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    Even So
    Even So
    Even So
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    Even So

    By Lauren B. Davis

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    A novel that explores the challenge and necessity of loving difficult people.

    Angela Morrison has it all. She’s married to a wealthy man, adores her son, grows orchids, and volunteers at Our Daily Bread Food Pantry. What more could she want? More — much more. And she’s willing to risk everything after meeting Carsten, the landscaper with the glacier-blue eyes.

    Sister Eileen, who runs Our Daily Bread Food Pantry, struggles with the silence of God and harbours a secret she believes is unforgivable. She yearns to convince Angela she is loved by God, despite her selfishness and destructive behaviour, but in order for that to be authentic Eileen must learn to love her first, and that’s no easy task — especially after Angela causes a terrible tragedy. Through the crucible of their relationship, Angela and Eileen discover how caring for the most difficult among us and practising forgiveness, no matter how painful, opens a door to the miracle of transformation.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDundurn
    Release dateSep 14, 2021
    ISBN9781459747654
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    Lauren B. Davis

    LAUREN B. DAVIS is the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed novels The Stubborn Season, The Radiant City, Our Daily Bread—which was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and named a best book of the year by both The Globe and Mail and The Boston Globe—and The Empty Room, as well as two collections of short stories, Rat Medicine & Other Unlikely Curatives and An Unrehearsed Desire. Born in Montreal, she now lives in Princeton, New Jersey. Web: laurenbdavis.com Facebook: Lauren B. Davis, Author Twitter: @Laurenbdavis

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      I read this book very quickly, by shoving other obligations out of the way. It is beautifully written, at times painfully honest, and exhilarating in its ability to go where we are reluctant to go and bring us through overjoyed at having been there.My hat is off to you, Lauren B. Davis. I now I want to read all of your books.

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