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![]() | Mulberry Park (2008) (A book in the Fairbrook series) A novel by Judy Duarte |
Every letter deserves a reply--even when the questions it contains are difficult to answer. In Judy Duarte's heartwarming and inspiring novel, a woman shattered by grief responds to a little girl's urgent note to God and sets in motion a chain of events that helps to heal the lives of all those around her, in wholly unexpected ways...
Each day after work, Claire Harper drives to Mulberry Park and jogs for miles, hoping to find a respite from her sadness. It's a futile effort, until the evening a letter falls from its hiding place in a nearby tree. Inside the bright pink envelope emblazoned with the words "To God From Analisa" is a note written by a seven-year-old girl, urging God to look after her parents in Heaven and help those she loves on Earth. On impulse, Claire writes back, hoping to preserve Analisa's innocent belief in answered prayers--even if Claire lost her own faith when her young son was killed in a hit-and-run accident three years earlier.
Since that day, Claire has watched numbly as her life lost its meaning and her marriage dissolved, unwilling and unable to engage with the world around her. But Analisa's letters gradually draw Claire out of her cocoon and into the companionship of other Mulberry Park regulars--all, in their own way, in need of comfort. Aside from Analisa and her elderly nanny, Hilda, there's Sam, Analisa's attorney uncle; Trevor, a young boy in need of companionship; Walter, the chatty old man who plays solitary chess games; and Maria, a single and pregnant young mother of two struggling to keep her family home. As friendships grow, sorrows lift, and lives and hearts connect, each will discover just how far and how high one simple letter can reach...
Each day after work, Claire Harper drives to Mulberry Park and jogs for miles, hoping to find a respite from her sadness. It's a futile effort, until the evening a letter falls from its hiding place in a nearby tree. Inside the bright pink envelope emblazoned with the words "To God From Analisa" is a note written by a seven-year-old girl, urging God to look after her parents in Heaven and help those she loves on Earth. On impulse, Claire writes back, hoping to preserve Analisa's innocent belief in answered prayers--even if Claire lost her own faith when her young son was killed in a hit-and-run accident three years earlier.
Since that day, Claire has watched numbly as her life lost its meaning and her marriage dissolved, unwilling and unable to engage with the world around her. But Analisa's letters gradually draw Claire out of her cocoon and into the companionship of other Mulberry Park regulars--all, in their own way, in need of comfort. Aside from Analisa and her elderly nanny, Hilda, there's Sam, Analisa's attorney uncle; Trevor, a young boy in need of companionship; Walter, the chatty old man who plays solitary chess games; and Maria, a single and pregnant young mother of two struggling to keep her family home. As friendships grow, sorrows lift, and lives and hearts connect, each will discover just how far and how high one simple letter can reach...
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Hardback Editions
May 2008 : Hardback
| Title: Mulberry Park (Center Point Premier Fiction (Large Print)) Author(s): Judy Duarte ISBN: 1-60285-178-6 / 9781602851788 (USA edition) Publisher: Center Point Large Print Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
March 2010 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Mulberry Park Author(s): Judy Duarte ISBN: 0-7582-4153-4 / 978-0-7582-4153-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Kensington Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Mulberry Park Author(s): Judy Duarte Publisher: Kensington Availability: Amazon More details... |
March 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Mulberry Park Author(s): Judy Duarte ISBN: 0-7582-2015-4 / 978-0-7582-2015-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Kensington Publishing Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
February 2010 : Kindle edition
| Title: Mulberry Park Author(s): Judy Duarte Publisher: Kensington Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
April 2008 : Kindle edition
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