Surprised by Children: One Man's Embrace of Fatherhood . . . Again

by Harold Myra

At an age when most men were seeing their nest empty, and anticipating grandchildren, Myra's wife wanted them to become the parents of a boy from a deeply troubled home. Since then, they have adopted... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310234654
• ISBN13: 9780310234654
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

An Authentic Life

I write this review as a person who has known the author and his wife for 37 years. The story of their growing family and the consistency in which they have been true to their Christian beliefs are told with total honesty. Myra's style is simple, honest and perceptive. The characters are real people. He begins with his own childhood and the impressions that formed his belief systems. His story then broadens to include the national scene and how he was influenced by racial issues that touched his life in rural Pennslyvannia. In reading this story you become acquainted with people who not only have ideals that surpass the average persons ideals, but find people who go beyond talk, to live out, daily, ways to communicate God's love and hope which they have experienced in their own lives. Myra is able to weave the story of his parents, his wife, his birth children, and his adopted children in such a way as to realize it is the only way the story could have played out. I highly reccommend this book, especially if you want to be inspired to reach beyond selfishness and to reach out to be a light in a dark and hurting world.