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Overview

A riveting story of secret sin and the healing power of forgiveness.

Airline pilot Connor Evans and his wife, Michele, seem to be the perfect couple living what looks like a perfect life. Then a plane goes down in the Pacific Ocean. One of the casualties is Kiahna Siefert, a flight attendant Connor knew well. Too well. Kiahna's will is very clear: before her seven-year-old son, Max, can be turned over to the state, he must spend the summer with the father he's never met, the father who doesn't know he exists: Connor Evans.

Now will the presence of one lonely child and the truth he ...
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Overview

A riveting story of secret sin and the healing power of forgiveness.

Airline pilot Connor Evans and his wife, Michele, seem to be the perfect couple living what looks like a perfect life. Then a plane goes down in the Pacific Ocean. One of the casualties is Kiahna Siefert, a flight attendant Connor knew well. Too well. Kiahna's will is very clear: before her seven-year-old son, Max, can be turned over to the state, he must spend the summer with the father he's never met, the father who doesn't know he exists: Connor Evans.

Now will the presence of one lonely child and the truth he represents destroy Connor's family ? Or is it possible that healing and hope might come in the shape of a seven-year-old boy? This title is also available as an unabridged Audio Pages® CD.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780310295129
  • Publisher: Zondervan
  • Publication date: 9/2/2008
  • Sold by: ZONDERVAN PUBLISING HOUSE
  • Format: eBook
  • Pages: 352
  • Sales rank: 8,745
  • File size: 474 KB
  • Items ship to U.S, APO/FPO and U.S. Protectorate addresses.

Meet the Author

Karen Kingsbury
Karen Kingsbury
New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury is America's favorite inspirational novelist, with over 15 million books in print. Her Life-Changing Fiction has produced multiple bestsellers, including Take One, Between Sundays, Even Now, One Tuesday Morning, Beyond Tuesday Morning, and Ever After, which was named the 2007 Christian Book of the Year. An award-winning author and newly published songwriter, Karen has several movies optioned for production, and her novel Like Dandelion Dust was made into a major motion picture and is now available on DVD.

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Oceans Apart Copyright © 2004 by Karen Kingsbury

This title is also available as a Zondervan audio product. Requests for information should be addressed to: Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kingsbury, Karen. Oceans apart / Karen Kingsbury. P. cm. ISBN 0-310-24749-7 1. Air pilots - Fiction. 2. Air pilots spouse - Fiction. 3. Illegitimate children - Fiction. 4. Fathers and sons - Fiction. 5. Mothers - Death - Ficiton 6. Birthfathers - Fiction I. Title. PS3561.I4873O28 2004 813'.54 - dc22 2003025491

All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society.

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Fear was an owl that rarely lighted on the branches of Kiahna Siefert's heart.
Especially in the light of day.
But it was nine o'clock on the sunniest morning of spring, and Kiahna couldn't shake the feeling - the strange gnawing in her soul, the way the skin around herneck and chest felt two sizes too small.
"What is it, God . . . what are You trying to tell me?"
No answer echoed back at her, so Kiahna kept busy. The passenger briefing was nearly finished, and the pilots were in their seats. She anchored herself against the service wall and found her smile, the one she used every time she flew.
Flight 45, Honolulu to Tokyo, was a nine-hour flight. With a layover in Tokyo, the roundtrip gave Kiahna eighteen flight hours. Five times a month she made the two-day turnaround, and after a decade with the airline, her pay was better than any she could get anywhere else. Out the door at seven and, with the time change, home before dinner the next day. Kiahna had earned the route after ten years with the airline, and it was perfect for one reason.
It allowed her most days to be home with Max.
"Movie today?" The man was a light traveler, briefcase and a carry-on, a regular in first class. Whatever his worn leather bag held, it took him to Japan at least once a month.
"Yes, sir. Mel Gibson's latest."
"Good." He smiled and kept moving. "Gets me over the ocean quicker."
One by one the passengers filed in, same as always. But still she couldn't shake the feeling.
It took fourteen minutes to seat the cabin, and Kiahna worked the routine. The flight was nearly full, which meant the usual readjusting to make people and bags fit comfortably in the cramped quarters. She greeted passengers, sorted out seat assignments for confused travelers, and poured a drink tray for first class.
A family with four children was seated over the wing, and already their baby was crying. Kiahna found a package of crackers and coloring books for the couple's older children. With every motion she tried to sort out her feelings.
"Kiahna?"
She jumped and turned to face her partner. Stephanie was working the back part of the cabin. "We're waiting."
The announcement. She'd completely forgotten. A quick breath. "They're all in?"
"For two minutes now."
Kiahna snapped the drink tray into place on the small service counter and edged past the other woman. The announcement was hers that morning; she should have remembered. She took hold of the microphone and began the routine.
"Welcome aboard Flight 45. We're expecting a full cabin this morning, so if you have two carry-ons with you today, please store one of them in the space beneath the seat in front of you." She paused, her mouth still open.
What came next? There was more to say, something about oxygen and masks, but the words scrambled in her mind and refused to come. She stood unmoving, her heart slamming against her chest.
"Here" - Steph took hold of the microphone - "I've got it." Kiahna's arms shook as she backed away, up against the closed front cabin door. What was wrong with her? She'd given that announcement a thousand times; she could be in a coma and say it.
Steph finished, and the copilot came on. "Flight attendants, prepare for takeoff."
They pushed their jump seats down and buckled in. Usually this was Kiahna's favorite part. A few minutes of power and thrust while the airplane barreled down the runway and lifted into the air, minutes where she wasn't needed by anyone for anything, when she could think about the day and all that lay ahead.
This time, though, was different.
All Kiahna could think about was the part of her day that lay behind, the part with Max.
At seven years old, Max was both brilliant and beautiful, a wonder boy streaking through her life like a comet at breakneck speeds. He wore red tennis shoes, and his best friend was his yellow Labrador retriever, Buddy. At school, Max had a reputation for being the fastest - and sometimes the silliest - boy on the playground. And his mouth ran faster than his legs. Kiahna liked to hold court with Max on dozens of adult topics. The death penalty - Max was against it; more money for public schools - he was for it. Max was fiercely patriotic, and at school he sometimes organized red, white, and blue days in honor of the U.S. troops in the Middle East.
But this morning he'd been quiet.
"When do you finish working?" They lived in a two-bedroom apartment, and he slipped into her room while she was still pressing her standard-issue airline navy blazer.
Kiahna studied him. "Dinnertime tomorrow, same as always."
"No, not that way." He hopped up on her bed and sat crosslegged. "When will you stay home in the daytime? Like Devon's mom or Kody's mom?"
"Max." She turned from the ironing board and leveled her gaze at him. "You know I can't do that."
"Why?" He anchored his elbows on his knees.

