faintingviolet’s #CBR4 review #28: one thousand gifts by Ann Voskamp
There is something truly lovely about reading a book where the author has done their own photography. This is the case in the beautiful book One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp. Mrs. Voskamp uses her photographs to illuminate the story she is attempting to tell – that gratitude is the beginning of self discovery. She has a good eye for capturing the essence of a scene by keeping it simple.
The same can be said for her prose. I received this book as a graduation gift from a lovely friend. Voskamp uses her faith and the finding of small joys to illuminate what is perhaps a universal need: to slow down and see the small graces in our lives. Voskamp’s journey starts as a challenge to journal 1000 gratitudes, but she keeps right on going and crafts what she has learned into this book.
Voskamp shares with the readers a personal journey and insights her family has without sacrificing their privacy. I would suggest this book to anyone who needs to stop and smell the roses and is not off put by the open christianity around which this work is based. Truly a quick read at just over 100 pages.
