A Broken Kind of Beautiful: A Novel

By: Katie Ganshert

Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski

Sometimes everything you ever learned about yourself is wrong

Fashion is a fickle industry, a frightening fact for 24-year-old model Ivy Clark. Ten years in and she’s learned a sacred truth - appearance is everything. Nobody cares about her broken past as long as she looks beautiful for the camera. This is the only life Ivy knows - so when it starts to unravel, she’ll do anything to hold on. Even if that means moving to the quaint island town of Greenbrier, South Carolina, to be the new face of her stepmother’s bridal wear line - an irony too rich for words, since Ivy is far from the pure bride in white.

If only her tenuous future didn’t rest in the hands of Davis Knight, her mysterious new photographer. Not only did he walk away from the kind of success Ivy longs for to work maintenance at a local church, he treats her differently than any man ever has. Somehow, Davis sees through the façade she works so hard to maintain. He, along with a cast of other characters, challenges everything Ivy has come to believe about beauty and worth. Is it possible that God sees her - a woman stained and broken by the world - yet wants her still?

©2014 Katie Ganshert (P)2018 Katie Ganshert

Beautiful

This book was beautifully written and narrated. The characters are real and I can relate to each one on some level. I highly recommended this book!

Incredibly gorgeous story

Please do not miss this one. If you love stories of redemption and honest representations of how God often works in his people, through his people, and to draw the lost to Himself, this is not a book to miss. You will ache with Ivy, and you will ultimately love the story of Davis and Ivy, and Sara and Marilyn. Beyond Beautiful!

The narration is perfectly done!

Profound and moving

Profound and moving. It is not your typical superficial romance. It was fun to hear about South Carolina features like Spanish moss and 'lights out for sea turtles'too.

Beautiful story!

I have loved reading Katie Ganshert’s books in the past and this was no exception. She tells a beautiful story of redemption and restoration!

A Beautiful Story of Brokenness and Redemption

Author Katie Ganshert has again written a novel that shares a beautiful story in a way that triggers thoughts, feelings, and discoveries of our own journeys. Her characters are so relatable that they quickly and easily become a part of our own lives for a time. Their experiences become something of our own. Their discoveries touch us deeply as we are there in the moment and in the aftermath.

Ivy, Marilyn, Sarah, and Davis each have their own brokenness. The means and repercussions of each form lives we can recognize and individuals we can love, so that the message of the novel is for us as much as for them. The revelations seem our own and last long after the novel itself concludes.

The narrator did a lovely and effective job of releasing the story in a way that pulls the listener in and carries them through. I highly recommend book, author, and narrator.

I did receive the audiobook from the author and I promised an honest review. The opinions expressed here are my own.