First Chapter

Fear was an owl that rarely lighted on the branches of Kiahna Siefert's heart.
Especially in the light of day.
But it was nine o'clock on the sunniest morning of spring, and Kiahna couldn't shake the feeling---the strange gnawing in her soul, the way the skin around her neck and chest felt two sizes too small.
'What is it, God . . . what are You trying to tell me?'
No answer echoed back at her, so Kiahna kept busy. The passenger briefing was nearly finished, and the pilots were in their seats. She anchored herself against the service wall and found her smile, the one she used every time she flew.
Flight 45, Honolulu to Tokyo, was a nine-hour flight. With a layover in Tokyo, the roundtrip gave Kiahna eighteen flight hours. Five times a month she made the two-day turnaround, and after a decade with the airline, her pay was better than any she could get anywhere else. Out the door at seven and, with the time change, home before dinner the next day. Kiahna had earned the route after ten years with the airline, and it was perfect for one reason.
It allowed her most days to be home with Max.
'Movie today?' The man was a light traveler, briefcase and a carry-on, a regular in first class. Whatever his worn leather bag held, it took him to Japan at least once a month.
'Yes, sir. Mel Gibson's latest.'
'Good.' He smiled and kept moving. 'Gets me over the ocean quicker.'
One by one the passengers filed in, same as always. But still she couldn't shake the feeling.
It took fourteen minutes to seat the cabin, and Kiahna worked the routine. The flight was nearly full, which meant the usual readjusting to make people and bags fit comfortably in the cramped quarters. She greeted passengers, sorted out seat assignments for confused travelers, and poured a drink tray for first class.
A family with four children was seated over the wing, and already their baby was crying. Kiahna found a package of crackers and coloring books for the couple's older children. With every motion she tried to sort out her feelings.
'Kiahna?'
She jumped and turned to face her partner. Stephanie was working the back part of the cabin. 'We're waiting.'
The announcement. She'd completely forgotten. A quick breath. 'They're all in?'
'For two minutes now.'
Kiahna snapped the drink tray into place on the small service counter and edged past the other woman. The announcement was hers that morning; she should have remembered. She took hold of the microphone and began the routine.
'Welcome aboard Flight 45. We're expecting a full cabin this morning, so if you have two carry-ons with you today, please store one of them in the space beneath the seat in front of you.' She paused, her mouth still open.
What came next? There was more to say, something about oxygen and masks, but the words scrambled in her mind and refused to come. She stood unmoving, her heart slamming against her chest.
'Here'---Steph took hold of the microphone---'I've got it.' Kiahna's arms shook as she backed away, up against the closed front cabin door. What was wrong with her? She'd given that announcement a thousand times; she could be in a coma and say it.
Steph finished, and the copilot came on. 'Flight attendants, prepare for takeoff.'
They pushed their jump seats down and buckled in. Usually this was Kiahna's favorite part. A few minutes of power and thrust while the airplane barreled down the runway and lifted into the air, minutes where she wasn't needed by anyone for anything, when she could think about the day and all that lay ahead.
This time, though, was different.
All Kiahna could think about was the part of her day that lay behind, the part with Max.
At seven years old, Max was both brilliant and beautiful, a wonder boy streaking through her life like a comet at breakneck speeds. He wore red tennis shoes, and his best friend was his yellow Labrador retriever, Buddy. At school, Max had a reputation for being the fastest---and sometimes the silliest---boy on the playground. And his mouth ran faster than his legs. Kiahna liked to hold court with Max on dozens of adult topics. The death penalty---Max was against it; more money for public schools---he was for it. Max was fiercely patriotic, and at school he sometimes organized red, white, and blue days in honor of the U.S. troops in the Middle East.
But this morning he'd been quiet.
'When do you finish working?' They lived in a two-bedroom apartment, and he slipped into her room while she was still pressing her standard-issue airline navy blazer.
Kiahna studied him. 'Dinnertime tomorrow, same as always.'
'No, not that way.' He hopped up on her bed and sat crosslegged. 'When will you stay home in the daytime? Like Devon's mom or Kody's mom?'
'Max.' She turned from the ironing board and leveled her gaze at him. 'You know I can't do that.'
'Why?' He anchored his elbows on his knees.
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  • Posted April 25, 2011

