This book is a beautiful but heartbreaking collection of Kara’s writings. Kara was beautifully vulnerable and touched more people than she even knew. She left a legacy of what it is to love Jesus and others well.

Listened to this on audio. Narrator much better than the first book. This is a collection of her blog posts, and really gives a good look into Kara's heart, and can speak to anyone with cancer and/or dealing with a friend or family member with cancer. Such a beautiful picture of her faith and a quite real walk through her life.

Boring. I don't want my books to be that philosophical. I am looking for the wisdom in the everyday life, something I can actually apply, not disect and turn into a paper. Nice touch with the interviews, but I wish those were the focus of the book.

eautiful story of a life well lived, a read that will make you cry, but also bring beauty and joy to your life as you appreciate how to celebrate life in any circumstances. From a woman who knew she was dying and chose well the important things in her long goodbye.

A very moving book about a woman dying with grace. She saw God's grace and mercy everywhere. Such an inspiring story. I was given a copy of this book from NetGalley, Opinions expressed in this review are my own.

I picked up And It Was Beautiful with a bit of trepidation, fearing I was facing 250 pages that would make me want to cry. I couldn't have been more wrong. The subtitle, "Celebrating Life in the Midst of the Long Good-Bye," so clearly communicates what Kara did through her writing—she struggled, she cried, she questioned ... but she also found humor in the pain, lived life to the fullest, and trusted in the One who knew the number of her days.

Yes, I did cry as I read the book's final pages, but I closed the book thankful for the gift of being able to see the grace, dignity, and hope that Kara left behind as her legacy.

And It Was Beautiful by Kara Tippetts, is an amazing journey of faith of a young wife and mother as she faces her death from cancer. This is such a heart-wrenching and yet a wonderfully inspirational collection of Kara's writings, taken from her blog--Mundane Faithfulness. She tells readers she is "just one broken woman looking for grace. I'm one needy heart in need of forgiveness. I'm just like everyone else, fighting to see grace, to live gently, to walk in integrity." She opened her heart and spoke with honesty and reality, sharing the lessons she was learning and those she was trying to teach her children during these stressful last months of her life. She found joy and grace in the everyday happenings of life. She found strength as she waited at the feet of One who gives love. This is a book for those going through difficult times. It is also a book for those who want to learn about trust, about God's refining power, about a grace that is sufficient and about learning how life's challenges can be a beautiful gift from a God who is more than enough.
I received a complimentary copy of the book from Netgalley. I was not required to write a review and the opinions are my own.