- Paperback
- 400 pages
- The Prayer Box (Carolina Heirlooms #1)
- Lisa Wingate
- English
- 06 March 2018 Lisa Wingate
- 1414386885
When Iola Anne Poole, an old timer on Hatteras Island, passes away in her bed at ninety one, the struggling young mother in her rental cottage, Tandi Jo Reese, finds herself charged with the task of cleaning out Iola s rambling Victorian house.Running from a messy, dangerous past, Tandi never expects to find than a temporary hiding place within Iola s walls, but everything changes with the discovery of eighty one carefully decorated prayer boxes, one for each year, spanning from Iola s youth to her last days Hidden in the boxes is the story of a lifetime, written on random bits of paper the hopes and wishes, fears and thoughts of an unassuming but complex woman passing through the seasons of an extraordinary, unsung life filled with journeys of faith, observations on love, and one final lesson that could change everything for Tandi. Read The Prayer Box (Carolina Heirlooms #1) – lemois-ess.org
I first gave the book 4.5 stars, but I realized how much I enjoyed the book as I was retelling the plot of the book to my mother It s just such a wonderful feel good book The kind that leaves you happy when you have finished reading it.The Prayer Box is the first book in the Carolina Heirlooms series There are also a couple of novellas you can read I ve read the last book in this series The Sea Keeper s Daughters before I read this one and I was so enthralled by the book that I wanted to re I first gave the book 4.5 stars, but I realized how much I enjoyed the book as I was retelling the plot of the book to my mother It s just such a wonderful feel good book The kind that leaves you happy when you have finished reading it.The Prayer Box is the first book in the Carolina Heirlooms series There are also a couple of novellas you can read I ve read the last book in this series The Sea Keeper s Daughters before I read this one and I was so enthralled by the book that I wanted to read the previous books in the trilogy.Tandi Jo Reese has fled her old life and arrived on the Hatteras Island with her two children where she is renting a cottage that belongs to Iola Anne Poole When Iola Anne Poole dies is Tandi worried that she wouldn t be allowed to stay at the cottage and she has no job and not much money left to support herself and her children But she is lucky and she gets to stay ...
I am not free with five star reviews But when a novel leaves me teary eyed and feeling a step closer to heaven there is nothing to do but hurry out and tell the world HERE is a book worth your time I love stories that let me come along as characters who are at rock bottom slowly find their way back into the light Add in a wonderful, old house in need of saving and I m almost guaranteed to be a fan But Lisa gave me so muchthan a lovely story and rich characters she gave me her heart I I am not free with five star reviews But when a novel leaves me teary eyed and feeling a step closer to heaven there is nothing to do but hurry out and tell the world HERE is a book worth your time I love stories that let me come along as characters who are at rock b...
Once again I find myself wishing for the ability to give a book half stars I would give this one 3 1 2 stars And once, again, I find myself a bit conflicted about a book While I really did enjoy reading this book, it wasn t isn t without its issues.I struggled with Tandi She was so spineless, and yet at the same time, had enough courage to get out of a bad situation and off of her painkillers She was such a frustration to me that at times I wasn t sure I wanted to continue reading about he Once again I find myself wishing for the ability to give a book half stars I would give this one 3 1 2 stars And once, again, I find myself a bit conflicted about a book While I really did enjoy reading this book, it wasn t isn t without its issues.I struggled with Tandi She was so spineless, and yet at the same time, had enough courage to get out of a bad situation and off of her painkillers She was such a frustration to me that at times I wasn t sure I wanted to continue reading abou...
Tandi Jo Reese, along with her two children, is fleeing from an abusive husband She is also breaking her drug addition, fostered by her husband She ends up in the Outer Banks, the one place of happy memories spent with her beloved grandfather When her elderly landlady, Iola Ann Poole, dies she agrees to clean out the house in exchange for free rent for the small guest cottage When Tandi discover s Iola s letters to God, she must examine her own life Her childhood was one of neglect and disf Tandi Jo Reese, along with her two children, is fleeing from an abusive husband She is also breaking her drug addition, fostered by her husband She ends up in the Outer Banks, the one place of happy memories spent with her beloved grandfather When her elderly landlady, Iola Ann Poole, dies she agrees to clean out the house in exchange for free rent for the small guest cottage When Tandi discover s Iola s letters to God, she must examine her own life Her childhood was one of neglect and disfunction She had her now teenage daughter when she herself was but a teen Tandi has not been a good mother, her daughter too often caring for her nine year old brother Through the letters Iola wrote, Tandi discovers a chance for grace, forgiveness and faith I love Iola and how she choose to do and see good in all situations With Iola s guidance offered in her letters, and the embrace of the townspeople, Tandi discovers the woman she wants to...
