An emotionally compelling story ( Library Journal ) about the devastation secrets can unleash on a family and the power of grace to bring second chances, from the New York Times bestselling author of Redeeming Love and The Masterpiece. -- Romantic Times Also available in The Francine Rivers Contemporary Collection (e-book only).. using poignant humor and bittersweet revelation to open hearts to reconciliation. . .
But can the devastation wrought by keeping painful family secrets be repaired before she runs out of time? Rivers is a master gardener .
Then God brings a wind of change through unlikely means: one, a college student with an agenda all his own who thinks he has all the answers; the other, a granddaughter Leota never hoped to know.
All her efforts to reconcile with her adult children have been fruitless, and she voices her despair to a loving Father, her only friend.
Now, eighty-four-year-old Leota Reinhardt is alone, her beloved Garden in ruins.
It was her refuge from the deep wounds inflicted by a devastating war, her sanctuary where she knelt before a loving God and prayed for the children who couldn\'t understand her silent sacrifices.
Leota\'s Garden was once a place of beauty, where flowers bloomed and hope thrived.
An emotionally compelling story ( Library Journal ) about the devastation secrets can unleash on a family and the power of grace to bring second chances, from the New York Times bestselling author of Redeeming Love and The Masterpiece