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    Tears at the heart!

    Thank you for a most honest, reality read. What a miracle, no swearing!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 8, 2012

    Sweetspirit

    My baby! Is he going to be ok Rosepaw?

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 8, 2012

    Anonymous

    This book is a wonderful story about a little boy. Just when his life had looked so bleak he found love and acceptance.
    The author did a wonderful job of keeping the story alive and keep the reader wondering what was going to happen next. I could not put this book down until I knew this little boy was going to be ok. I loved all the characters, they all had such big hearts. I highly recommend this book. You are going to fall in love with this little boy!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 8, 2012

    Rosepaw

    Rosepaw- tigerpaw will b fine but can u tell him he needs to stay in camp and no training or patrols for awhile. *She ran off to c if emberpaws kits will b heathy*

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 8, 2012

    Smoke to tinypaw

    Seriously micakit is evil she trys to act all cutesy but in reality shes pure evil.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 7, 2012

    Echostar

    *wills StarClan to make sure he is okay...* he is my apprentice.. and cannot die!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 9, 2012

    Micakit

    If u r going to talk like that u might as well leave. tinypaws my friend and i hoped u but if u say that u cant be. I was chosen by starclan- starfall came to me in a dream and i went to the moonpool starclan told me i would save the clans. I dont like having enemys but if thats the way u want it, we can be. I am a very dangerous enemy. Just please b my friend. ~{}•{}~Micakit

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 6, 2012

    Foxpaw

    What.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 11, 2012

    Tinypaw

    She was uneasy, but she ran after him. Her heart pounded, that blood smelled familiar. Echostar.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 11, 2012

    Tigerpaw

    He ran ooff into the woods (first result tiger jaw)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 30, 2012

    Highly Recommended

    I enjoied this book very much. It was well writen. The out come was as I had hoped for. Just goes to show that with GOD, anything is possable.I enjoy all of Karen Kingbury books.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 22, 2012

    Little Kit

    I meant 5th

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 10, 2012

    Wondeful

    God's forgiveness shines through.

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  • Posted December 28, 2011

    Forgiveness

    This was a touching about the act of forgiveness. Beautiful!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 26, 2011

    My first karen kingsbury

    I've loved her ever since

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 6, 2011

    Awesome book!

    I couldn't put this book down. Karen Kingsbury is a great author, she uses just enough detail so you feel that you know the characters without boring the reader with too many details.The characters were engaging. I was able to understand and feel for each one.Can't wait for the next book by Karen Kingsbury.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 23, 2011

    I Highly Recommeded this book

    Oceans Apart, like most of Karen Kingsbury's books, has lessons in living a Christain life. This book includes forgiveness and opening ones mind and heart to loving others. Much like in our lives sometimes there are difficult struggles to get to that point, but in the end the rewards are great. Having lost my mother at a young age, this book brought back to mind the wonderful memories of a loveing mother of faith, and how her faith helped me in the years without her.

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  • Posted September 27, 2011

    Well done

    I'm a new Karen Kingsbury reader and thought Oceans Apart was was well written. Sometimes Christian fiction writers barely squeak the gospel message in there. I don't appreciate the weak, I'm trying not to offend the unbelieving world approach, but Karen did a good job, in this book anyway, emphasizing the need for Jesus and the comfort only He can bring. laura, WI

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  • Posted August 31, 2011

    I say "Yes!"

    Excellent work! You are held in a vacuum during the entire read. When it is finished you ask "What became of his life?" Jennie G.: Marcellus

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  • Posted July 18, 2011

    Absolutely recommended to everyone! Do not miss reading this book.

    A journey for a family when forgiveness is required of everyone and joy is the fruit of all their labors.

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