I was attracted to this book by the title. My mind went immediately to a prayer box necklace I have. My daughter gave it to me, when going through a rough season of my life, many moons ago. I'd write out prayers for others and dropped into the box. After the prayer was answered I'd remove th...
I really enjoyed this story about everyday people and the challenges they face. The story goes back and forth between the views of two different people, Sandra Kaye Darden a Mother of two and the wife of a Dr., who has lost her purpose in life and a young girl Cass, who along with her brother are...
I love Lisa Wingate and have read many of her books. This book takes on the realization that sometimes life takes us by surprise but God is never surprised. When we get caught up in the emotional and challenging situations in our life, God is still there working for our best.The story begins w...
Moses Lake calls those home who are lost, who need healing. Heather never wanted to returned to Moses Lake, but the past has a way of remaining with you until it is solved or forgiven. The family farm and the Uncles' businesses need to be sold, but Heather's mom will not sign the papers. Heath...
I loved this book and never lost interest in it. It is the story of a poor, bi-racial 16 year old girl, Epiphany (Epie) who lives in a rough, lower class neighborhood. Her mother is a white woman, who is absent from her daughter's life most of the time, working odd jobs and running with different...
WORD GETS AROUND by Lisa Windgate is an enjoyable read with all the right elements. A movie star bad boy, a handsome screen writer, a reluctant horse trainer, and a risky movie that if not made, a small town stands to lose everything.Lauren Eldridge never intended to go back to Daily, Texas. Bu...
Good story about a well to do family caught in the middle of a ponzi scheme which causes them to move from their 8000 sq. ft house to a much lower class neighborhood. Here they are surrounded by homeless people, along with the very people who are being hurt by the company they are involved with. ...
This was picked as a selection for a group of women with whom I enjoy sharing! I very much enjoyed this book about a group of women from very different backgrounds/circumstances who find themselves in relationship with each other. The book addresses up-to-date issues of economic difficulties, ho...
I couldn't put this fascinating book down! From the first page I was mesmerized with the two story lines Lisa Wingate intertwines throughout this read. The world of book publishing comes alive as Jen Gibbs moves into the job of her dreams. A partial book submission is anonymously dropped on her d...
Karen Sommerfield has been hiding from the big questions of her life-the emotional distance in her marriage, her inability to have children, and her bout with cancer. Getting lost in her high powered career provides the sense of purpose she yearns for. Until the day she's downsized out of her job...
This novel started out a little slow for me but quickly became very entertaining. Basically the novel is about the families in Poety, a little town in Missouri that gets hit by a huge tornado and is pretty much wiped out along with many of the neighboring towns. The protagonist in the novel is 2...
“The best times of my life, the times that have passed by me the most quickly, were the times when the roses grew wild.” The lessons that most enrich our lives often come unexpectedly. That’s what Kate Bowman learns when she moves temporarily—with her husband and baby son—to her grandmother’s Mis...
I have liked Lisa Wingate for a while and have really wanted to read another book by her. This is now, I think, my 4th. And I have a couple others downloaded on my nook which I am excited about. One thing about her books - there is a lot of substance to them! They are not light fluffy, easy readi...
The highway is strangely quiet heading onto the islands, but it’s busy going the other direction, crowded with vehicles stuffed full of possessions and trailers piled high with sofas, mattresses, ATVs, shelves, and store fixtures with tarps tied over the top. Even though the last miles after loop...
The pavement is still sticky black tar that swishes like water beneath the tires. Quiet farmhouses, old barns, and hired-hand trailer homes look like they’ve seen better days. The fields, always ripe with tobacco, muscadine and scuppernong vines, and corn tassles towering head high, paint a patch...
—Emily Brontë (Left by Marvin and Gracie, fifty-fourth anniversary in Cabin 3) Chapter 18 Bliss. I don’t know what else you’d call it. Life in Moses Lake was suddenly bliss. Jack and his son spent time riding, fishing, tooling around the lake in one of Jack’s boats. Daniel worked regular hours . ...
I knew it was wrong, and wouldn’t solve anything, but still I couldn’t force myself to open my eyes and greet her. Perhaps it was pride. After all these years, I did not want her to see me this way. I was much like a little child, like Teddy when he was young, thinking that if he put his hand ove...
A little fresh air and sunshine were just what I needed. I left well supplied with leftover pecan rolls, and even the lack of adequate directions and a maze of twisting, curving, poorly marked country roads did little to dampen my spirits. I wandered through the hills, taking in the landscape of ...
Iola Poole’s house had been quiet for days —no sign of Alice Faye Tucker, sheriff’s deputies, or any family members or friends. I’d slipped into Bink’s Village Market on Fairhope Inlet twice now and looked for a funeral flyer among the notes taped to the front of the counter, but I hadn’t seen Io...