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Penelope Wilcock (Author)
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August 1, 2007

Recently ordained and more recently divorced, Reverend Esme Browne finds herself at an uncomfortable crossroads when stationed at the Portland Road Chapel. In addition to the seaside town, she also now bears the spiritual responsibility for two country chapels, which, for the efficient, well-versed, forty-something lifelong student should be exciting, invigorating and even hopeful. Esme, however, has forgotten how to pray, and, she fears, how to feel.

A chance encounter with an eccentric pair of country gnostics may change all that, but she’ll have to be willing to juggle the demands of the Church, her parishes and a bevy of well intended but nibby neighbors, before she’ll know for sure.


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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: David C. Cook; New edition (August 1, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0781445531
  • ISBN-13: 978-0781445535
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 6.6 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,581,905 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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My aim in writing is to make goodness attractive. I love simple human kindness and gentleness, and I am moved by human vulnerability. I am fascinated by the power that is within our grasp to lift one another up, to heal and strengthen and encourage each other - our power to bless.
In the novels I write, I think of the reader sitting down to enjoy a book, the door of their imagination open wide to allow the story in to influence and shape their spirit. I accept the responsibility that confers as a great privilege, and it is my intention that when you put down any book of mine at the end of reading it, you will feel hopeful, peaceful and comforted, more ready to look on your fellow human beings with compassion and see their point of view.
I live in the English town on Hastings, on East Sussex's south coast. I write a blog called Kindred of the Quiet Way.
I would like to encourage you who are reading this to take the trouble to review on Amazon the books you read - as a reader I find customer reviews immensely helpful in making up my mind whether to purchase a book, and as a writer I find readers' reviews so valuable as feedback and food for thought.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sea Change, January 10, 2008
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Had I not been given this book, I would never have chosen it... Somehow "Christian literature" was in my category of "never to read books," along with romance novels, horror fiction, and more than half of the NY Times bestsellers. What a big mistake I'd have made to have missed this book and Rev. Wilcock's other fiction. To slow down and experience another place, another time, another way of thinking... I loved the book, and it truly opened my mind and my heart, so that I am not so ready to condemn prior to investigation.
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5.0 out of 5 stars ENCHANTING, October 20, 2007
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Wilcock is a marvelous writer and this rich story will provide hours of joy. Set in the charming English countryside, the characters wrestle with day-to-day living - matters of faith, of love, of life. A wonderful addition to your library - and to any reading group seeking out a well crafted story.
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2.0 out of 5 stars The clear light of day: A novel, October 22, 2010
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I was really disappointed in this novel. I bought it because I loved her "Hawk and Dove"
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