Garden of Hope: Autobiography of a Marriage [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

~ (Author), Lennox Raphael (Author)

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Product Description

GARDEN OF HOPE: Autobiography of a Marriage: a frank, endearing memoir of two star struck lovers who travel the world and Jim Crow America, a black-white couple coping with the realities of daily life and mental challenges for 10 years in Rio and other places during the dynamic sixties, and having a son, Raphael, in Manhattan, then breaking up, getting divorced, and remaining friends to this day: leaves you saying, Yes!, there is hope yet for the human race.

Product Details

• Paperback: 228 pages
• Publisher: Hopewell Publications; illustrated edition edition (October 10, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933435089
• ISBN-13: 978-1933435084
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,974,220 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Lovely Reminder for Acceptance and Love, December 24, 2006

By	Carolyn Howard-Johnson "Author 'This is the P... (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

Garden of Hope is a lovely memoir told by a couple with much to share. In an time when the world needs more love, more tolerance, more acceptance, this is a book that will remind us where we have been and inspire us to move in a direction that will honor what we have done in the past by not backsliding. It is the personal account of lives and--by extension-- of decades gone by but it is also so much more than that. I highly recommend it.

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Reviewed by Carolyn Howard-Johnson who also writes of decades past in her award-winning novel, This Is the Place.

5.0 out of 5 stars Written with candor, this unusual and unique joint memoir is inspiring, engaging, and confidently recommended reading., November 4, 2006

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

"Garden Of Hope: Autobiography Of A Marriage" is the true life story of a romantic, international, interracial marriage that lasted for ten years during the turbulent 1960s and ultimately ended in an harmonious divorce. Maryanne Raphael (who is white) and her husband Lennox (who is black) traveled over four continents, produced a son whom they named , and continued after their amicable divorce to remain friends linked together down the years by their mutual respect, a shared love for their child, and a respect for the positive aspects of their lives. Written with candor, this unusual and unique joint memoir is inspiring, engaging, and confidently recommended reading.