| Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jon Gosselin, Kate Gosselin, Beth Carson
Publisher: Zondervan
Category: Book
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (74 reviews)
Sales Rank: 9
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0310289025
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.8743092
EAN: 9780310289029
ASIN: 0310289025
Publication Date: October 1, 2008
Release Date: October 14, 2008
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Product Description
Three years after giving birth to twin daughters, Kate and Jon Gosselin became pregnant again?with sextuplets. Kate?s candid and emotionally-charged book chronicles the exhausting challenges she and Jon faced from the time the babies were conceived through the first two years of their lives, and the faith it took to get through each day.
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 Fun read December 2, 2008
Well-written and a fun book about Kate and Jon Gosselin. If you liked the show, you'll love the book. Easy reading. I also loved Michele Cozzen's It's Not Your Mother's Bridge Club
A Must Read! November 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I absolutely love Jon & Kate plus the kiddos. This book is beautifully written and takes the reader on an in-depth journey through infertility, bedrest and beyond!
This book show what faith and love can provide!
 Surprisingly nice read November 27, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Like many other reviewers I was surprised at the quality of writing in this book, as it is coming from a "normal" stay at home mom and not a professional writer. I do agree that the similes are a little too prevalent, but they help the reader to understand the Gosselins' experience that much better.
Those reviewers who complained or were surprised that the book was so religious in theme obviously didn't read the dust jacket or the description provided by Amazon. For starters, the genre listed on the back of the book itself (ie. where it belongs in a bookstore) is Religion/Christian Literature! The descriptions and summaries are very clear that this book is, at its heart, a chronicle of how Jon and Kate's faith brought them through a very difficult situation. However, the book does also provide more details that fans of the TV show will be thrilled to read.
At least one other reader commented on what they saw as Kate's "sense of entitlement" expressed in the book. I would not call it entitlement, but there is a portion of the narrative in which she explains how the generosity of everyone around them was God's way of taking care of her family. She does thank them profusely, but she also goes as far as to say that God was "using" the people to make sure her family survived. While I do not always agree with her, I do respect and like Kate, so that for me was a bit difficult to read. I didn't really know what to think about those couple of pages. I think she could certainly give more credit to those people's big hearts and their free will.
Overall, if you are a fan of the Gosselin family and their show on TLC, you will find something to enjoy in this book. If you yourself are not particularly religious, respect that they see their faith as their saving grace, and skip the reprinted scripture. You will appreciate hearing the details of Jon and Kate's journey and getting a glimpse into their feelings about their family that is rarely adequately expressed on tv.
wonderful book November 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have watched jon and kate ever since there first hour show. Me and my daughter fell in love with this family so i just had to have the book. It was a great to read the more detailed situations that jon and kate have had through the years with there children and family.. i recommend this book it was not just enjoyable to read but it had fav verses from the Bible which was inspiring also..... Thanks for such a good book
Amie Shupe
Interesting read..... November 25, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
Pretty much is what their show is all about. What is missing was why after having been blessed with two healthy baby girls did were they not content, but instead did more fertility treatments that posed a health risk to Mom and babies when she ended up pregnant with six babies. Also troubling to me is the need to make money off the family because of the huge expense with pregnancy and other expenses. And I would like to read more why the Mother chooses to be such a control freak.
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