ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Patti Lacy graduated from Baylor University in 1977 with a B.S. in education. She taught at Heartland Community College in Normal, Illinois, until she retired in 2006 to pursue writing full time. She has two grown children with her husband, Alan, and lives in Illinois.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Far away from her Irish home, Mary Freeman begins to adapt to life in Midwest America, but family turmoil and her own haunting memories threaten to ruin her future.A shattered cup. Cheap tea. Bitter voices asking what's to be done with the "little eejit." Mary, an impetuous Irishwoman, won't face the haunting memories--until her daughter's crisis propels her back to County Clare. There, in a rocky cliffside home, Mary learns from former neighbors why God tore her from Ireland forty-five years earlier. As she begins to glimpse His sovereign plan, Mary is finally able to bury a dysfunctional past and begin to heal. Irish folk songs and sayings add color to the narrative.
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Karla's Review: This was an engaging story. It was interesting to hear Mary's story as she related it to her best friend, Sally. I appreciated the hope and healing that was portrayed as Mary learn to trust God and forgive those who had hurt her so deeply. All of us have experiences that influence who we are, but with God's help we can move beyond the hurtful things to become who God wants us to be.
3 comments:
Sounds like a very good book.
Patti's book has been on my "want" list from the time I read the first review. Of course, I'm drawn to anything with an Irish setting!
I love the cover of this book its beautiful! And the story sounds good too. I like reading books where I feel I have something in common with the characters, and in this sense I felt that because I have an odd past and it took me along time to move on, so I'd be curious to know how Mary managed to move on.
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