This book took some time for me to get into but once I did, it was amazing.Tandi was a wounded woman who had recently broken free to become independent At first I found myself upset with her because I expectedfrom her as a mother But as the story went on, I discovered the root of her vulnerability this was her first time being independent and she was trying to find her footing She eventually grew into a strong, admirable woman, beautiful on the inside as well as the outside I applaud L This book took some time for me to get into but once I did, it was amazing.Tandi was a wounded woman who had recently broken free to become independent At first I found myself upset with her because I expectedfrom her as a mother But as the story went on, I discovered the root of her vulnerability this was her first time being independent and she was trying to find her footing She eventually grew into a strong, admirable woman, beautiful on the inside as well as the outside I applaud Lisa in the manner she paced Tandi s personality development Her emotional responses were duely app...
THE PRAYER BOXBy Lisa WingateI will never be able to look at a cute little box again and think just cute In my mind and heart, it will hold precious memories Tandi Jo had been given just such a box when she was a young girl, but over the years it had been lost as she was tossed from family, to foster homes and sometimes to her beloved grandparents The little box had meant so much to her Her life almost destroyed many times over, Tandi brings her children to the Outer Banks, running yet again THE PRAYER BOXBy Lisa WingateI will never be able to look at a cute little box again and think just cute In my mind and heart, it will hold precious memories Tandi Jo had been given just such a box when she was a young girl, but over the years it had been lost as she was tossed from family, to foster homes and sometimes to her beloved grandparents The little box had meant so much to her Her life almost destroyed many times over, Ta...
I put off writing this review for nearly a week Not because I couldn t think of anything to say Those who know me would never describe me as speechless I wasn t under time constraints or laboriously engaged Quite simply, Wingate s novel spoke to me on so many levels Frankly, I was overwhelmed, trying to rein in compress all of my thoughts emotions opinions into a mere paragraph or two No sooner would I sit at the keyboard, my eyes would well up and rain thinking about a lifetime of succ I put off writing this review for nearly a week Not because I couldn t think of anything to say Those who know me would never describe me as speechless I wasn t under time constraints or laboriously engaged Quite simply, Wingate s novel spoke to me on so many levels Frankly, I was overwhelmed, trying to rein in compress all of my thoughts emotions opinions into a mere paragraph or two No sooner would I sit at the keyboard, my eyes would well up and rain thinking about a lifetime of successes and failures a journey of sorrows and joys ongoing, upwards, onward, ever hopeful fictional, and otherwise.Now that I ve gotten my emotions back in check, I ll write a line or two then let a few of quotes from this delightfu...
The top three words that come to mind upon finishing this book Beautiful, beautiful and beautiful.OK, that was one word, but one so true about this story that it deserved to be repeated three times.With a gift for crafting a story that digs into how a person s past can shape their view of themselves and of hope itself, Lisa Wingate never disappoints to deliver a first class novel The Prayer Box is just that sort of book Through Tandi s eyes, we experience the life of a very real woman, sh The top three words that come to mind upon finishing this book Beautiful, beautiful and beautiful.OK, that was one word, but one so true about this story that it deserved to be repeated three times.With a gift for crafting a story that digs into how a person s past can shape their view of themselves and of hope itself, Lisa Wingate never disappoints to deliver a first class novel The Prayer Box is just that sort of book Through Tandi s eyes, we experience the life of a very real woman, shadowed by her past a past that was pretty messed up by the adults of her childhood Having spent most of her adult life moving from wrong man to wronger man and bad choice to worse choice, Tandi grasps on to one solitary memory of happiness and peace from her childhood and steals away from Texas and a controlling, unethical man to the Oute...
I really liked the last third of this book But it took me the first third to get into the story In all honesty I almost didn t read past 40% on my Kindle because I just wasn t engaged yet But thankfully I was interested enough in what would happen that I kept reading and discovered the beautiful ending.This book is a story within a story The present day centers on Tandi who is a young single mother trying to keep her two kids fed When her landlord, Iola Anne, passes away the church that inh I really liked the last third of this book But it took me the first third to get into the story In all honesty I almost didn t read past 40% on my Kindle because I just wasn t engaged yet But thankfully I was interested enough in what would happen that I kept reading and discovered the beautiful ending.This book is a story within a story The present day centers on Tandi who is a young single mother trying t...
A beautifully poignant story THE PRAYER BOX by Lisa Wingate, with a past from one wrong man to another and a controlling one she managed to escape from, as she makes her way to the Outer Bankswould recommend reading The Seaglass Sisters a novella , prior to The Prayer Box Tandi has no job and no means to support herself and her children and she is trying desperately to start over She has escaped taking pills to drown ...