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Tending Roses
Lisa Wingate
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 temporarilywith her husband and baby
sonto her grandmother’s Missouri farm. The family
has given Kate the job of convincing Grandma Rose, who’s
become increasingly stubborn and forgetful, to move off
her beloved land and into a nursing home. But Kate knows
such a change would break her grandmother’s heart.
Just when Kate despairs of finding answers, she discovers
her grandma’s journal. A beautiful handmade notebook, it
is full of stories that celebrate the importance of
family, friendship, and faith. Stories that make Kate see
her lifeand her grandmotherin a completely new
way.
"Stop what you are doing and experience Tending Roses...A
rich story of family and faith."Lynne Hinton,
author of Friendship Cake
"Wingate’s touching story of love and faith proves the old
adage that we should take time to smell the roses and try
to put our modern problems in
perspective."Booklist
"A story at once gentle and powerful about the very old
and the very young, about the young woman who loves them
all. In Kate, Lisa Wingate has created a wonderful
character."Luanne Rice, New York Times
bestselling author of True Blue
Accent, February 2003
ISBN #0451205790 336 pages Paperback (reprint) $6.99
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