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With their grandmother Mattie, the Mitchell sisters--Ashley, Brook, Connie, Deirdre, and Erica--stand united in pain at the funeral of their mother, the famous actress Rachelle Barrister. Rachelle abandoned the girls on Mattie's doorstep almost as soon as each was born, and they resent her for it, wondering, "How does one pay one's last respects when there was no respect in the first place?" Their resentment creates stumbling blocks in their relationships with one another and with God. As they drift back into their own lives, Mattie's goodbye reminds them that their blood is a slender thread holding them together and that if they don't work at maintaining it, the thread will break. And it does break when Mattie rips apart a special quilt she had made for her girls and sends a piece to each one. In the wake of the quilt, Ashley's and Deirdre's lives begin to unravel, and it takes the entire family to piece them back together.
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Overall, after reading every word of the book, I was not impressed. The plot was very predictable and weak. I do hope, though, as a grandmother I am the pillar of strength that Mattie Mitchell portrayed in the book. My favorite passage of the book is in Chapter 35 when Ashley recalls one of her grandmother’s pearls of wisdom: “Houses do not make homes -- people do. Possessions are irrelevant in matters of the heart, and that love grows anywhere so long as it finds fertile, willing soil.” My least favorite passage of the book was in Chapter 39 when Mattie reminds her granddaughter, Ashley, that one reason she should not consider divorce from Jack was the loss of financial security. That specific reason is as weak as the book’s plot.
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Carol P. (I loved this book. The characters were well developed and the problems real - stresses the importance of family and God. Tracie Peterson is one of the better Christian chick-lit authors. I highly recommend this book. Carol
Excellent book on family and forgiveness. Captured me right from the beginning. I hated to have it end.
Oh, a wonderful book! I was really drawn into the lives of these women! And this was my first Tracie Peterson book. Looking forward to more.
Ann Marie U. (I absolutely loved this book. A wonderful story, wonderful characters and a book you just don't want to end. The writer draws you right into the lives of these five sisters and makes you wonder how their lives continued on once you've turned the last page.
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