Susanna Wesley: Mother of John and Charles by Charles Ludwig

Susanna Wesley: Mother of John and Charles Reviews

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  Leila Chandler

  This was a great little historical fiction! It seems that, according to this author, she was the real force behind John and Charles Wesley, as her husband did not seem to spend much time with the kids and eventually bankrupted them with his crazy plans. But she was a rock in every storm and was very solicitous of her children's upbringing and education. Inspiring.
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  Shelli

  Not just a biography, this easy to read book relates Susanna Wesley as a mentor who is a respectful, faithful daughter, wife, then mother through a challenging life. Lists she used for homemaking, child-rearing, and educating her children are practical.
  Most Sowers books seem to be at an upper elementary level. The content of this book is valuable for many stages of life.
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  Heidi

  Really truly an amazing woman! She had such unending focus on God and making her life count and those of her children! She went through trial after trial and never lost her faith and courage! Loved learning about her!
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  ClaraBelle

  I started reading this book with high expectations about how it was going to be so good and better than another one I had read about the subject, but it was very very boring and poorly written. Instead of telling the lady’s life story, the author spent too much time rambling about the history of the English monarchy and various religious sects, and what the Wesley family thought about those topics. Also SPOILER ALERT: Samuel Wesley Sr’s reason for abandoning his family for a while seemed laughable and petty to me.
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  Kristina Alley

  To read what Susanna experienced as she taught her children and faced disappointment as her husband pastored and wrote a book that was published after his death but which was a failure in the eyes of the world was inspiring. Ten of her 19 children had died as infants. Two other of her 9 children also preceded her in death. She wanted to make a difference. She got saved at the age of 72. The methods she taught her children became the basis for the character and discipline that God used in Charles and John after they got saved to spread a fire throughout England and across the world. You may not see how God will use you, but stay true to Him and serve Him.
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  Sarah

  I received this book on my seventh birthday. (I also received a barbie doll and attended a "prophecy seminar" that night, where I became intrigued by history.) I recall finding the book a little hard to get into, but at some point the diagram of Henry VIII's wives and children stuck, as did the debate about a misquoted Shakespeare line and the allusions to Paradise Lost. My character was thereafter fixed (fortunately, fixed in pedantry and pretentiousness rather than any idea of having seventeen childen).
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  Cheryl

  Very confusing and kept having to explain to my 3 girls as we read at bedtime. They are 11.5, 9, and 6.5 years old. Definitely either read after appropriate history lessons or having prepared to be patient!
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  Khrista

  An easy, engaging read. Inspiration for Christian mothers, and home educators.
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  Angela

  Very interesting and exciting, much better than the other books in "The Sowers"
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  Katherine

  A very interesting and informative read, but the writing isn't the best and there are a few errors which must have slipped through the editing process (I saw one typo, and twice the author had written Susanna as having one too many still-surviving children).
  
  I found it interesting to read about what was being learnt about Christianity at that time - specifically, that salvation is personal and instant, and not by doing good things. Most importantly, we don't have to just 'wait and hope' until after we die to find out if we are saved, but we can have inner, personal assurance of it, even before death. Susanna herself was over 70 when she realised this. I was surprised at how much of her life was marked by struggles and feelings of failure, especially as now - looking back - she is regarded as an amazing woman of faith.
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  Theodros

  What a woman of God, to have a husband that left her for a year just because she did not say amen to one of his prayers and yet she still honored him in his house, She is truly a Proverbs 31:30 woman "Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised" Every woman and even men should read this book about a Godly woman
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  Aubrey Amundson

  A poorly written account of the life of an inspiring Christian woman.
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  Jacob K.

  It was good to read ... However there was a lot of history of English kings as well and not all of this was relevant
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  Bree

  Notes:
  not sure how much my kids will get into a story like this someday but I found it educational; didn't realize that the revelation of personal salvation came from John Wesley
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  Deanna Sutter

  I always love reading abt Susanna Wesley. She was pretty amazing!
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  CM

  Excellent -- what an inspiration and example to me!
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  Sara

  A wonderful biography. Full of good morals and inspiring examples, but not without its "real life" realities.