A pleasant experience with an author, especially in a series, can have me looking for more of his/her titles. Recalling a place I have visited before, can also be a draw when its the setting of a book. Author Lisa Wingate, author of the Tending Roses series, which I liked, and the Outer Banks setting were a draw to her book, The Prayer Box. (2013)
The plot was somewhat predictable, but Wingate has a way with words and her books are always "clean." I admit to skimming and scanning at times and though I thought it was predictable, the last chapter offered a surprise. Maybe, during some of my scanning, I missed the foreshadowing...but I did appreciate the unexpected ending.
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| My "Book Stock"---most from the public or church library. The Prayer Box can now be returned by this avid "public" patron. |
Another extra benefit was the Author End Notes in which Wingate explained the importance of a "prayer box" in a world of fractured thoughts, hurried moments and scattershot prayers--akin to my friend Margie's arrow prayers. Such a box become a repository for those written down thoughts, both jumbled and clarified. Thoughts of gratitude, petitions, troubles, fears and hopes.
A great reminder to me of such a purpose for "the box."
- Write them (your prayers) down.
- Put them (your prayers) in the box.
- LET. THEM. GO.
That reminder was worth the read. "Let. Them. Go." Whatever your locale, Outer Banks or home.
