China Cry: The Nora Lam Story

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Summary: I'm Very Pleased
Review: I ordered a used copy of"China Cry" and was very pleased with the product. It arrived in excellent shape and in a timely manner. I ordered Dec. 11 and received the book Dec. 20. I did not know what to expect since this was the first time I had ever ordered a used book. Due to this experience I will definitely consider ordering used items in the future. Thank you for retaining my trust in Internet shopping.

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Summary: A Must Read For Any Age!
Review: I read this book some years ago. I've also viewed the film. However, the book brings out more details that reach deeper than the film. I enjoyed reading how the Lord saved & delivered Nora Lam and her family. I was also very encouraged by Nora's faith in what God would do for her and her family. She had tremendous faith! This is a very touching story that I would recommend to anyone. It is an excellent book that doesn't take long to read. God Bless! Happy reading! You'll be glad you did. :)

Rating:
Summary: A Must Read For Any Age!
Review: I read this book some years ago. I've also viewed the film. However, the book brings out more details that reach deeper than the film. I enjoyed reading how the Lord saved & delivered Nora Lam and her family. I was also very encouraged by Nora's faith in what God would do for her and her family. She had tremendous faith! This is a very touching story that I would recommend to anyone. It is an excellent book that doesn't take long to read. God Bless! Happy reading! You'll be glad you did. :)

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Summary: Most inspiring Christian story I ever read
Review: I received this book into my collection when my father passed away a few months ago. A few days ago I picked it up and decided to read it. Am I glad I did. It's falling apart now, but I plan to use some hot glue to hold the pages in the binding so I can read it again later. This book can give a person a lot of insight into the workings of God in our world today. People who think God is dead need to read this book. He is alive and well and ready to come to our aid when and where we call on Him. Christians need to read this book. Sinners need to read it. People who are luke-warm need to read it. It has really inspired me to do all I can for God in 2004.

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Summary: Most inspiring Christian story I ever read
Review: I received this book into my collection when my father passed away a few months ago. A few days ago I picked it up and decided to read it. Am I glad I did. It's falling apart now, but I plan to use some hot glue to hold the pages in the binding so I can read it again later. This book can give a person a lot of insight into the workings of God in our world today. People who think God is dead need to read this book. He is alive and well and ready to come to our aid when and where we call on Him. Christians need to read this book. Sinners need to read it. People who are luke-warm need to read it. It has really inspired me to do all I can for God in 2004.

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Summary: I couldn't put it down, I read this instead of working.
Review: I saw sampams in Hong Kong back in 1952.This book took me back and I reflected on the tragedy of the people who couldn't come ashore.

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Summary: GOD IS MY WITNESS...
Review: This is the incredible story of Nora Lam, a woman whose unwavering faith in God has seen her through more upheavals in her life than most people ever experience.

Her story spans decades and takes the reader through the invasion of China by the Japanese. The daughter of a western educated doctor, Nora saw her comfortable upper middle class life end in 1939, when at the age of seven she was forced by the Japanese to flee her home on the outskirts of Shanghai with her parents and seek refuge at the home of her step-grandmother's house in the French section of Shanghai. There they would remain for three miserable years, during which Norma was to have the first of a number of visions of a guardian angel, appearing in the guise of an old man. This guardian angel would sustain her and advise her in her hour of need throughout her life.

At the age of ten, she and her parents once again fled. This time they were to travel to Chungking, in free China, where her grandfather lived. Only after a perilous journey through Japanese occupied China and after being beset by robbers along the way, were they to cross the heavily guarded border and arrive safely at their destination. In the primitive city of Chungking, which was subject to continual bombing by the Japanese, Nora was to learn many life lessons that were to hold her in good stead.

Nearly four years later, in 1945, having survived the invasion of Shanghai by the Japanese and their heavy bombing of Chungking, Nora returned to Shanghai after the Japanese surrendered. There, Nora was to continue her education at a boarding school for girls. Now an impressionable fourteen years old, it was there that Nora renewed her interest in Christianity. Then, in 1949, the peace of life in Shanghai was once again disrupted for now seventeen year old Nora, when the Communist Army entered within its confines and Red Army soldiers were suddenly everywhere. The Cultural Revolution had only just begun.

Nora studied hard at the university in hopes of becoming a lawyer for the state. There she met and fell in love with Lam Cheng Shen, a handsome and young legal scholar. Some time after graduation, in 1955, when she realized that she was pregnant, Nora and Cheng Shen got married. Shortly after, she and her husband were subjected to interrogations by Communist officials, as they were deemed to be suspicious because of their family connections and because of that fact that Nora had, at one time, held Christian beliefs. Moreover, as Nora's independent spirit began to chafe under the repressive and oppressive party line, she found herself in conflict with the state and sentenced to death. Her moment of truth arrived when the pregnant Nora was brought before the firing squad.

What happened next is sure to make one believe in miracles. It is at that miraculous moment that life really began for Nora. She goes on to live a life that is nearly incredible in terms of its experiential breadth. It is a secular life ultimately lived in the service of God in all parts of the world. It is amazing what this young woman would go on to achieve and accomplish in her life. Notwithstanding the fact that some of her story strains credulity, hers is, indeed, an inspirational story that will make one believe in a higher power, if one does not already do so. It is surely a story worth telling.

Nora Lam has gone on to establish the Nora Lam Ministries, which is based in California, and she leads evangelical crusades in China and the United States. A movie, based upon this book and having the same name, has also been made.