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Award-winning author Francine Rivers opens a world full of vibrant characters with a powerful story of hope. In this stunning new novel, Francine explores the new life that love can bring to a decaying garden of broken relationships. Through the lives of 84-year-old Leota, her granddaughter, and a college student with all the answers, Francine leads readers to ponder the value of life and truth in a way that only she can.
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By Karen Kandoo (TX)
I enjoyed the characters, the family secrets, and the struggle for reconciliation. However, the end was a big disappointment. I share the author's views on abortion and euthanasia, and I also appreciate the clear Gospel presentation outlined in the book. However, I already know what I believe about that stuff -- I wanted to read a good Christian romance novel! This one just strings you along without delivering in the end. Not that I wanted it to be predictable, but I was left wondering if there was a sequel or something. I guess the worst part is it makes you care for the characters, like Corban, and then to be so disappointed. I expected more. I hoped for a book as good as The Mark of the Lion series or Redeeming Love (also by Rivers, and some of the best books I've ever read). Rivers is gifted, but I wish she would have crafted a good story and not just used it as a political treatise, however much I agree with her causes.
By Liza
Francine Rivers is a wonderful author. She does an incredible job of weaving a great story with the true Word of God. Each of her books truly captures the readers heart and causes the reader to yearn to study the Bible even more. This book gives a great prospective of the life of the elderly and how God uses them and how he uses the young to show love to them.
By T. Yaqoub (Texas, USA)
I read Leota's Garden and loved it so much I wanted to share it with my Mom who prefers audio books because she has a long drive to work. She enjoyed the story as much as I did.
By Amanda Hoover
Leota's Garden was a delight. I couldn't put it down. My Mother passed away a year ago and she was 87 years old, so I related with the characters. Great Christian book.
By Bibliophile (Washington, USA)
What did I love about this book? I loved that Leota was so real--an elderly woman with a heart, soul and backbone. I loved that she had a granddaughter that came and administered to her at a lonely time--without resentment. She truly rejoiced in serving her grandmother. Infact, I was inspired to do more to reach out to my family after reflecting on some of the tender passages of sacrifice and selflessness on the part of Anne-Lynn toward her grandmother. However...
There were also some troubling issues for me. First of all, Anne Lynn came across as synthetic and shallow--way too "glory hallelujah" all the time. She lacked substance and it was difficult to care for her as much as I came to care for Leota, Corbin and even Eleanor. Furthermore, as one who believes that God is a big proponent of marriage, I had a hard time swallowing Anne-Lynn's being, basically, "married to Jesus." God heartily endorses marriage and family.
The time frame was also problematic for me... Okay, so Eleanor was, what, 46? The book seemingly took place in the 90s--with cell phones and computers--but Eleanor could remember living through WWII... She should have been atleast 60. Also, Leota was apparently 38 when Nora was born... I inferred from some passages that she was a very young mother during the war years... Yet she was apparently already well into her 40s (considering how old Nora was at that point). My logical side kept interrupting my reading with nagging questions about what the heck year it was supposed to be... The author didn't work out the timeline in a way that made sense, so focused did she seem to be on her religious message. In the end, there was more message than story here.
What's more, I did feel that Rivers used this novel as a soapbox time and again, filling her story with way too many of our society's issues... Somehow, the religious messages seemed to be more gently woven into her Mark of the Lion series. The last couple of her books that I've read (Atonement Child and this one) lacked that subtlety and left me understanding why so many in our culture today think of us Christians as narrow-minded zealots. Even when she's preaching in favor of views I hold near and dear, I find that I'm uncomfortable with her "Bible-thumping" approach to complex issues.
That said, I do carry away from this book a desire to be kinder to my friends and family. So it was not a wasted effort.
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