Love fiction with a big heart?

• This story of family secrets is a moving read

• You'll need the tissues handy for the deep story of Leota's Garden

Once Leota's garden was a place of beauty, where her flowers bloomed and hoped 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 of 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 who thinks he has all the answers; the other, the granddaughter Leota never hoped to know. 

But can the devastation wrought by keeping painful family secrets be repaired before she runs out of time?

Leota's Garden by Francine Rivers was published by Tyndale House in March 2013 

ISBN 9781414370651