through changes with Todd's career path Christy finds that having a baby can be taxing on relationships.

Gentle Reads Appeals: 

  • Emphasis on relationships: Christy's relationships with God, her husband Todd, and her mother are focal points of the story line.
  • Story line offers few surprises or shocks: While Gunn does not let readers know the sex of the baby until Christy has the baby there are no other real surprises in the story.
  • Gentle or unhurried pace: The pace for Sandy Toes is leisurely, but readers are enticed to keep reading to find out how Christy's pregnancy will conclude. 
  • Optimistic Tone: Christy always seems to find the good in any situation. 
  • Happy Ending
Read-Alikes:

  1. Robin Jones Gunn: This title is the first installment in the third series about Christy. All of Gunn's stories about Christy follow the same optimistic and uplifting tone. They also all explore Christy's relationships with God and other people. 
  2. Melody Carlson: Carlson writes about relationships. Further she writes to a diverse age group of audiences like Gunn. 
  3. Erynn Mangum: Magnum writes about women's relationships with God. 

Comments

  1. KimFebruary 21, 2017 at 7:18 AM

    This sounds like something I would read. Did you enjoy it?

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    1. Kamara ShonhaiFebruary 26, 2017 at 3:34 PM

      Hey Kim! I love the Christy Miller series... You don't have to start from the beginning, but it will make mores sense if you do.

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  2. Erin CataldiFebruary 27, 2017 at 2:24 PM

    Great annotation!

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