Span-Leota’s Garden (El Jardin De Leota)

Fans of Francine Rivers, women's fiction, or family dramas" "New York Times bestselling author Francine Rivers has published numerous novels?all bestsellers?and she has continued to win both industry acclaim and reader loyalty around the globe. Her Christian novels have been awarded or nominated for many honors, including the RITA Award, the Christy Award, the ECPA Gold Medallion, and the Holt Medallion in Honor of Outstanding Literary Talent. In 1997, after winning her third RITA Award for inspirational fiction, Francine was inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. Francine's novels have been translated to over 30 different languages. El jardín de Leota fue una vez un lugar lleno de belleza, donde las flores florecían y la esperanza prosperaba. Era su refugio de las heridas profundas que infligió una devastadora guerra. Era su santuario, donde ella se arrodillaba ante un amoroso Dios y oraba por los hijos que no podían entender los sacrificios silenciosos que había hecho ella. Ahora, a sus ochenta y cuatro años, Leota Reinhardt está sola, y su preciado jardín está en ruinas. Todo esfuerzo que ha hecho por reconciliarse con sus hijos adultos ha sido en vano, y ella le expresa su desesperanza a un Padre amoroso, su único amigo. Dios entonces trae el cambio por medio de lo improbable: un estudiante universitario con sus propios planes, quien cree saberlo todo, y una nieta que Leota nunca esperó conocer. Pero, antes de que se le acabe a ella el tiempo, ¿puede repararse la devastación que ha causado el guardar dolorosos secretos familiares? Leota’s garden was once a place of beauty, where flowers bloomed and hope thrived. It was her refuge from the deep wounds inflicted by a devastating war, her sanctuary where she knelt before a loving God and prayed for the children who couldn’t understand her silent sacrifices. Now, eighty-four-year-old Leota Reinhardt is alone, her beloved garden in ruins. All her efforts to reconcile with her adult children have been fruitless, and she voices her despair to a loving Father, her only friend. Then God brings a wind of change through unlikely means: one, a college student with an agenda all his own who thinks he has all the answers; the other, a granddaughter Leota never hoped to know. But can the devastation wrought by keeping painful family secrets be repaired before she runs out of time?