My Mother Played the Piano: More Touching Stories of Home to Inspire and Encourage the Heart

by John William Smith

Book Overview

If you are already a John William Smith fans, you are eager to read this volume of his refreshing stories of home. If you haven't yet become acquainted with Smith's writing, you will know from the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1878990756
• ISBN13: 9781878990754
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Howard Pub Co
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

My Mother Played the Piano

What an extraordinary book about John William Smith's life. Each chapter is a story taken from his childhood, or as a father or a husband -- but most of all as a Christian man. He tells the good, the bad, the sad and many humorous stories that you'll want to share with your friends immediately or read to a loved one. A very special book -- important lessons that emphasize ways to build character by consistant dicipline and unconditional love -- for ourselves and our children.

The book was very moving. I laughed, cried and learned.

My husband tells me I am one to enlarge a story, If I like something it's not a simple, I liked it. It is usually, I really really loved it....it was soooooo good. In the case of the book entitled, "My Mother Played the Piano.....it was the best book I've ever read.....I really really loved it....it was sooooo good! Not many books can touch your heart and make you a different person when you are finished but this book can and it did. Being a story teller myself it validated what I always tell my children...that every bad situation makes a great story later. I would love to personally e-mail the author to tell him what his book meant to me. I believe this is the closest I'm going to get. This is a book that anyone would enjoy.....but mainly parents. It should be mandatory for every parent to read before having children. Thank you Mr Smith for writing about your memories and allowing us all to be apart of your childhood. Debbie Jones Yakima, WA