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Tapestry: A story of the healing of the soul by Hunter Darden touches the sore spots that we all feel when we lose someone we love. The conversations between Olivia and God (god) are poignant, honest and revealing. Tapestry helps us all to discover again the power of prayer. Darden deftly tells her compelling story without being depressing or preachy. Tapestry could well be the next Tuesdays with Morrie.
The perfect gift book for anyone suffering the loss of a loved one. This small volume is extraordinarily well-produced. The cloth hardback is covered by a charming dust cover and embellished with an inbuilt ribbon marker, as elegant books often are. The attractiveness of the book could hardly be improved. The inventive uses of lower case in the early part of the story, which show the protagonist’s loss of a sense of identity, are balanced in the latter part by upper case fonts that emphasize her recovery of her faith. Reflecting, as the photographs indicate, much of her own experience in losing family members, the story shows her journey through pain and doubt. The rules she invents to guide herself back to emotional health are filled with common sense and deliberate reaching out to others. Her journal entries, cries from her wounded heart, are balanced by the narrative she tells. The ending is comforting and positive. A fine gift for the bereaved.
From the first page, Tapestry struck me down to the core. I couldn’t put the book down. I found myself reading it at work, watching out for my boss to walk by. I found myself at tears too often to count. Finally, a book came into my hands that expresses exactly what I feel. This will be a book that I will read many times and loan to many friends who will need it.
I was so moved by Tapestry! The relationships and emotions came through brilliantly. What a testament to God’s goodness and mercy. It is beautiful.
I didn’t want Tapestry to end.
I laughed. I cried. I wanted to read it again.
The death of her beloved sister wrenched up memories of earlier sorrows and precipitated Hunter Darden into a struggle with the mysteries of God and of God’s role in our lives. In Tapestry, she weaves a fabric of fiction and truth that poignantly depicts a journey through the depths and into the light of healing. This is a book that I expect will find an audience both among those who enjoy a “good read” and those who are seeking answers to their own tough questions.
Tapestry is a tale of loss and healing that invites the reader to travel with the main character and experience redemption. Readers who have lost loved ones and questioned God’s presence in the process will find comfort here.
I was profoundly touched by Tapestry. It was impressive the way Olivia processed the three losses simultaneously. Each new loss inevitably brings up past losses. We have to work through the past, as well as, the present. I will have yet another tool in helping those who are grieving. Tapestry is a gift to those who grieve.
Hunter Darden has used Tapestry to work through her own grief and suffering and in so doing has provided a model for her readers.
Hunter Darden reaches out to the reader and explains the grieving process with all the emotional ups and downs. ...the true roller-coaster ride to healing...and the challenges you confronts when feeling that black cloud of hopelessness cover one in its thick, heavy blanket. She allows you to feel the pain, to become one with it, and then she takes on the road to healing. Tapestry will be a novel that will live forever. This book will comfort every person who has to deal with loss. Her book allows the reader to grieve and to still feel safe. If there was ever a book that could make a difference in a person's life, it is Tapestry . Pattie Hall-Community Relations Manager-Barnes and Noble Tapestry provides necessary comfort for hurting hearts. It culminates into a finer and more peaceful understanding of the complexities of loss. I will sell it along side The Everlasting Snowman as a "grief package" to sooth hurting souls.
I had been in therapy for thirty years because of a traumatic event in my life that left me scarred. After reading Tapestry , I am going to be able to begin healing.
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