The Cross Gardener
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4.3 • 21 Ratings
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Publisher Description
From the New York Times bestselling author, an inspiring story of life, love, and moving on.
Married and the father of a young daughter, John Bevan had finally found the traditional family he lacked as an orphaned child. But all that disappears when a fatal car accident steals away his wife-and the unborn child she carried.
Filled with sorrow, John withdraws from life and love. He erects a small cross at the scene of his wife's accident and visits daily, grieving. Then one morning he encounters a young man kneeling before the cross, touching it up with white paint. John's conversations and travels with this mysterious man-known to him only as the Cross Gardener-will forever change his world.
From Jason F. Wright comes a timeless tale that explores the questions we ask when our lives are touched by loss: How do we carry on? And who will show us the way? The answers John Bevan finds illuminate the hope that even in our darkest hours we are not alone.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Author and political commentator Wright (The Wednesday Letters, coauthor with Glenn Beck of The Christmas Sweater) returns with another modern fable that wears its conservative values on its sleeve. Born on the side of the road to a dying teenager, John Bevan grew into happiness and safety on an idyllic Shenandoah Valley orchard, falling in love as a teenager, eventually marrying his high school sweetheart and having a daughter with her. When, pregnant with their second child, his wife dies in a car accident, John finds his faith and ability to function shattered. Attending the site of her death, John encounters the Cross Gardener, a man who tends the roadside memorials of strangers, and with his help John finds himself returning to the path of responsibility and righteousness. This title offers the same kind of values-focused emotionalism that fans expect, with plenty of uplift and tradition-affirming sentiment; even by the standard of his other work, however, this effort is prudish and clunky, and John often comes across as more sullen than bereaved.
Customer Reviews
The Cross Gardener
A book all should read for an understanding of life that few want to ever think about. Mr. Wright has an eloquence that few can approach with such caring and dignity. This book will open one's eyes to ideas and concepts straight from the Heavens.
Thank-you Jason.
Loved it!
This was my first Jason Wright book and what a wonderful way to start. Purely by accident, I happened to read this about the same time my Mother's favorite sister, my aunt died. Although I wasn't able to go to her funeral I felt this book was able to provide a new prospective and closure to her death. This book has lead me to other Jason Wright readings and I have not been disappointed.