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Title: The Book of Seven Truths: A Tale of Hope and Restoration by Calvin Miller, Donald E. Miller ISBN: 0-06-065753-7 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: October, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: Wow! I bawled and grew along with the characters!
Comment: This book, despite some admitted publishing errors, evoked deep emotion within me. I cried from deep within my being. I was so moved by the turn of events, especially those within the little red book. I found the 7 truths insightful and profound, and the story beautifully illustrated each one. I have been buying this book for everyone I love ever since I read it, twice.

Rating: 5
Summary: Very inspiring and spiritually uplifting book
Comment: Mr. Miller, as a true storyteller, weaves the Seven Truths of the Christian faith into a remarkable story of lessons to be learned. Beginning with a story about the plight of the hopeless, he brings into play seven truths that bring hope and restoration. It's hard to put down. It's very easy reading and it's only at the end of each chapter that you realize you've learned a lesson as well as read an entertaining story.

Rating: 3
Summary: Harper San Francisco could have done a much better job.
Comment: This is a nice enough tale, though it doesn't soar to the previous heights of Calvin Miller's Singer Trilogy or Symphony Trilogy. It reads as a book within a book, with the odd effect of trying to provide pithy statements (a la 7 Habits) in the midst of a supposedly inspirational story.

My main problems with this book are with Harper San Francisco's dreadfully poor job in editing and proofreading the book. I found at least a dozen typos and blatant errors in the book, including places where it speaks in third person in the middle of a first person narrative, occasions where the dialogue between characters is incorrectly attributed, and the anachronistic use of a modern Bible translation in a quote supposedly from 1903.

Even more embarrassing, two of the three endorsements on the back cover have misspelled authors' names. Walter Wangerin is spelled "Wagnerin," and Luci Shaw is referred to as Luci "Shawa." All this indicates Harper's lack of professionalism and care in producing their books.

Readers may find the fairy-tale ending a little too contrived. Ultimately, this book is a nice diversion for an evening of reading, but not a lasting contribution to contemporary Christian literature.