The Garden of Happy Endings by Barbara O'Neal tells the story of Reverend Elsa Montgomery of the Unity Church. After a shocking tragedy shatters her community in Seattle, Elsa loses her faith and retreats to her hometown of Pueblo, Colorado where she tries to recover by working in a soup kitchen and starting a community garden. She is also reunited with her best friend and former fiancee, who is now a Catholic priest.
This book delves deeply into the issues of faith and religion and God. It is also a very real story about life and hardship and romance. The characters were well developed, but sometimes I felt as if the author was trying too hard to make sure the story ended with happy endings for all, as the title suggests.
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