When Joy Came to Stay » (Large Prin)

Karen Kingsbury is one of America ’s favorite inspirational storytellers, best known for her Life-Changing Fiction™. She is the author of more than thirty emotionally gripping novels, many of which have been adapted for film and television. Previously a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times and a People magazine contributor, Karen lives with her husband and six children in the Pacific Northwest.

Maggie Stovall is trapped inside a person she's spent years carefully crafting. Now the truth about who she is-and what she's done-is bursting to the surface and sending Maggie into a spiral of despair. Will Maggie walk away from her ten-year marriage and her responsibility as a foster mother in her desperate desire to escape the mantle of depression that is cloaking her? Or will she allow God to take her to a place of ultimate honesty-before it's too late? When Joy Came to Stay is the heart-wrenching story of one woman's escape from the shadows of clinical depression. Bestselling author Karen Kingsbury offers this moving tale of the quest for a simple, transparent life lived in the sunlight of God's favor and forgiveness.

About the Author:

Karen Kingsbury is a bestselling author whose books include Waiting for Morning, Where Yesterday Lives, A Moment of Weakness, and The Prism Weight Loss Program. Her true-crime novel, Deadly Pretender, was made into the CBS Movie of the Week Every Woman's Dream. Karen has also written for the Los Angeles Daily News and the Los Angeles Times. She lives with her husband and three children in Washington state.