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From the Secret Place in My Heart: The Diary of Christy Miller
Christian fiction
From the Secret Place in My Heart: The Diary of Christy Miller
149 pages · First published 1999
Christy Miller records private thoughts about friendships, family, faith, and her feelings for Todd in diary form. The entries provide a more intimate perspective on the emotional and spiritual questions that shape her adolescence than the external narration of the main Christy Miller novels. Crushes, disappointments, prayer, and uncertainty appear as immediate experiences rather than polished hindsight. Robin Jones Gunn’s companion volume is best suited to readers already invested in Christy’s world and interested in the personal reflections behind familiar relationships and events.
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