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"Ruchti has a gift for taking characters through their grief and
lifting them to a place higher than themselves . . . The message of
hope in a situation that seems hopeless is especially needed
now."--Library Journal starred review "An emotional roller coaster
of loss, faith, hope, and redemption. I couldn't stop
reading."--Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author
*** While her humanitarian husband Liam has been digging wells in
Africa, Mara Jacobs has been struggling. She knows she's supposed
to feel a warm glow that her husband is nine time zones away,
caring for widows and orphans. But the reality is that she is
exhausted, working a demanding yet unrewarding job, trying to
manage their three detention-prone kids, failing at her to-repair
list, and fading like a garment left too long in the sun. Then
Liam's three-year absence turns into something more, changing
everything and plunging her into a sunless grief. As Mara struggles
to find her footing, she discovers that even when hope is tenuous,
faith is fragile, and the future is unknown, we can be sure we are
not forgotten . . . or unloved. With emotionally evocative prose
that tackles tough topics with tenderness and hope, award-winning
author Cynthia Ruchti invites you on a journey of the heart you
won't soon forget. "Ruchti delivers well-rounded, believable
characters and has a sure hand at charting the ways they process
complex emotions. This packs an emotional punch."--Publishers
Weekly "Ruchti delves deeply into the ebb and flow of Mara's
struggles and weaves in themes of guilt, betrayal, hope, and
redemption."--Booklist
It is one thing to live with the consequences of your own choices.
But what happens when your life is forever altered because of
someone else's toxic actions? With the assurance of a God who hears
and understands, Ragged Hope reaches out to survivors and those who
care about, counsel, or long to make a difference in their lives.
For years, society and especially the church required that we hide
our brokenness and pretend that all was well, even when it was
terribly broken. Now, people have become comfortable with our
tattered edges, our character weaknesses, our "old, familiar sins,"
and forgotten that God doesn't intend to leave us in a state of
disrepair. God calls us to something other than the wild pendulum
swing from hiding our scars to flaunting them. Rather than
resigning ourselves to desperately clinging to shreds of recovery,
or discarding the broken, threadbare, scarred relationships, we can
engage in the process of healing through Christ. Jesus reclaims
what we fear was damaged beyond repair. His soul-mend leaves hope
where the wound once was. And, as we engage in the process of
healing, we grow in appreciation of how God tends and transforms
our wounds.
Where do you turn when changing your name doesn t give you the
anonymity you want? When running hundreds of miles away isn t far
enough? When your search for a place to belong lands you right back
where you began? One phone call destroys all hope Becca Morrow has
for a life beyond the shame of her past. Further discredited by the
death of her elderly, ailing patient the mother of the influential
businessman, Isaac Hughes Becca s new life is shattered and her
longing for love slips away. Working to clear her name, Becca must
learn to see the beauty in the ugliness of dying, to accept the
precious tenderness in forgiveness, and at last discover that where
she belongs isn t as much about her family history as it is about
her faith in the One to whom she ll always belong. "
Emmalyn and Max Ross may have to endure the fight of their lives to
mend the tattered fabric of their marriage. His actions ensured she
could never be a mother and put him in prison, giving their
relationship a court-mandated five-year time-out. On a self-imposed
exile to beautiful but remote Madeline Island, one of the Apostle
Islands of Lake Superior, Emmalyn has just a few months left to
figure out if and how they can ever be a couple again. Nudged along
by the exuberant owner of the Wild Iris Inn and Cafe, a circle of
misfit people in their small town, and a young girl who desperately
needs someone to love her, Emmalyn restores an island cottage that
could become a home and begins to restore her heart by learning
what it means to love unconditionally. Yet even as hope begins to
find a place within the cottage walls, Emmalyn still wonders if
she's ready for Max's release. She may be able to rebuild a
cottage, but can she rebuild a marriage?
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