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Jenny Blake’s life is just the same-oh-same-oh. She figures it will never change. She lives in squalor on the wrong side of town, with an abusive father and a down-beaten mom. Her sister dreams of being a movie star—but even that seems to be a dying dream when she is really only going to secretarial school. Jenny has no friends, because she’s afraid that if she brings them home her father will rape them. After all, he’s sexually molested her at night. But everything changes the day Jenny finds a penny embedded in the hot asphalt of St. Louis. When she bends over to pick it up, she starts a chain of events that ends up stopping a robbery. Jenny is offered a job, and free movie passes. She also is introduced to Jesus. Miss Shaw owns a jewelry store and Jenny’s penny saved her from a robbery. She offers Jenny a job at the jewelry store and starts changing Jenny’s life—even why she faces the shadows of her own unspoken pain. Jenny and Miss Shaw form an unlikely friendship. Can they heal from their brokenness and grief? The Penny is one of the most soul-stirring books I’ve ever read. Ms. Meyer and Ms. Bedford have written a stirring story with The Penny. It is unforgettable, and crosses gender gaps easily. The Penny is a fabulous story and will stay with the reader (or listener, if you buy the audio book) forever. I grew to love and care for Jenny and prayed she’d find a way out of the nightmare she lived in. Make sure you pick up The Penny in either print or audio. It is truly a treasure and teaches us that God even uses the small stuff. $21.99 hardcover. 256 pages. Publisher: Faithwords
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