Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
Good Boundaries and Goodbyes
Lysa TerKeurst · 2022
🎙 Narrated by Lysa TerKeurst, with contributions read alongside commentary from her counselor Jim Cress
78/100
👍 Worth It
TerKeurst tackles a conversation almost nobody else handles well — when loving someone means stepping back from them, even family — and pairing her own painful story with counselor Jim Cress's professional perspective gives it real weight. A few middle chapters run a bit repetitive, but the emotional honesty carries it. She narrates it herself, and that first-person delivery makes the memoir passages land with real authenticity.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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🎙 Narration: excellent Author-narrated by TerKeurst, giving it a personal, memoir-like feel, with counselor Jim Cress's commentary woven into the audio.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety84
Substance / usefulness78
Craft & writing76
Originality76
Evidence & accuracy74
Hype vs delivers70
Age-fit84
Human-eye read82
Penny’s verdict78
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