Paperdoll: What Happens When an Ordinary Girl Meets an Extraordinary God

by Natalie Lloyd

Book Overview

An extraordinary Samaritan girl finds the love of an extraordinary God and becomes filled with infinite worth, meaning, and purpose. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830747842
• ISBN13: 9780830747849
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Regal Books
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Exactly What I Needed to Hear

This is one of the best books I've read in a long time. From the second I picked it up, I was captivated by Natalie's gentle way with words. She was able to pound profound truths into my heart--things I needed to hear, but have tried to ignore. Since reading Paperdoll I haven't been able to set these truths aside. Her words about self image and living an authentic life as a young Christian woman stuck with me and seem to whisper to me throughout the day (usually when I'm frustrated about my jeans that won't fit or scared to start a new project for fear of failure). This book has refreshed my heart and mind. This is not just another book about feeling good about yourself or a reminder that Jesus loves you, though it accomplishes both. This is a book that addresses each woman's deeper desire to matter and becomes a guide on living an extraordinary life, hand in hand with God. It's not preachy and doesn't shove any advice down your throat. It's a perfect message for any teen girl...and the rest of us who passed those years by long ago. :-)

Live Outrageously, Be Loved Unconditionally

Simply put, I adored this book. If you have a girl, if you are a girl, if you've ever met a girl, you must buy this book. Paperdoll shares great insights into having God-confidence and living victoriously against the backdrop of the story of the woman at the well. Reading more like a coffee time conversation and less like a book, you will find yourself an instant friend with the author. She is a young woman who has been there and shares those experiences of depleted self-esteem, battling a world that worships perfection, boys, church, school, stress, attacks on faith. I loved how the book makes the spiritual content so real and personal. You know this Bible character and her heartaches. The highlights are the personal stories of the author and people she's encountered in her own life and in her work in ministry. Every chapter provided an A-Ha! moment and tons of things to highlight. Get ready to be challenged. Get ready to fall in love with a book. And get ready to fall in love with a God who loves you back and wants you to be more than a one dimensional paperdoll.

Inspiring and Enjoyable!

I've read and re-read this book several times in the last few months and highlighted so many sections of it that the entire book looks pink! Natalie Lloyd has done a wonderful job re-creating a story that a lot of us have heard before, but with a new twist. Without taking too many liberties or taking the interpretation too far, Natalie has really gotten into the heart of the Samaritan woman and brought her to life with actions and emotions that are frighteningly true to women today. The result is a book full of insights and inspiration to the modern Christian woman who is battling materialism, loss of purpose, hurt, etc., and who truly desires a deeper walk with the Lord. I've followed Natalie Lloyd's writings from when she was a columnist in Brio magazine, and she has never ceased to instruct and inspire me with her words. I would definitely recommend this book to all ladies who are seeking to live in God's will!

phenomenal read!

"Paperdoll" is more than a good book; it is like a good conversation over coffee with your best friend! Natalie Lloyd takes the story of the woman at the well and uses it to show truth: that we were not meant to be one dimensional paperdolls; that we were meant to live lives of beauty and purpose; and that there is One who loves us and is waiting to meet us right where we are. This book isn't a sermon or a "how-to", it's not full of religious do's and don'ts. Reading it is like having a heart to heart with someone just as real and broken yet intensely loved as you are. "Paperdoll" shows us that we are all at one point the woman at the well; broken and thirsty and tired of looking for love and purpose from wells that dry up too soon. This book speaks truth to our thirsty hearts and courage to our souls. It gave me a hunger for authentic life and reminded me that walking with Jesus isn't church and rules and acting right to please Him; that it's pain and mistakes and second chances five times over; that He loves me and thinks I'm worth it no matter what the world says. "Paperdoll" will redefine your definition of beauty, realign what you think is real, and will make you feel like you have a new best friend in Natalie Lloyd. Her candid stories, genuine transparency, and creative wit make this book a must read for anyone who's felt she had to be more than what she feels herself to be. This book will show you that you don't have to be cleaned up to go meet Jesus; but that He comes to seek us out right where we are. A must-read for women of all ages!