Oh my goodness gracious, what a book. I read a biography earlier in the year on Charles and now I am thankful that I spent time with Susie. Ray did a masterful job of giving us the woman who stood right beside one of the greatest preachers of all time. In fact, from reading this book, I felt Susanna would have made a name for herself just in how she went about doing her ministry, but when she married Charles, she knew what her true role was and because of that, Charles was able to be the man God wanted him to be. I am blessed and thankful to have journeyed with Susie. These two together (Charles and Susanna) showed the world what a marriage dedicated to the Lord look like. They had their challenges and they had their pains, but because of their love to Jesus, they were to make everything about themselves secondary only to letting people know about Jesus. I am deeply inspired because of this book. It is a must read for anyone at all, especially those who want to learn how to do ministry in the shadows, which is where some of the best ministry happens. Susie was to Charles what Barnabas was to Paul...amen for both of them. READ THIS BOOK.

Just like many other pastor's wives are not recognizable, Susie Spurgeon is no exception. I have never heard about her before this book, even though her life is an inspiration. She was a writer, editor, publisher, missionary, and she was fighting serious health issues. Solid people like her are underrated and they remain unknown today, so I am glad that there is something like this book about the subject. I would love to see a well made movie about her too. The only thing I would change about the book is that it would flow a bit better if it were written from the first person or something. It was not an easy read for me, it was bits and pieces stitched together in a not very smooth way.

Thank you to Net Galley and Moody Publishers for the chance to read and review this book.

Like other reviewers before me, I did not really know anything about Susannah Spurgeon before I read this book. Susie was married to preacher and writer Charles H. Spurgeon. Despite poor health and separations due to his many speaking engagements, their love for each other and for the Lord remained strong Even after Charles died, Susannah continued to do the Lord's work..

I really liked this book. I liked it so much that I did further research on the internet about this fascinating couple. The author also made this story very interesting.

I received an advance copy of this book from NetGalley.

Charles Spurgeon is one of the worlds best known preachers and this new biography considers the life of his wife Susannah and all of the support that she offered to him throughout his ministry despite having many health problems of her own.

This is a very detailed book and covers a lot of ground including a lot of background information on places that they visited or the general cultural climate of the time. Although this was at times interesting at other times I felt that it added unnecessary length to the volume and was on occasion repetitve. I also felt that the book skipped a lot between times in her life which sometimes made it slightly confusing to read.

However, this was an encouraging and challenging read especially as a Pastors wife myself. Susannah was clearly a wife devoted to her Husband but most of all devoted to the God He served.

Susie is a very interesting read about the life of Susannah Spurgeon. I knew very little of Susie prior to reading this book; however, after reading it I feel very well acquainted with this powerful woman. The story flows quite smoothly and I found the book to be very easy to read.

I received a complimentary copy of this title in exchange for my honest review.

I admit that I knew nothing about Susie or her husband before requesting this book. I found this book to be extremely interesting and you can tell the author did their research. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about how Susie came into her own and out of her husband’s shadow.