| Tending Roses Contributor(s): Wingate, Lisa (Author) |
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ISBN: 0451203070 ISBN-13: 9780451203076 Publisher: Berkley Books OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2001 Annotation: From a powerful, moving new voice in women's fiction, "Tending Roses" is the story of a woman living in a remote Missouri farmhouse and struggling to care for her husband, baby, and aging grandmother. It is there that Katie Benson finds inspiration in the pages of her grandmother's journal. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Small Town & Rural - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00051137 |
| Series: Tending Roses |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.3" W x 8" (0.70 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Geographic Orientation - Missouri |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends and Before We Were Yours comes a heartfelt novel about the bonds of family and the power of second chances. When Kate Bowman temporarily moves to her grandmother's Missouri farm with her husband and baby son, she learns that the lessons that most enrich our lives often come unexpectedly. 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 life--and her grandmother--in a completely new way.... |