Tending Roses
Tending Roses by Lisa Wingate is a heartfelt novel published by Penguin on June 1, 2001. This first edition spans 320 pages and is written in English. The story follows Kate Bowman as she moves temporarily to her grandmother’s Missouri farm with her husband and baby son. Tasked with persuading her increasingly stubborn grandmother, Rose, to leave her cherished land for a nursing home, Kate grapples with the emotional weight of this decision.
As Kate navigates her grandmother’s resistance, she stumbles upon a journal filled with stories that illuminate the significance of family, friendship, and faith. This discovery prompts Kate to reevaluate her own life and her relationship with her grandmother. The narrative explores themes of family life and the bonds that tie generations together, set against the backdrop of small-town and rural life. Readers will find a poignant exploration of second chances and the unexpected lessons that come from deep familial connections.
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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….
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