false 95608 5 Acclaimed Christian fiction writer Francine Rivers's (<I>The Atonement Child</I>) <I>Leota's Garden</I> uses the image of the garden as a metaphor for the cycles of life that the characters experience. While the story revolves around a number of lives, they are all connected through Leota--an 84-year-old grandmother--and her garden, which was once a place of beauty and hope but has in recent years gone to ruin. Beginning in desolation--Leota has been neglected by her self-centered daughter, whose obsession with getting her own daughter into the best college has driven them apart--the novel slowly shows the weaving together of lives in the mysterious ways of grace: a proud and narrow-minded college student ends up learning more from Leota than he'd bargained for, and the granddaughter Leota had never been allowed to know shows up looking for some answers, and even more, looking for Leota herself. A garden blooms, the novel suggests, by getting one's hands a little dirty doing the hard work of love. <I>--Doug Thorpe</I> 347981 1999 Leota's Garden total:1149|5:321|4:378|3:341|2:90|1:19| 1149 4339 1428 119 3 1 true false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 09 05:47:22 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 09 05:54:02 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 12 09:17:47 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 09:20:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun Mar 22 11:17:05 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 17:39:04 -0700 2009
From dust jacket:

"Once Leota's garden was a place of beauty where flowers bloomed and hope thrived. It was her refuge from the deep wounds inflicte...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 10:30:22 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 10:33:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 24 13:37:25 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 08:58:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 10:12:23 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 17:02:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 28 11:43:19 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 06 13:41:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 10:53:21 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 12:32:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 07:56:44 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 07:27:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 15 11:52:49 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 11:57:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Sun Jun 21 19:24:18 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 19:26:21 -0700 2009 knowing my grandmother - picking her brain, learning her stories and...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Fri Mar 16 11:09:55 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 16 19:42:49 -0700 2008
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Leota's charm and wit and heartful prayers reminded me of the treasures hidden within the legacy of the elderly and if given the opportunity to listen and spend time: do!]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 29 11:22:54 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 11:24:01 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jul 21 19:39:05 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 19:40:34 -0700 2009 1
I will not read this book again since the message will stick with me. I cannot even begin to describe this book. ]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 12 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Sep 27 14:02:46 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 14:05:27 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Feb 27 21:34:08 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 21:35:06 -0800 2009