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Two Tears on the Window: An ordinary Canadian couple disappears in China. A true story. Paperback – Nov. 27 2018

by Julia Garratt (Author), Kevin Garratt (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars 246 ratings
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Two Tears on the Window, is Julia and Kevin Garratt’s true story of their 775-day abduction and imprisonment in China as pawns in a political play between China, Canada and the United States. In August 2014 State Security agents grabbed them, accusing them of espionage. In shock, they were unaware of a Chinese spy arrest in Canada, giving the US “some leverage over China to bring a stop to more than a decade of rampant cybertheft” or that they’d become “bargaining chips in China’s desperate countermove”. (Graff, Garrett M. “How the US Forced China to Quit Stealing—Using a China Spy”. Wired Magazine. October 11, 2018) This compelling story of a Canadian Christian couple who spent 30 years working and raising their family in China, involved in aid, education and social enterprise is a unique parallel journey. From the early days teaching English in a decade of ration coupons and collective work units, Kevin and Julia watched with admiration as China catapulted into the modern age with unprecedented speed. Well-loved in China, the Garratt’s had always been thanked for their work in education, social welfare, social enterprises and community service. In 2007, along with two of their children, they moved to the China/North Korea border, opened a popular coffee shop and provided aid and assistance for marginalized communities in Dandong, China and North Korea. Their sudden disappearance plunged them into a journey where survival took every breath. Through their harrowing ordeal and intense suffering comes life-changing insight. They find themselves part of new community of those who’ve tasted yet overcome the pain of injustice. Courage and kindness, friendship and faith, resonates through the ordeal with the heartbeat of a love journey. Artfully written, Two Tears in the Window combines Kevin’s gifted story-telling and humour with Julia’s ability to let you see through their eyes and draw readers into deeply painful yet profoundly life-changing experiences.
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  1. Print length
    284 pages
  2. Language
    English
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    Nov. 27 2018
  4. Dimensions
    21.59 x 13.97 x 1.52 cm
  5. ISBN-10
    0228501539
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0228501534
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ First Choice Books/Victoria Bindery
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ Nov. 27 2018
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 284 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0228501539
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0228501534
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 331 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 21.59 x 13.97 x 1.52 cm
  • Best Sellers Rank: #193,327 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars 246 ratings

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  • Pastor Harry (Dr.) Strauss
    5.0 out of 5 stars Well Written!
    Reviewed in Canada on December 21, 2018
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    Two Tears on the Window tells the story of Canadians, Kevin and Julia Garratt, arrested and detained in China. Much of the story is written from the perspective of the prison experience, which brings the reader into experiencing prison, and the related deprivations, constant surveillance, interrogations, and absence of any appropriate judicial process. It is a painful story to read. Yet, for those who know the story, release and freedom are anticipated. I was moved to tears when I came to the release and the reunion of the family. The story stands on its own, but given the recent detentions of Canadians in China, the book provides a window into what these new detainees may be experiencing. Hopefully not. A moving book that merits reading.
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  • Lynne
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read!
    Reviewed in Canada on January 9, 2024
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    I haven't quite finished the book, but it's an excellent read...fascinating story and yet heartbreaking that two innocent people should be treated so cruelly, by a foreign govt. A great faith-filled story of the strength of the human spirit to overcome difficulty and injustice.
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  • Kurdapya
    5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring!
    Reviewed in Canada on May 5, 2024
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    Every page of this book brought me to tears.I was heartbroken for ordeal the family went through but empowered at the same time in the way God moved through their circumstances.

    Very well written.Get this book and be inspired!
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    Reviewed in Canada on May 5, 2024
    Every page of this book brought me to tears.I was heartbroken for ordeal the family went through but empowered at the same time in the way God moved through their circumstances.

    Very well written.Get this book and be inspired!
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  • Owen H.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Praise God for giving this couple strength!
    Reviewed in Canada on June 10, 2023
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    Without God we can do nothing. Only through God's strength was this couple able to get through this hardship they had to endure. The baptism of suffering is something all Christians must endure. May God continue to bless this couple and their family. All glory and praise to God!

    Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
    (John 15:20)
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  • Scribe
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great story
    Reviewed in Canada on April 21, 2021
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    I felt Kevin & Sarah’s pain with every word.
    This opened my eyes to how cruel China’s laws are.
    Don’t trust China.
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  • lucy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Read.
    Reviewed in Canada on October 8, 2024
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    Excellent productGod is real Miracles still take place. Thankful for all Gods Mercies !
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  • Irene K.
    5.0 out of 5 stars An enlightening read
    Reviewed in Canada on April 21, 2025
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    Canadians jailed in China. One is released and returns to Canada, but once here finds she's being watched......This is evidence that China is involved in our country.
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  • Laura
    5.0 out of 5 stars Really well written!
    Reviewed in Canada on February 21, 2024
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    Julia did an amazing job writing this book. I loved every word and couldn't put the book down. Now my daughter is reading it. So happy you're all home in Canada and together again.
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  • Pam Dudgeon
    5.0 out of 5 stars A raw account of faith under trial
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2019
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    An extraordinary real life story of how the politics of a country can betray the very people who love them the most. A box of hankies is a must as Kevin and Julia expertly pull back the curtain and allow us to witness their struggles, despair, joy and resilience as God takes them both on a dramatic journey with Him. As always the nations rage, but God pulls all the strings!
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  • J. L.
    5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best books I've ever read
    Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2019
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    What a journey of ordeal! Yet, full of humility and strength. It was their faith for God that led them to survival. I'm most touched and moved by Kevin and Julia's 775 days of terror filled prison time in China. The couple were native Canadians, they went to China after college as part of their romantic love connections and dream for humanity. After 30 years of living in China, raising their three kids and adopted one Chinese daughter from the local orphanage, and showing their love for China, and North Korea, by donation food and clothes while teaching and running their own coffee shop, they were wrongly accused as "spies" by China's Communist government, which was a cruel sinful retaliation after Canada caught a real Chinese government spy hacking into the Canadian system and causing millions of dollars damages.

    Julia and Keven suffered. beginning the first minute of their "disappearance" kidnapped by the Chinese government, and for the first six months, they were kept separate from each other, not knowing if the other was dead, and forced to "confess" their "crimes. Their sufferings couldn't be compared with the terror and horror in Hitler's concentration camps. After excruciating separation, Kevin further endured the most cruel and inhumane treatment along with Chinese common criminals, in handcuffs and leg-irons that bit into flesh and clamped down on "tiger chairs," confined in one crowded jail cell room all time without fresh air, ever, ... demanded to pay for every bit of his prison food, toilet paper, soap ... (Fortunate Americans, take notes here!!!) while Julia was on house arrest, with no ID, passport confiscated, no job ... stripped right to work ... forced to report every word, every person she saw through her parole blue phone ... It was gripping ... I had more than two tears for Julia and Kevin throughout my reading ...

    Besides the beautiful faith believing in God, Two Tears In the Window shows you what a dark evil system the totalitarian Communism is ... especially for those who are still naive, brainwashed thinking in rosy colors of how the evil Chinese Communist government really rules like black society and mafia behind the iron curtain -- much, much worse than Hitler and Stalin combined ...

    The only thing I feel missing is this extraordinarily kind, wonderful, and beautiful couple's failure to differentiate from the ruthlessness and lawlessness of the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese culture.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars 中国人应该看的书
    Reviewed in Japan on March 14, 2019
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    给父亲买的书，父亲很喜欢
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  • Karen
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Lesson on Perseverance and Faith
    Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2022
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    I am humbled by the story of this remarkable couple and their family. I am proud of them for overcoming such tragic injustice with abounding love and hope, for each other and for their host nation.

    The book is well-written and I enjoyed reading both perspectives woven together throughout each chapter. I also enjoyed the well-chosen proverbs initiating each chapter. It just goes to show how immersed the family was in their host’s culture.

    I was overcome with emotion upon learning the source of the book’s title and value the lesson learned from it. I highly encourage others to read the book for that reason alone…such a wonderful but strange source of encouragement during a hugely discouraging situation!

    I put off reading this book because it hit so close to home after a separate case of injustice. That said, I’m grateful everything turned out well for the Garratts. I miss Peter’s Cafe, which was my “Island of Sanity” and go-to place for a refreshing rose soda on a hot summer Dandong day. Shalom friends!
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  • Shawn Dahl
    5.0 out of 5 stars Gréât story. Great read
    Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2021
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    I tore through this book and felt connected to their lives the whole way through. Thank you for telling your gripping story
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