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Leota’s Garden

Discussion guide questions written by Peggy Lynch.

Cover designed by Libby Dykstra

Edited by Karen M. Bell

Published in association with the literary agency of Browne & Miller Literary Associates, LLC, 52 Village Place, Hinsdale, IL 60521.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rivers, Francine, date

Leota’s garden / Francine Rivers.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-8423-3572-0 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-0-8423-3498-3 (softcover)

I. Title.

PS3568.I83165L46 1999

813'.54—dc21 99-25963

Third repackage published in 2024 under ISBN 978-1-4143-7065-1.

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To my grandmothers, women of strength and faith—

Martha Wulff

Margaret Eleanor King

Anna Toresia Johnson

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

No book is ever written without the help of many people. I would like to thank:

May Sandine for sharing her memories;

Jim Ruppert and Cyndi Perez of Exchange Bank in Windsor, for patiently answering my questions regarding banking;

Tim Moore and his assistant, Dianne Moore, at Edward D. Jones in Sebastopol for information about the stock market;

Rosie Sanchez Wagner at Fred Young and Company Funeral Directors for answering some delicate questions;

Patricia Rushford for sharing her expertise on home care for ...

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About Leota's Garden

“An emotionally compelling story” (Library Journal) about the devastation secrets can unleash on a family and the power of grace to bring second chances.

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 a widow, 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?

• A Christian contemporary novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Redeeming Love and The Masterpiece

• Weaves together themes of faith, forgiveness, and redemption

• Includes discussion questions for book clubs

“Rivers is a master gardener . . . using poignant humor and bittersweet revelation to open hearts to reconciliation.”
—Romantic Times

Also available in The Francine Rivers Contemporary Collection (e-book only).

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